After a three year absence, forensics is back at Clarkston Schools. In true Clarkston fashion, the first outing for the team proved successful, with the Clarkston Junior High Team bringing home three trophies, two plaques, six blue ribbons and three Certificates of Merit for Excellence. Forensics had a brief stint in Clarkston three years ago […]
As people from all over the world flock to Michigan to witness Super Bowl XL history, places for them to stay are becoming scarce. Major hotel chains fill up and send people further and further from the Detroit area, bombarding even small bed and breakfasts like Clarkston’s Milpond Inn. Many are coming in too late, […]
Think all love stories are alike? Think you’ve heard them all before? Think again. On Feb. 11, a unique way to celebrate the spirit of Valentine’s Day can be found right here in Clarkston as the Clarkston Village Players present storyteller Lois Sprengnether-Keel in ‘Love: Sense or Nonsense?? Sprengnether-Keel has been storytelling since 1970, and […]
For the first time since the Artist of the Year award was established, the Orion Art Center has given the honor to someone whose primary medium isn’t painting. Betty Behm, a potter, will be formally honored (along with the 2006 Patron of the Year) at the Snowflake Ball on Jan. 28. The ball is at […]
Lake Orion’s Harmony Risca attended the U.S. Figureskating Nationals, and participated in a partner tryout in St. Louis after the competition on Jan. 15. Risca is in search of an ice dancing partner, but finding the right fit is easier said than done. ‘There were about 60 some girls, a lot of whom were about […]
Orion Township resident Bob Lytle certainly wears many hats. At this rate, his next one might be that of teacher. That is because Lytle slowly but surely has incorporated more of a history lesson into each of his seven books. ‘The more I keep writing, the more I’ve gotten involved with Michigan history,? the award […]
There’s a saying that goes: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. But in some cases it might be wise just to give it up. Two men learned this lesson on the night of Jan. 16, when, according to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department report, they attempted to break into the BP Gas […]
It was a tale of two games for the LO men’s hoopsters in their consecutive contests with OAA III rival Ferndale last week. Fortunately for the Dragons, the end results were the same as the team recovered from a heartbreaking loss to Stoney Creek the week before. After a dominating performance on Jan. 17 that […]
The Dragons were well aware that their hopes of repeating as league champs would rely heavily on their match with Clarkston. After falling 30-25 to the Wolves on Jan. 18, the Dragons will now need a very strong showing at the league tournament to keep their dreams alive. The Dragons used pins from sophomores Spenser […]
The Varsity Softball team got off to a rough start as they opened Flint Metro League play against Cilo on Thursday, April 23: they got swept. The first game for the Wildcats was one they would like to forget. They played aggressive defense against the Mustang hitters, but the offense fell by the side. The […]