application for deferment of summer 2014 taxes The Charter Township of Oxford is currently accepting applications for summer 2014 tax deferments for both Oxford Twp. taxes and Oxford Village taxes. To qualify, a household must also be 62 years of age or older, paraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic, eligible service person, veteran, widow or widower, blind or […]
Delia Hoffman uses the wind to lift her kite into the air at Kids Day in Clintonwood Park, last Saturday. Please see page 44 for more photos from the event. Photo by Wendi Reardon
Part 1 of a series on prescription drug abuse Joe used to be happy, until a few years ago when everything in his life changed after a friend handed him a pill. Joe (not his real name) is a Clarkston-area lawyer, a white collar worker, not the kind of person you would think of as […]
“We provide all the food , all the labor and all the clean up,” said Kevin McCort, agent at Real Estate One in Clarkston, which donated all the food for the barbeque lunch at their office in downtown Clarkston. For $5, visitors could pile their plates with hamburgers, hotdogs and side dishes. The group raised […]
MBA hosted a grand opening celebration on May 1 to welcome the community and business leaders to their new location on Sashabaw Road. MBA specializes in anything real estate sales related. MBA is always looking for new agents, according to owner Chris Mersino. Photo by Andrea Beaudoin
Artwork by Clarkston students are on display throughout downtown Clarkston this month. The third annual Community Art Connection, organized by Clarkston Community Schools and Clarkston Area Optimist Club, features paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other artwork by students from the Early Child Center, elementary schools, mddle school and junior high. They are on display in businesses […]
On Aug. 5, voters will decide if the Clarkston-Independence library stays open or closes. When voters take to the polls they will vote on a requested 1.25 millage which breaks down to $1.25 per $1,000 of taxable value of their property in both Independence Township and the City of Clarkston. The millage will also finalize […]
M-15 road work Construction on M-15 to start this week.The $4.1 million project will resurfacec about 8.6 miles of M-15, from Wolf Road in Ortonville to Dixie Highway in Independence Township.During the project, which will last until about November, crews will remove about 1 ½ inch of pavement from the road surface. Other work will […]
15 years ago – 1999“Schools add sports, come under fire from band boosters, Clarkston Chiefs” To fund or not to fund – that was the question of the hour as the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education meeting. It was answered with a compromise – six sports were added at Clarkston High School and the […]
I am proud to be a Michiganian. I am also avoiding the visualization of potholes and the cost I put into tires and wheel bearings because of the potholes. But I am proud to be from Michigan. The Pure Michigan commercials make me all warm and fuzzy about my state. But sadly, I don’t venture […]