Some people believe everything happens for a reason. Nancy Riddle of Independence Township has spent many hours over the past seven years as a volunteer with Genesys Hospice in Goodrich, a facility that providing comfort and care to the terminally ill, and their families. It all started in the 1970s when Nancy Riddle’s mother was […]
BY LAURA COLVIN Clarkston News Staff Writer Several hundred students watched as a young man on stage in the Clarkston High School’s auditorium tried to explain his way out of a jam. But it was no play, and the young man was no actor. It was real life, and after a failed attempt to explain […]
A 45-year-old Independence Township woman held on $1.2 million bond for repeated looting of neighborhood mailboxes was released to an inpatient drug treatment facility last week at the request of her attorney. Charged with 12 counts of uttering and publishing, Tammy Sue Brosier was awaiting the start of court proceedings when a neighbor spotted her […]
Independence Township Fri., April 27 Police were seeking a warrant after the manager of a music store on Dixie Highway called police to report that a man failed to make good on a promise to pay for an amplifier and music stand he was allowed to take home. The merchandise was valued at $335.44. Sun., […]
Gini Schultz remembered a time when neighbors were concerned about the welfare of a mentally challenged young man living alone. ‘There wasn’t a day a Clarkston police officer didn’t stop, knock on the door, check on him and make sure he was fine,? Schultz said, noting that she has also known the department to check […]
A million-dollar make-over set to begin this week will more than triple the size of Springfield Township’s No.2 fire station, adding new amenities and much needed space to the crowded building. The expansion will include the addition of a 1,532 square-foot multi-purpose room, plenty of new storage space, and a special hose-drying room. Two additional […]
I owe readers in Clarkston an apology. For nearly seven months I’ve been traipsing between substations in Springfield and Independence townships to pour over piles of police reports in an effort to keep residents apprised of crime and other goings-on. You name it, I’ve read it and reported it. Drunken drivers, pummeled partners, neighborly nonsense; […]
The Clarkston City Council sent a clear and united message to Independence Township representatives Monday: We’re not interested in consolidating. Township Trustee Dan Kelly, Clerk Shelagh Vanderveen, and Treasurer Jim Wenger attended the Clarkston City Council meeting for a face-to-face discussion on the issue of consolidating the two municipalities. Although the council made it clear […]
The pews at Clarkston United Methodist Church filled with proud family and friends Thursday as caring young people from across the area were honored by the Clarkston area Youth Assistance group. Every year, the group contacts area schools and service organizations asking for nominations of youth who volunteer time and talent to help make a […]
If it’s not illegal, immoral or unethical, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office will give Clarkston residents any type of police service they want. That was the message of Undersheriff Mike McCabe as he spoke to the Clarkston Police Committee Wed., April 18. ‘We provide services based on the needs of the particular communities we go […]