Good, bad or indifferent, the Clarkston Police Committee wants to hear what the city’s residents have to say about the police. Are the taxpayers getting the service they want? What do they like about the Clarkston Police? What do they dislike? How can the city improve its police force? The committee hopes to get answers […]
The bridge is back, and if everything goes according to plan the structure will be erected in Depot Park by Labor Day. The 40-foot steel and wood bridge will span the river separating the playground side of the park from the gazebo side, a project long on the wish-list of some residents. Although the venture […]
A 37-year-old Waterford Township man was killed when he was hit by a train in Springfield Township Tues., April 10. The incident was ruled a suicide, said Sgt. Mark Gardner of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Springfield Township substation. According to police reports, the conductor and engineer saw the man sitting on the tracks from […]
Longtime Clarkston resident Tom Stone was honored Saturday for three decades of effort, advocacy and commitment to local conservation efforts. Stone and his wife Arlene became involved with the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy when they moved into the area about 30 years ago. Saturday, he received the NOHLC’s Thomas K. Bullen award for outstanding […]
Renowned naturalist and author Kay Charter shared expertise and love of birds with local residents Saturday as the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy celebrated its 35th birthday. The NOHLC is a non-profit organization that works to encourage good land stewardship and ensure scenic areas, wetlands and wildlife habitats in North Oakland County are protected into […]
Mary Jean Baker is everything one might hope for in a friend’she’s energetic, optimistic, dedicated, cheerful, and, well, friendly. As proof, almost everyone at Independence Township Public Library, where Baker serves countless hours as Friends of the Library president, is happy to vouch for her. ‘MJ is very popular with the staff,? said Library Director […]
I walked into the Clarkston police station at 3 East Church last week and stopped dead in my tracks. Call it surprise, call it disbelief, picture a giant question mark over my head; I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. There, behind the counter, was a Clarkston police officer. Asleep. ‘Hello?? I said it as […]
Several members of the Clarkston City Council expressed concerns over why they were not informed of the outcome of a recent meeting, saying they learned of a new possibility for police services only through outside sources. The meeting in question took place when city officials and representatives from various groups sat down March 14 to […]
Three University of Michigan grad students arrived in town last week to present Clarkston officials with a preliminary plan to transform Depot Park into an ecological showcase. The plan included conceptual plans and ideas for projects like rain gardens, native plantings, stream bank stabilization, and green energy. ‘We want to be able to show techniques […]
City officials say they’re looking for community input as the Clarkston Police Department moves through transition sparked most recently by the firing of now former Police Chief Ernest Combs. A survey asking residents what they like, don’t like, and where they might like to see changes in the department arrived at city homes and businesses […]