Members and supporters of the North Oakland Right to Life commemorated the 34th anniversary of Roe v Wade this past Sunday with a life chain formed along Dixie Highway at White Lake Road. Passing motorists responded with honking horns and shouted exclamations, both in support and opposition. About 73 participants took part, said Mary Beth […]
McLaren Health Care is preparing for what it hopes is its final appearance before the Independence Township Planning Commission, for a while at least. At stake: a $600 million Health Care Village project on some of the last property left for development on Sashabaw Road. McLaren is on the Planning Commission’s Jan. 18 meeting agenda, […]
Budget problems continued to disrupt Township business last week. Citing budgetary concerns, the Township Board voted unanimously Jan. 2 to table a salary proposal for elected and non-union employees. The proposal, submitted to the board by Supervisor David Wagner, includes a 2.5-percent pay raise for elected officials and 3-percent raise for non-union employees. The rate […]
Deep in the heart of Independence Township, a small team of highly skilled specialists works hard to bring mechanical beings to life. And they have a waiting list, said Timothy S’lberg’of S’lberg Studios Inc. “I’ve always been interested in puppets and robots – I thought they were cool,” said S’lberg. “I was always drawing them […]
The time for trimesters may be coming to an end in in Clarkston. A Scheduling Task Force of administrators and teachers is recommending Clarkston Community Schools go back to two semesters per year. “This is a much different time,” said Assistant Superintendent Shawn Ryan, reporting to the school board, Monday. “We’ve faced struggles we couldn’t […]
This fall’s count day showed a reduction in Clarkston Community School student population, as officials expected. “We anticipate, before the official audit from Oakland Schools, a loss of about 70 students, which is where we budgeted,” said Superintedent Dr. Rod Rock. With state funding of $7,140 per pupil in the 2014 school year, that would […]
Mark Beauchamp of Clarkston has been to about 1,000 Major League Baseball games in his life. Game 4 in the Detroit Tigers? American League Division Series was the first time he took part in one. ‘I never thought I’d be part of the game ? it was pretty surreal,? said Beauchamp, who fumbled a flyball […]
As the fog rolled in Saturday morning, I found myself on a deserted road with no clear idea which way to go. A parked SUV came into view, with a ‘Clarkston Dance Team? decal in the back window. This was a problem. I had run by a suspiciously similar looking vehicle about 10 minutes earlier. […]
With deficit problems in the 2007 budget, trustees are considering a dip into Independence Township’s savings. Among items discussed at the Jan. 9 budget workshop at fire station one was the idea of using excess fund balance to save some programs lost to budget cuts. General-fund revenue is set at $6,047,830. This is $27,355 short […]
Sean Mueller is a junior at Clarkston High School, but has already been a state governor with Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI). “It went pretty well ? I gave a couple speeches here and there,? said Mueller, who has served as governor for the past year. He traveled around the state helping new clubs, giving […]