With many in the area concerned about the state of their dying lakes, the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy (NOHLC) met to determine if it’s too late for saving. Recently, Lake Waldon Village residents, living on Gulick Lake, spoke out about their once healthy 18-acre oasis, now dried up to only a half an acre […]
You may think of farm and garden clubs as doing simply that, farming and gardening. But in actuality they do far more, including supporting women’s rights. On Monday, Oct. 20 the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club and the Springfield Branch of the Women’s National Farm and Garden Club welcomed a longtime leader in women’s rights, […]
Virginia Walter has always had kids at heart. Even today, at age 90, the retired Clarkston schools teacher is still actively involved in the lives of youngsters through the Clarkston Area Youth Assistance (CAYA). Recently, the organization recognized Walter for her 30 years of service. “I was a bit overwhelmed. It was really just doing […]
The Pine Knob Elementary Alpha Club is once again in full swing for its third straight year. The elementary branch of the Optimists is made up of 24 members, who kicked off their season Sept. 18 with a pizza party. Plans for the year include providing help and service to Lighthouse North via canned food […]
His garden has been stripped to nothing. The banks of his pond are all torn up. And his cedar trees are being eaten away. Too many critters are reeking havoc on Larry Morgan’s land. The 62-year-old admits he enjoys seeing the wildlife on his five-and-a-half acre Ellis Road property, and wife Linda considers them her […]
Two and a half years ago, Clarkston Police Chief Paul Ormiston requested contracting with the county for police coverage on midnights. Now, Ernest Combs, the new Clarkston Police Chief at the helm, wants his officers on midnights. Combs asked City Council members at their Monday, Nov. 10 meeting to consider reinstating city officers on the […]
Just days after getting out of jail, a 19-year-old Clarkston man put himself right back behind bars when he got caught in the act of burglarizing cars. Bradley Scott Paulson was released from custody Saturday, Nov. 8 after serving his time for receiving and concealing property from a home invasion incident that occurred in May […]
You may see her in the guise of Liberetta Lerich Green, a young African American girl who helped injured soldiers in Detroit during the Civil War. Or with Anansi, a spider puppet whose got the character of a trickster. Or she may be speaking as if she were Paul Bunyan. Whatever the personality she may […]
The dedication and hard work she applies to school and service has brought to her the label of good citizen. Clarkston High School senior Jennifer Baibak is a 2004 Good Citizens Award winner denoted by the Sashabaw Plains chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). The 18-year-old Sashabaw Plains […]
Yes, they’re part of the F.I.R.S.T. Lego League, but they want you to know it’s not what you think. “People think we’re playing with Legos all day. We’re not playing with Legos. It’s presenting, computers, engineering…,” Cedar Crest Academy student and Lego League member Kelly Peters clarified. “It’s a good experience. You get to learn […]