Row, row, row
From left, Team 2 – The Non-Cute Puppies and Team 1 – Nautical Neons start the time trial race during the seventh Annual Rush Regatta on Deer Lake last Saturday. For more pictures, please see page 37. Photo by Wendi Reardon
Meetings too long?
At the first school board meeting of the new school year, Trustee Steve Hyer had an idea ? fewer meetings. “Bylaws stipulate at least one business meeting per month ? I suggest we go back to one meeting per month,” Hyer said at the July 14 meeting. Meetings this past year have been too long, […]
Downtown videos wrap as M-15 work starts
State contractors are expected to finish work this week videotaping historic homes and businesses in downtown Clarkston. The Michigan Department of Transportation contracted with Finishing Touch Photos and Videos to record downtown buildings in advance of an upcoming $4.5 million project to resurface 8.6 miles of M-15 from Dixie Highway in Independence Township to Wolfe […]
Love and music
Daphne and Mike McLain dance during Concerts in the Park in Depot Park in downtown Clarkston, July 10. Local talent Sam Van Wagoner warmed up the stage before the Rusty Wright Band headlined the concert. One more concert is left in the series, scheduled for this Friday. It will feature local talent D.R.A.W. Bucket Line […]
Springfield welcomes new fire chief
BY LAURA DUCHARME Special to the Clarkston News Leaving your co-workers after working many years together can be difficult, but Tom Graham, the new fire chief of Springfield Township, had an easier transition than he thought he would. ‘Of course it’s bittersweet,? said Graham. ‘But they adopted me here.? Graham was the fire chief of […]
News in Brief
School board officers Clarkston School Board’s officers are unchanged, after Monday’s board election. Board President Rosalie Lieblang, Vice President Susan Boatman, Treasurer Joan Patterson, and Secretary Craig Hamilton were all re-elected to their posts on 4-3 votes during the July 14 meeting. Voting against were trustees Elizabeth Egan, Steve Hyer, and Cheryl McGinnis. Hyer nominated […]
A Look Back From The CNews archives
15 years ago – 1999 ‘Independence zoning categories revisited at joint board meeting? Vision 2020 was one step closer after the special joint workshop meeting. Independence Township Planner Dick Carlisle presented suggestions for the long-awaited update of the master plan. ‘Wetlands violation prompts action in Springfield Township? Wetlands preservation might have been more important to […]
Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon
I found myself in limbo a few weeks ago. I was done with where I had been and had a few hours until my next appointment. Because I was already close to where I needed to be I didn’t want to go home. I didn’t want to venture to another town. I was quite particular […]
Letters to the Editor
Voters already spoke on library issue Dear Editor, Let’s see if I understand. We had a good Independence Township library governed by an obsolete state law. The millage was low and the general fund was used to fill gaps. It was decided to re-establish as a district library in order to ask voters for more […]
Firefighter pulls heavy duty
Al Doran, Independence Township firefighter and owner of a heavy-rigger trucking company, recently donated a 20-foot tank usually used to store petroleum products to the Rochester Fire Department for special confined spaces training. Confined spaces training comes in handy during a variety of emergency scenarios that can occur in a home or workplace. Firefighters throughout […]