Joe Wagner’s a mentor in the life of a young man from Independence Township, but those who know the two might place Wagner somewhere between father and friend. Wagner hoped to find a branch of Big Brothers/Big Sisters when his job brought him from Chicago to Oakland County. Instead, he found the Clarkston area Youth […]
The proposal for a shopping center near I-75 and Dixie Highway’featuring Target, a large home improvement store and several restaurants’landed back in front of the Springfield Township Board of Trustees Thursday. The plan for Springfield Marketplace was initially riddled with criticism, but developers returned with significant changes, including a reduction in size from 380,000 square […]
The mother who left her four children unattended and returned to find police and fire personnel converging on her lawn had been the victim of a domestic assault barely 48 hours before, police said. Deputies responding to a call in the 5300 block of Hillcrest Jan. 29 discovered four shivering children in a neighbor’s living […]
Building on the momentum of last May’s rain garden project in Depot Park, the Clarkston Watershed Group is cultivating new ideas, making plans and seeking funds as spring makes its slow approach. The group plans to focus the majority of available resources on the park, which serves as a focal point of the community as […]
The Springfield Township Fire Department was selected as one of 347 departments nationwide to receive federal grant dollars earmarked for first responders, officials announced Friday. The department will receive $90,884 from the Fiscal Year 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Of Springfield’s total award, $75,830 will fund […]
…and the lunchroom, the gym, and the classrooms, too. Residents big and small showed up Saturday to play games, win prizes, eat food and have a great time at the Springfield Plains School Fair. One of the day’s most popular destinations was the Springfield Plains ‘Jail,? hosted in good fun by Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies. […]
Paul Sadows sat surrounded by photographs’hundreds and hundreds of photographs’as he talked about the first time he set eyes on Carolyn 32 years earlier. It was love at first sight. ‘I walked in the door, looked at her and it was over,? he said, explaining that he’d gone into the printing house where Carolyn worked […]
Jim Territo considered a career in medicine for a brief time before deciding it wasn’t the best career choice he could make. But his motives were noble. ‘I aspire to be like my dad,? he said. ‘My dad’s a doctor. My dad’s really, really good doctor, and I used to think I wanted to practice […]
A survey developed by the Clarkston Police Services Committee is nearing completion and will arrive in residential and business mailboxes soon, said Committee Chairman Scott Meyland in a preliminary report to the city council Monday. The committee is also in the process of organizing a public forum that will provide residents with an opportunity to […]
Practice, practice, practice. The words danced in Jim Territo’s head the moment he spotted his name on a placard at Carnegie Hall. It was May 2006 when Territo, 27, arrived in New York with family and friends to witness as a piece of music ? his music ? was directed by renowned conductor H. Robert […]