Grab your mask, Kemosabe, and head to downtown Oxford Saturday for the Second Annual Lone Ranger Day parade and festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To learn about everything that’s going on, check out our special section included with this week’s issue. File photo.
A 20-year-old Brooklyn, New York man is facing eight felony charges for allegedly blackmailing a 14-year-old Oxford girl into sending him photos of herself in sexually-explicit poses. Johnny Aptkia Tlapanco was arraigned July 23 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on three counts of child sexually abusive activity (a 20-year felony), four counts of using […]
Addison Seldon and Julianna Fossi work on their pinball machine in I Can Invent during Camp Invention. Photo by Wendi Reardon
A burglary case in Independence Township was closed with the arrest of two suspects, also wanted for burglaries in Waterford Township. Cameron Ryan Cornell, 19, and Johnathan James Sornson, 38, were arrested in connection with burglaries in the 5000 block of Tamarack Park Lane, June 24, as well as Waldon Lake Drive, June 27. They […]
Athletes’ hopes of putting their training to the test at the 10th annual Village Tri and Du are dashed ? this year’s event is cancelled. “We hate to make a decision like that, but we won’t put athletes and residents at risk,” said Independence Township Supervisor Pat Kittle. “We have to think of the big […]
For Wealthy Street residents, a new program is just the thing to get a road renovation project running. Former Independence Township trustee and resident Mark Petterson and his son accepted the first check from the newly created Neighborhood Road Incentive program, created by Independence Township to help offset costs for neighborhoods needing to repave their […]
Clarkston is looking to save some money on a sidewalk project by linking it to current work in the area. City Council gave Manager Carol Eberhardt the OK to sign a contract up to $20,000. The project would extend the sidewalk on the west side of Main Street from Miller Road north to the city […]
A Clarkston-area family is almost halfway to achieving their goal of homeownership, with the help of the community and My Habitat Clarkston. ‘It’s exciting ? we really appreciate it,? said prospective homeowner Shannon Chatman, who has been working with the community organization for about two years. The Clarkston group organized a concert fund raiser in […]
Local soldiers returning home with physical and emotional issues sometimes find themselves in trouble with the law. Thanks to a Veterans? Treatment Court program, soldiers do not have to wage the battle alone. On Sunday, July 20, several leaders connected to the court system attended a golf outing at Boulder Point Golf Club in Oxford […]
Local business owner Ed Adler spotted something unique in the back of a local business, so The Clarkston News went to investigate. It’s a vintage Beechcraft Model 18 plane was spotted near the back of the old Township Hall Building at 90 N. Main. Located on private property, home to the Union AdWorks, local restaurateur […]