It’s spring pothole season, and drivers are paying the price. Craig Bryson, spokesperson Road Commission Oakland County, said drivers spend an average of $500 a year on car repairs from pothole damage. Potholes get worse in springtime after roads freeze and thaw on roads built to last a few decades. Damage when hitting potholes range […]
Karen Sansone is livid over a parking ticket in downtown Clarkston. ‘Tickets like this will deter people from coming to Clarkston,” said Sansone, who received two parking tickets while visiting downtown businesses. A two-hour time limit is not enough time to visit, said Sansone, who is a part of a knitting group at Basketful of […]
Clarkston City Council’s closed session, March 9, remains a concern for resident Mark McCloy. “Do all council members agree to the rationale of a closed meeting,? McCloy asked at the March 26 Clarkston City Council meeting. ‘I fail to understand why the council cannot say ‘we may have made a mistake’ and ‘we have learned’ […]
When you face the world with optimism, nothing can keep you down. Especially for three Clarkston students who were recognized by Clarkston Optimist Club for their winning essays submitted on ‘Optimism Should be a Priority,” in their Optimist International Essay Contest. Scholarship awards and medallions were presented to the students with award winning essays. For […]
Part One in a series about heroin and its impact on the community. Heroin use is on the rise, even right here in Clarkston. ‘It’s more of a problem in Clarkston than Clarkston knows,” said Dr. Michael Brooks, psychiatrist at Brighton Center for Recovery, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. ‘We are seeing quite a […]
The construction project for Sashabaw and Waldon roads and I-75 is on hold for at least a month. Scheduled to begin in May, the project is about $300,000 short. Since it was first planned, the cost to complete the project has gone up about $1 million. ‘Increases are due to changes in construction safety standards, […]
Ignoring a problem does not make it go away. Recently changed laws regarding prescription drugs has made obtaining opiate prescription drugs harder, so people are ever more frequently turning to heroin, a cheaper alternative. This epidemic is different than any other drug epidemic in history because you have people, now considered addicts, that would have […]
There are a lot of ways people get scammed nowadays and Clarkston resident James Sloan found out one way when he was scammed by door-to-door magazine salespeople out selling, they said, for a good cause. Sloan wants others to be aware of what happened to him, so they don’t fall victim to the same scam. […]
Rumors are flying about the corner of Main Street and Waldon after the lot was recently cleared of most trees and scrub brush. Land owners Ed Adler and Deanna Olsen said last summer they received a letter from the City of the Village of Clarkston demanding the lot be cleaned up so that is exactly […]
It’s better here than in New York City, according to several members of a group of 16 students from Japan during a week-long visit to Clarkston. The students spent a week in the area after touring the Big Apple, seeing the Statue of Liberty, attending a musical, and speaking to students in New York schools. […]