A public hearing on Clarkston’s city budget will be at City Hall, 375 Depot Street, May 27 at 7 p.m. For more information call City Hall at 248-625-1559. Also, city planner Dick Carlisle of Carlisle Wortman Associates said the Planning Commission approved the site plan, two conditional rezonings, and a special land use for outdoor […]
Laura DuCharme joins the Clarkston News for the summer, serving a writing internship for her journalism program at Central Michigan University. “It’s been interesting so far, a good experience,” said DuCharme, a Grand Blanc native. She has written for CM Life and Her Campus at CMU, and is style editor for the campus magazine Grand […]
As seniors begin to close the chapter on their high school careers, nine more Clarkston students are ready for their next step. Nine Clarkston athletes signed their letters of intent last Thursday with plans to continue lacrosse or football at college. After becoming state champions with the varsity football team, Jason McCowan and Blake Rehahn […]
Clarkston fans cheered for Olivia Baylis and Riley Budzinski early Friday evening as the two were battling on Doubles No. 4 court for their team. Baylis and Budzinski were on the last two courts at Rochester High School which would determine who was champion for the MHSAA Girls Tennis Regional title. They lost to Bloomfield […]
Lady Wolves? Lexi Baylis, Dana Olsen, Paige Olsen and Isabella Spindler may compete individually on the tennis courts, but it is all about the team. ‘If we individually do well, it helps the team,? said Dana. ‘But we want it for the team so bad.? ‘We just want to help them the best we can,? […]
Laden with trophies, medals, and banners, Clarkston High School Team RUSH members gather at the May 12 school board meeting for official recognition of their championship 2014 season. Coach Kyle Hughes, at left, and the team expressed their pride in their achievements, including the prestigious Chairman’s Award. Photo by Phil Custodio
In the old days, kids threatened to run away and join the circus. Now, the circus comes to them. The Livonia-based Cirque Amongus visited Oxford Elementary School May 16 and turned the student body into jugglers, acrobats, clowns, tightrope walkers, ringmasters and other Big Top performers. Students spent the entire day learning how to do […]
A unique residential community ? something that would be the first of its kind in Michigan ? could be what the future holds in store for the property at 98 S. Glaspie St. owned by Oxford Village. The Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is exploring the feasibility of constructing apartments there for senior citizens […]
When Oxford Township voters head to the polls in November, it appears they will be asked to approve a police tax that could allow the community to increase the number of officers serving it by two over the next five years. Last week, officials voted 6-0 to have ballot language drafted that requests a 3.9152-mill […]
It appears that by July, pothole hill will be no more. Last week, the Oxford Village Council awarded a $496,578 contract to the Pontiac-based Asphalt Specialists, Inc. (ASI) to reconstruct the badly-deteriorated, pothole-ridden stretch of W. Burdick St. between Ashley Way and S. Waterstone Dr. It’s expected the road will be closed to motorists around […]