Vegas expo
Clarkston businesses went Vegas at this year’s Best of the Best Expo. Hosted by Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce, Nov. 6 at Clarkston High School, businesses and community groups shared what makes the local community great.
Awareness through experience
One by one fourth graders at Pine Knob Elementary rolled and tried to manuever wheelchairs down the ramp in the cafeteria on Friday. They also blind-folded themselves and tried walking down a hallway with a white cane. It was part of Disability Awareness day as they learned what it was like to have a reading […]
Spiritual Matters
When you think of the word “church” what comes to mind? For some church brings to mind an image of a quaint country building with a pretty white steeple. For others perhaps a grand cathedral in Europe or a place you went as a child on a bus to learn about Jesus. Sometimes churches are […]
Racing in the park
Hundreds of runners and walkers braved the cold, Sunday morning, for the second annual Clarkston State Bank Backroads Half Marathon and 10K race in and around Independence Oaks County Park. Ryan Rivamonte of Royal Oak finished the half marathon first, out of 511 entries, with a time of 1:19:51. Coming in second, and first in […]
Recount looms in one vote victory in school board election
Goodrich-One vote can make a difference. Ask incumbent school board trustee Chip Schultz, who lost his Nov. 4 reelection by just one vote to newcomer Jeff Brown. The unofficial results for the school board election were incumbent Daniel Keller received 1,676 (26.93 percent) votes, Jennifer Riggs 1,668 (26.80 percent), Jeff Brown tallied 1,324 (21.27 percent) […]
FERC to host environmental review open house for ET Rover
On Dec. 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will host an environmental review open house at the Holiday Inn, 5353 Gateway Center, Flint regarding the ET Rover pipeline project. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public an opportunity to learn more about the commission’s environmental review process and to verbally comment […]
Together until the end
They were always holding hands. That’s how family and friends remember Eileen and Gerald Rance, who died within a day of each other following an Independence Township automobile accident on Nov. 5. The couple had been married for 61 years. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, at about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5, the Rances […]
Brandon grad on Peace Corps mission in Madagascar
Monica Lambert spends a lot of time thinking about food as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar. ‘Volunteers are always thinking about or talking to each other about food, myself included,? said Lambert via e-mail from the world’s fourth-largest island nation, located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. ‘What did you […]
‘Arsenic & Old Lace?
Goodrich-Twelve corpses and two old ladies who are sisters with unique wine-making techniques combine for ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.? The play is open to the public at 7 p.m, Nov. 20-22 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23, at Raymond C Green Performing Arts Center, Goodrich High School, 8029 Gale Road. Based on the 1944 film starring […]
Standing corn factor in firearm deer opener
When the statewide firearm deer season opens today, Nov.15, area hunters could find one more challenge. While the 2014 deer season is forecasted to have similar success rates to last year, a very late corn harvest could impact hunters? ability to find their often elusive targets. ‘As of the first week of November, the statewide […]