Absentee vote The Independence Township Clerk’s office at 6483 Waldon Center Drive will be open on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 8-10 a.m. for issuing absentee voter ballots. Registered voters can obtain absentee ballot if they are age 60 years old or older; unable to vote without assistance at the polls; expecting to be out of […]
This year’s Oxford Schools juniors had ‘a few positives? on their Michigan Merit Exam (MME) scores and had some ‘gains and drops? on their ACT results compared to last year, according to Chief Academic Officer Dr. James Schwarz. ‘Whenever these scores come out it always causes us to reflect on all of those bits and […]
15 years ago – 1999 ‘City water, repaving delayed? After 90 minutes of discussion, the Clarkston City Council decided a plan to repave Main Street and possibly to install a water main the following summer was all wet. Following a suggestion made by Gary Tressell, the city’s engineer, the council voted 6-0 to delay the […]
If voters shoot down a library millage on August 5 the Clarkston-Independence library will close. Books will be packed and music silenced. Enrichment classes, education classes and special activities will be gone. Officials are asking taxpayers to pay on average about $125 a year for the library. A lot of residents are in favor of […]
Dear Editor, The article on local regulations on political signs was interesting but, in my view, fell short to the extent it failed to emphasize that while local government may be able to restrict political sign postings on public right-of-ways, it has been found that the First Amendment right to free speech allows for the […]
Virginia ‘Ginny? Schomisch believes one of the keys to creating a prosperous future for downtown Oxford is preserving and promoting its past through historic buildings. ‘There are statistics that show people who visit a downtown are more likely to stay there when it has some sort of historic aspect (to it),? said the 24-year-old Ypsilanti […]
Dana Driscoll of Clarkston paints a picture at Easels in the Park during the My Habitat Clarkston concert in Depot Park, July 25. The art event, organized by Depot Street Arts, is part of Free Art Friday Clarkston. Photo by Phil Custodio
At a concert billed as the “Mayhem Festival,” Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies made sure they had plenty of people to keep the peace, July 18. Two sergeants and 20 deputies were stationed at DTE Energy Music Theater during the festival, July 18, featuring Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Cannibal Corpse, Asking Alexandria, and other acts. Deputies are […]
July 24 was certainly a beautiful day to go fishing. But the warmth of the sun shining down on the clear, blue waters of Lake Orion was nothing compared to the warmth of the people that came together to make a dying man’s wish come true. All John Stiller, of Waterford, wanted to do was […]
Organizers hope to fill Depot Park with prayer and worship at the second annual Enkindle the Remnant event, 6-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 22. ‘Prayer for the community to come together, for all churches and people,? said Josh Kuruvilla, 19, of Independence Township. ‘High schoolers and college kids, and whoever wants to come by and enjoy […]