Helping families affected by disabilities is serious business. It’s also fun, at least for John Cocciolone. President and CEO of Easter Seals-Michigan, the Springfield Township resident brings a sense of humor and a sense of joy to his work. Others have noticed it, as evidenced by his receipt of the Myrtle M. and Tom B. […]
For years it was a popular flea market and salvage operation. Now it has been deemed a ‘dangerous building.? Springfield Township officials have scheduled a ‘show cause? hearing for Thursday, June 10 for the Whoopee Bowl on Dixie Highway to answer for allegedly failing to answer an order from hearing officer John Steckling based on […]
With senior class activities, studying for finals and finishing the final school year at Clarkston High School, seniors Jenna Hart and Matthew Pruente are busy. However, Hart and Pruente weren’t too busy to enjoy breakfast with community leaders and accept their titles as Clarkston’s Young Person of the Year. Hart and Pruente were each named […]
It’s hard to miss. A crumpled vehicle sits on the sidewalk next to the student parking lot at Clarkston High School. The hope of the Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter is that displaying one destroyed car will prevent more destroyed vehicles and lives. ‘We’re trying to make an impact on the high school and show […]
Believing the fight on the football field is more productive than the fight in the political and legal arena, Tony Miller has decided to resign from the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. The resignation, effective July 1, was delivered via a May 2 letter to board President Karen Foyteck, and was announced at Monday’s […]
It will be jail time, but not prison time, for a former Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy who became involved in viewing and distributing child pornography. John Gomez, 43, was sentenced to one year in a county jail, an additional year of house arrest with electronic tether, three years probation and 500 hours of community service […]
Three recent home invasions with similar circumstances have the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department seeking information from residents concerning suspicous persons or vehicles. The break-ins were all in the northwest corner of Independence Township and all featured a method of operation which included pulling a truck to the rear of the home, with burglars taking property […]
Cheryl Pellici moved to the Clarkston area four and a half years ago because she thought it was a great community. Eventually she wanted to add to the efforts of those who make it great. Pellici launched efforts to bring back the Clarkston Jaycees, an international organization devoted to ‘leadership training through community service.? When […]
All the papers have been signed, and the work has begun. ‘The garden is a go,? according to 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry, announcing an agreement with Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County 4-H to relocate a ‘community garden? to Springfield Oaks County Park. The program, in which nonviolent, misdemeanor convicts may serve […]
The good news came in expected cost savings when 37 Clarkston school teachers, two administrators and 15 support personnel accepted a severance buyout package. The challenge will be in filling at least some of those positions. Linda Nester, executive director for personnel and auxiliary services, told the board of education April 26 of plans to […]