Clarkston residents receive several services including police, firefighting, and library from Independence Township, but pay about a third more in property taxes. Candidates for Clarkston City Council, Richard Bisio, Eric Haven, Thomas Hunter, David Marsh, and Sharron Catallo have mixed feelings about that. ‘In some aspects they are too high, in others perhaps too low,” […]
M-15 will look and feel a lot better by this time in 2014, officials promise. An 8.6 mile Capital Preventative Maintenance project, which will take place from Dixie Highway to Wolf Road in Ortonville, will include milling and resurfacing work. The project will cost an estimated $4.1 million will be completed in one construction season. […]
Clarkston has been a city since 1992, and all five candidates running for City Council want to keep it that way. ‘I’m not aware of efforts at dissolution since the failed petition drive to have the question placed on the November 2012 ballot,” said Richard Bisio. “The main motivating factor in that campaign was the […]
Five candidates are running for Clarkston City Council in the Nov. 5 election. Former Clarkston Mayor Sharron Catallo is running unopposed for a one-year partial term. Incumbents Richard Bisio, Eric Haven, and Thomas Hunter, and challenger David Marsh are in the running for three, two-year seats on the council. Richard Bisio said he wants to […]
A rainy evening dampened the crowd during Paint the Town Pink to benefit Sister & Sister, but couldn’t touch the spirit of the event, Oct. 17 in downtown Clarkston. Festivities filled downtown businesses as visitors enjoyed pink themed sales, drinks, snack and treats. During the Ladies Night Out downtown stroll, businesses collected donations in jars […]
Holiday Pictionary with a twist, the artist is blindfolded.
With another year of challenges come and gone, local government officials are quick to start work on another list as 2007 begins. One task on Oxford Village Manager Joe Young’s list is to hire a new director for the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Previous director, Amanda Cassidy, stepped down the end of August last […]
According to documents obtained from local public safety agencies, service calls have risen in Oxford and Addison townships and decreased in the village. Service calls to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Addison substation have increased by a slight 0.8 percent from last year as of Dec. 5 with a total of 2,817 calls. There were eight […]
There’s nothing like cuddling up with a blanket and a good book on a cold winter day. So why not win a prize doing it? The Oxford Public Library will be starting their 10-week long adult Winter Reading Program this month. Dubbed ‘Cold Days, Warm Hearts,? readers can pick up suggested reading lists and win […]
As promised in last week’s issue (‘The countdown begins?), here they are, The Review’s six biggest stories from the past year. Keep reading the paper to find out which stories in 2007 will make the cut this time next year… 6. The GCC closes In April, a Michigan Tax Tribunal ruled that the Gingellville Community […]