Drivers, fasten your seatbelts and secure your thinking caps’the first annual Clarkston Optimist Road Rally is about to begin. Teams of 4-6 are invited to join in a clue-deciphering event that takes participants on a trip through the community as they compete to be first to arrive at the end location. The road rally will […]
Swimmer Molli Simpson stepped into her suit with a goal this season’she wants to final at states. And she may be on her way; Simpson, 16, has already qualified to compete at state level in the 200 IM and breaststroke, and has also helped her team qualify for the medley relay and the 200-meter free […]
Property owners will have another crack at speaking their minds about proposed development regulations. The rezoning issue, which prompted about 150 angry people to speak out at a public hearing held by the Springfield Township Planning Commission, is back on the agenda for discussion Mon., Sept. 17. The proposed rezoning drew ire from many who […]
Police questioned a suspect and two other individuals last week in connection with a carjacking and strong-arm robbery that left a 52-year-old Independence Township woman injured after she was attacked in Kroger’s parking lot Sept. 1. The alleged assault took place about 8:50 a.m. in the south parking lot of the Kroger store at 6625 […]
When Christie Peters first saw the view from her home’s wraparound deck, she knew her grandfather would have loved it. That view, she said, was part of the reason she and her family’husband Michael and daughters Elizabeth and Abigail’decided the home was perfect for the assisted living facility she wanted to open in Springfield Township. […]
The man selected as Clarkston’s new police chief says he wants to get acquainted with business owners, residents and local officials, and claims he’ll do plenty of ‘walking and talking? to accomplish that goal. Dale LaCroix, retired Waterford Township deputy police chief, received word about 8 p.m. Thursday he’d been selected to run the Clarkston […]
Where’s the chief? Here’s the chief. Finally! Clarkston’s Police Selection Committee assembled months ago, did the research, developed meaningful questions, made phone calls. They sifted through a stack of 23 resumes, called eight prospects to interviews, then brought two finalists in for a second round. The committee talked, discussed, debated, and argued, and in the […]
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Except on White Lake Road, where two green posts buried deep in the ground are all that remains of a ‘Welcome to Clarkston? sign. ‘It’s upsetting, and disappointing,? said longtime Clarkston resident Tom Stone, who last year initiated a project to replace the city’s old worn signs. ‘I can’t believe […]
About 210 motorcycles roared out of Clarkston Chrysler Jeep Saturday as riders headed into a scenic 50-mile ride across northern Oakland County in picture-perfect weather. Final destination? The Big and Rich concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre. The David and Wanda Harrison Memorial Charity Ride is an annual event sponsored by Chuck Fortinberry, motorcycle enthusiast […]
Live music, balloons, turn-of-the-century games and ice cream’free ice cream’promise to make Clarkston’s annual Labor Day Picnic fun for the whole family. ‘This is our summer celebration for the community, the city’s way of saying ‘thank you? to our residents,? said Kristy Ottman, city councilwoman and picnic chair. ‘And it’s a chance for people to […]