Who should pay for the upgrading of Sashabaw from a two lane road into a four lane boulevard? That was the question debated at the Independence Township Board meeting on March 4 before a crowded meeting room at the library. A plan was presented on how to pay for the $12 million project which had […]
The possible war with Iraq has dominated the news for quite awhile now and I have been eating up the coverage. I have been watching everything from Bill O’Reilly to Dan Rather to President Bush trying to become an educated citizen. I will be honest, I have been waffling for a number of months on […]
A community garden is set to spring up at the McCord Farm. That is because Judge Dana Fortinberry and Judge Michael Batchik, from the 52/2 District Court, have entered into an agreement with Community Corrections, along with Independence Township approval, to start a community garden by using their nonviolent offenders as a labor pool. The […]
The countdown is on for your friendly, local editor. After 25 years of walking around this great country a free man, I have decided to enter holy matrimony. Many said it would not be done. In fact, many said it could not be done. However on Aug. 16, 2003, the impossible will become a reality […]
Margaret Bartos has moved all around the country in her lifetime, but has found a home at the Independence Township Senior Center. “I really enjoy the job here and I love the area. I was a history major so I love the downtown,” the senior center coordinator said. “I am hoping to move into the […]
Clarkston High School has some international flavor in March as 13 students from Japan are spending a couple weeks in Clarkston. The exchange program, which is part of the New Perspectives organization, has some Clarkston students traveling to Japan after hosting their Japanese friends. The students are from Ichikawa Higashi High School in Chiba, Japan […]
Seeing our country go to war can have different effects on different people, according to therapist Stan Garwood from Garwood and Associates in Clarkston. “As far as adults are concerned I put them into two categories: those who know somebody who is over in the Middle East fighting and those who don’t,” Garwood said. The […]
I am the definition of a sports fanatic. I love to watch sports, play sports and read about sports. As such, March is usually a great month for me due in large part to the NCAA basketball tournament. The tournament, which is dubbed March Madness, usually preoccupies all my free time. Filling out the brackets […]
Six girls from the Clarkston High School track team had an impressive showing at the Nike Indoor Track and Field Nationals Meet in Maryland. “The girls ran real well,” track coach Jamie LaBrosse said. “This puts us in good shape going into the high school season. We should be able to compete at a state […]
The Wolves basketball team gave all they had against Carman-Ainsworth, but it wasn’t enough to capture the Class A boys basketball quarterfinal game at Saginaw Valley State University. Clarkston fell in overtime 68-60. “It was a really classic type of game,” Clarkston coach Dan Fife said. “It was the underdog against the heavyweight. Carman-Ainsworth showed […]