The third annual Makers & Doers Festival, Sept. 27-28, has grown over the past couple years, now filling Springfield Oaks County Park. “The growth has been phenomenal ? people are interested in it,” said Stephanie Jones, show director. “We never envisioned it would become what it is today. The response has been overwhelming.” Formerly known […]
The kids have gone back to school. I saw on Facebook Yates Cider Mill started making fresh cider from this season’s apples. Labor Day came and went. It is the start of a new school year. As a kid it was always a time of excitement. Something new was beginning. A new teacher, new classroom, […]
The gridiron heroes defeated another foe on Saturday afternoon when they won their game against Bloomfield Hills, 38-7. Next up for the Wolves – West Bloomfield at home this Friday, 7 p.m .
The Lady Wolves finished the weekend in good spirits as they won the Grand Blanc Invitational on Saturday. ‘It was a good win for us,? said Clarkston Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach Kelly (Avenall) Pinner. ‘Anytime you win a tournament definitely gives you confidence. We didn’t win it last year. We lost in the finals to […]
Lady Wolves have dived into the season with winning their first two meets against Hartland, 125-61, and Grand Blanc, 120-66. “We did well,” said Kenwyn Chock, head coach for Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team. “I didn’t know what to expect because we have such a young team. The first two meets showed me they […]
The Lady Wolves have gotten off to a great start to the 2014 season. The Clarkston Girls Varsity Cross Country team has competed in two invitational meets prior to the first full week of school. First, they ran in the End of Summer Classic in Dexter on Aug. 27. Eleven of the 31 runners in […]
The Wolves Varsity Tennis team spent Saturday swinging their way to fourth place at their Clarkston Invitational with 15 points. “It was a solid showing,” said Chas Claus, head coach. “It was a good tournament, very competitive. The kind of tournament anybody could beat anybody and there are no easy wins.” He added they played […]
(Editor’s Note: The following story was written prior to the Oxford Village Council’s Tuesday, Sept. 9 meeting. At that meeting, council, after more than an hour of discussion, voted 3-2 to prohibit trucks weighing more than 40,000 pounds ? gross weight including cargo from using W. Burdick St. They decided to prohibit ‘all truck traffic? […]
It’s a mystery with all the elements of a riveting TV movie of the week. The potential kidnapping of a newborn infant from a maternity ward. A sister’s search for a brother she believes did not die 70 years ago as reported. A public record that forensic experts say was altered. But it’s not some […]
Both Hazel and I were raised as country kids. Hazel was raised on a farm in Shiawassee County. My folks moved every two years to farms west of Durand, where Dad worked on the railroad. But we never had Durand as a hometown The reason: Durand was the second largest railroad center in Michigan, which […]