Michigan Senate voted last week against changing the state Certificate of Need process, dealing a blow to McLaren’s hopes for a new $300 million hospital on Sashabaw Road. Local officials are disappointed in the decision. “Looks like we need to do a better job communicating with the folks in Lansing,” said township Supervisor Pat Kittle. […]
The vacant gas station at Dixie Highway and Ortonville Road is no more, thanks to a grant from Oakland County to Independence Township. The former BP station at 6756 Dixie Highway was vacant for more than four years. Since the location closed, several business plans for the location have been proposed and rejected. In August […]
A reader survey conducted on behalf of the Clarkston News and Penny Stretcher polled the 13,794 households that read CNews and discovered some major buying power in the area. Almost 6,000 residents plan to spend over $13.4 million on furniture and home furnishings. On home improvements and supplies 5,241 residents plan on spending $10.7 million. […]
City of theVillage of Clarkston received high marks on an audit, although Mayor Joe Luginski previously said the way the city spent money was illegal. At the meeting, Luginski was missing again, an issue he previously said he would improve. City officials were praised by auditor Rana Emmons from PSLZ, LLC, a certified public accounting […]
A My Habitat Home in Springfield Township is still about $25,000 short, but a local donor has stepped up and offered to match donations through the end of December. Julie Nemeth said the future homeowner, Shannon Chatman, needs a boost to provide her family a home. ‘She is doing everything right in her life and […]
Those looking for information on the City of the Village of Clarkston’s website over the holidays were out of luck ? Villageofclarkston.org was down from Dec. 26 to at least Dec. 29. According to Go Daddy, the website provider, the page was down pending renewal or deletion. City Manager Carol Eberhardt said the previous administration […]
“Proceed as planned” was the opinion given to Independence Township after Supervisor Pat Kittle asked engineering firm Carlisle Wortman about the I-75 and Sashabaw Road improvement project. Even without a new hospital, construction in the area will include $4 million in improvements to the Sashabaw and Waldon Road intersection and the I-75 interchange. Work will […]
After a relatively warm winter so far, the new year has brought frigid temperatures and snow to the Clarkston area, and slick roads with it. “We had crashes scattered all over the township (Monday morning) from about 4:30 a.m. until about 7:30 ? Sashabaw, M-15, Clintonville, Dixie and White Lake,” said Oakland County Sheriff’s Lt. […]
As 2014 came to a close, Independence Township still had $17,220 to fight invasive species in the area. At their Dec. 23 meeting, the township board approved a $10,055 payment on behalf of area organizations to expedite the process. In 2014, the township budgeted $20,000 for the project. Its purpose is combating invasive species, but […]
Joe Luginski, who was re-elected mayor of Clarkston this past November, missed 11 of 25 meetings since March 2014, including the Dec. 8 meeting. Luginski said being mayor and a council member means more than showing up twice a month for council meetings. “People may not realize the personal time and time away from my […]