Michigan is great’it’s Lansing that’s broke. And broken. So says Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, who last week threw his hat in the ring in a bid to become Michigan’s next governor. ‘Not because I’m anxious to spend less time with my family or give up the job I truly love,? said Bouchard, 53, a […]
Springfield Township is home to a rare and beautiful 515-acre nature preserve and many residents don’t even know it exists. That’s the word from Nancy Strole, park enthusiast and recently-retired township clerk, who will lead a hike though the Shiawassee Basin Preserve on Saturday, June 27. Contained within the Long Lake Complex, the Shiawassee Basin […]
The band played Pomp and Circumstance, the choir sang. It’s tradition. As the venue settled and commencement ceremonies for Clarkston High School’s class of 2009 were about to begin, the first wave of beach balls burst from a sea of graduates. They do it every year; a final, fun act of high school rebellion staged […]
When 30 people show up to voice distaste for a large-scale art project, but show no interest in sharing thoughts on the city finances’even while complaining elsewhere about high taxes, something is wrong. That, anyway, was the reaction of Clarkston City Councilman Charles Inabnit after virtually no one showed up for a pubic hearing of […]
It wasn’t the gloomy skies or prediction of rain worrying Jim Brueck Saturday morning. It was the seemingly insurmountable work ahead. ‘I wasn’t too sure what we’d get done,? he admitted with a laugh. ‘But the turnout was fantastic; I couldn’t have been more pleased.? Brueck, who co-chairs the Clarkston Watershed Group with Cory Johnston, […]
New substation in Springfield? Negative. Police learned on Thursday they won’t be getting new digs’not anytime soon, anyway’after Springfield Township Board rejected a $54,000 layout to relocate its substation into the recently renovated fire station on Dixie Highway. The proposal, which failed by a 4-3 vote, included modifications that would make the fire station’s 1,532 […]
Thinking of renting the Depot Park gazebo for an upcoming event? Rates are set to rise July 1. Residents of the City of the Village of Clarkston will pay $300 to rent the structure, while non-residents will be asked to fork over a $400 fee. As always, anyone’residents or not’are welcome to come by use […]
Keep at it. That was one of the lessons Brent Cousino took away from the streambank stabilization project he headed up in Depot Park last week. The undertaking, months in the planning, was an Eagle Scout Service project for Cousino, 16, a member of Boy Scout Troop 189 out of Calvary Lutheran Church. ‘I was […]
A father and son arrested in connection with a string of larcenies in Springfield Township told police they sold stolen merchandise to support a mutual heroin addiction. Gregory Michael Baker, 52, and Gregory Ted Baker, 18, were arraigned Friday in 52-2 District Court on nine charges of breaking and entering, larceny and receiving/concealing stolen property. […]
Steve Forney waited and watched, waited and watched. Finally, he spotted a few fish’bluegills’spawning on beds near the shore of his Waumegah Lake home. ‘We were pretty excited to see them,? Forney said, noting the late spring likely delayed the fish that did show up to spawn. ‘I was out looking everyday for weeks and […]