Out Loud: A column by Laura Colvin

Julia Bauman still makes the world’s best pierogies. I had some at Christmas, so I know for certain. She still shops, visits with family and friends, goes to church, and still has a valid Michigan driver’s license’although she doesn’t like to climb behind the wheel of her Buick too often these days. But she gets […]

Where’s Jesus

It was just over a week before Christmas when someone crept into the nativity display in front of Lewis E. Wint and Son Funeral Home and stole baby Jesus. They took his cradle, too. Funeral director Bill Wint said he was speechless when the theft was discovered Sun., Dec. 16. ‘I don’t know how to […]

Clarkston physical therapy clinic offers help for pain

A new physical therapy clinic in Clarkston could make finding relief from sprains and strains a little less painful. Team Rehabilitation offers a variety of treatment options and modalities performed by licensed, professional therapists, as well as a bright, spacious treatment area stocked with new state-of the art exercise and therapy equipment. Although the clinic […]

Caring for Clarkston at Christmas

Hollie Wendland made a difference. The Clarkston High School freshman and her parents arrived at the Clarkston News last week with a carload of food Hollie collected from her neighbors, food that will help feed financially strapped families this Christmas and beyond. Others arrived with personal care items, paper products, new gifts for men women […]

Where’s Jesus

It was just over a week before Christmas when someone crept into the nativity display in front of Lewis E. Wint and Son Funeral Home and stole baby Jesus. They took his cradle, too. Funeral director Bill Wint said he was speechless when the theft was discovered Sun., Dec. 16. ‘I don’t know how to […]

In the holiday spirit

Laura Popp and her daughter Emily were both rosy-cheeked and giddy with Christmas spirit by the time the last float rolled through downtown Clarkston in Saturday’s Holiday Lights Parade. ‘It was great,? said Laura. ‘It really gets you in the mood; we’ve got to go out and get our tree now.? Emily, 12, said her […]

Three for one

With Clarkston’s new police chief finally settled in, city officials are preparing to start the search process all over again’this time for a city manager. And a treasurer, and a clerk. City Manager Art Pappas, who recently announced plans to retire, currently holds all three positions. The city council is considering two new hires to […]

Out loud A column by Laura Colvin

When I arrived at work Monday in less than the holly-jolliest of Christmas moods, Rosemary, our do-it-all office manager, handed me a small bundle that brightened my day considerably. Packaged together with a rubber band were seven $20 Target gift cards. A lady, who said she was donating the cards as ‘teen-appropriate? gifts, dropped them […]

Let the lighted address numbers guide them in

Still looking for a holiday gift for the person who doesn’t seem to need or want anything? The Independence Township Fire Department is offering reflective address signs that could help save a life when seconds count. Although the signs are available all year round, sales tend to pick up during the holiday season, said paramedic/engineer […]

Dealership driven by focus on customers

Clarkston Chrysler Jeep President Chuck Fortinberry works hard to create customers for life. The key, he said, is to treat every customer as the dealership’s best customer, by exceeding expectations in sales, service and value. But in order to meet such lofty goals, Fortinberry knows it’s important his entire staff think in the same terms. […]

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