The noise created by Clarkston and Flint Northwestern fans nearly blew the roof off Grand Blanc High School on Tuesday as the game that started out as a mere nail-biter culminated in several long minutes of heart-stopping suspense. Only as the final five, four, three, two seconds ticked off the clock did the Wolves know […]
Heartbreak hung on each and every face as the Wolves headed to the locker room after a difficult 58-44 loss against Kalamazoo Central in the MHSAA Boys Basketball Semifinals at the Breslin Center in Lansing Friday. It was painful, and they were hurting. But fans’from friends and fellow students to parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, school […]
When it rains it pours. A number of sewer-related events led the Clarkston City Council last Monday to approve a 70 percent sewer rate hike. Residents will see the increase when quarterly bills arrive in May. Currently, homes and businesses within the City of the Village of Clarkston pay sewer costs billed at $57 per […]
Pokely. Kamieniecki. Staton. Heartbreak hung from every face as the final buzzer sent them across the basketball court and into the locker room. Scarlett, Verlinden, Prudhomme, Ronk. There wasn’t any ceremony; no shouting, no laughing or hugging’just a few arms draped over a teammate’s shoulder in comfort and brotherhood. Baenziger, Calvano, Kouri, Dellinger. It was […]
A lopsided budget and the need to prioritize means Clarkston police must wait another year’at least’for the new police vehicle the department’s been saying it needs for the last several years. During its most recent meeting, the Clarkston City Council approved budget amendments that lopped $27,810 from the $291,949 police budget. Of that, $4,800 had […]
Just eight days shy of her own due-date, Erica Campbell-Loewe was determined to help other mothers-to-be as much as she could. As a volunteer with the third-annual Community Baby Shower in Davisburg, Campbell-Loewe said she’s always felt grateful to have the essentials to care for her daughter’as well as her little boy, soon to arrive. […]
They say time flies when you’re having fun. For Cathy Forst, who last week celebrated 30 years as the Springfield Township Library director, the old adage rings true. ‘I love my job,? said Forst, who came to the library in 1979. ‘I feel blessed and lucky to have been in this position for 30 years.? […]
Are two heads really better than one? Local conservationists hope the old adage is collectively true, as members of the Clarkston Watershed Group and the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy explore the possibility of joining forces. Although the idea only recently surfaced for discussion, both groups see potential benefits. ‘I think we’re looking at more […]
A 55-year-old man who allegedly drove 70 miles for an illicit meeting with a young Independence Township teen is headed to trial. Rodger Scott Stevens, an unemployed Bay City resident, was bound over to Circuit Court after a preliminary exam before 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio on Monday. Investigators said Stevens was arrested April […]
Carol Evans says she’s ‘scared to death.? As president of the Springfield Township-based Smith’s Disposal, Evans recently went millions of dollars into debt so she could buy out her brother and business partner, Ken Smith, rather than join him in retirement. It was only a few months later, she said, when rumors about government sponsored […]