Four pieces of property needed for road improvements now belong to Independence Township. At their Oct. 7 meeting, township trustees approved purchasing the last of four easements on Sashabaw Road at Waldon Road. The easement was purchased from Waldon Properties, and allows the township full control for any project and reconstruction work on the properties. […]
Not everyone can say super stars helped build their home. Veteran Shannon Chatman can say just that, after country superstar duo Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line paid an unannounced special visit to a work site of a My Habitat Clarkston build on Hogback Lake Road in Springfield Township. Local […]
School candidate forum The League of Women Voters hosts a candidate forum for Clarkston Board of Education candidates, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at Clarkston Junior High School, 6595 Waldon Road. Incumbent board members Elizabeth Egan, Steve Hyer, and Rosalie Lieblang, and challengers Donald E. Deering and Kelli Horst are running for three open seats […]
Chili chefs and fans filled the backyard of Lowrie’s Landscape and Plum Hollow on Dixie Highway for their annual Chili Cookoff, Oct. 9. Jennifer Detkowski earned top honors at the contest, in which tasters voted for their favorites. They also donated a wheelbarrow full of canned and boxed food for Lighthouse Emergency Services in Clarkston. […]
Kids at Clarkson Elementary know more about fire safety thanks to Independence Township Fire Department. Fire Marshall Bruce Harbin and other department employees told kids their homework was to make sure they had working smoke detectors in their home. ‘Smoke makes people sick,? he said. ‘When you are sleeping you won’t smell the smoke. We […]
15 years ago – 1999 ‘Farmer Jack buys Clarkston Food Town? The end of an era came when long time grocery staple, Food Town, was sold to Farmer Jack. The decision affected 10 Food Towns including Clarkston’s location on Sashabaw Road. Farmer Jack planned to move in and start operations on Nov. 1. ‘Thendara paving […]
It’s the beginning for brisk winds, sweatshirts, cider and donuts. Time to prepare for ghoulish of all holidays – Halloween. For millions of writers around the world the month of October is the countdown to November and to National Novel Writing Month. This year I did not procrastinate…well, yet…I began prepping at the end of […]
Reader support for Lieblang, Deering Dear Editor, I would like to publicly support current school board president, Rosalie Lieblang and candidate, Dr. Donald Deering for the Clarkston school board election in November. During Rosalie Lieblang’s leadership, the school board has been able to, not only remain solvent during the drop in school funding from the […]
Clarkston’s Amyloidosis Foundation is in the running for thousands in grants in a crowd-funding contest this month. “We have raised over $4,000 and are in eighth place overall for donations so far,” said Mary E. O’Donnell, president of the foundation. “It’s astonished me.” The’RiseDetroit Online Charity Challenge started Sept. 15 ‘and runs through Thursday, Oct. […]
The ladies sparkled and the men were dashing as the Clarkston High School Homecoming Court walked down the 50-yard line during the Wolves’ half-time on Friday night. The sophomore class was presented by princess Sydney Houstina and prince Patrick McKillop. Princess Sabrina Parks and prince Nate Gipe represented the junior class. The senior princesses were […]