A father and son arrested in connection with a string of larcenies in Springfield Township told police they sold stolen merchandise to support a mutual heroin addiction. Gregory Michael Baker, 52, and Gregory Ted Baker, 18, were arraigned Friday in 52-2 District Court on nine charges of breaking and entering, larceny and receiving/concealing stolen property. […]
Springfield Township is home to a rare and beautiful 515-acre nature preserve and many residents don’t even know it exists. That’s the word from Nancy Strole, park enthusiast and recently-retired township clerk, who will lead a hike though the Shiawassee Basin Preserve on Saturday, June 27. Contained within the Long Lake Complex, the Shiawassee Basin […]
The band played Pomp and Circumstance, the choir sang. It’s tradition. As the venue settled and commencement ceremonies for Clarkston High School’s class of 2009 were about to begin, the first wave of beach balls burst from a sea of graduates. They do it every year; a final, fun act of high school rebellion staged […]
When 30 people show up to voice distaste for a large-scale art project, but show no interest in sharing thoughts on the city finances’even while complaining elsewhere about high taxes, something is wrong. That, anyway, was the reaction of Clarkston City Councilman Charles Inabnit after virtually no one showed up for a pubic hearing of […]
It wasn’t the gloomy skies or prediction of rain worrying Jim Brueck Saturday morning. It was the seemingly insurmountable work ahead. ‘I wasn’t too sure what we’d get done,? he admitted with a laugh. ‘But the turnout was fantastic; I couldn’t have been more pleased.? Brueck, who co-chairs the Clarkston Watershed Group with Cory Johnston, […]
New substation in Springfield? Negative. Police learned on Thursday they won’t be getting new digs’not anytime soon, anyway’after Springfield Township Board rejected a $54,000 layout to relocate its substation into the recently renovated fire station on Dixie Highway. The proposal, which failed by a 4-3 vote, included modifications that would make the fire station’s 1,532 […]
Hundreds of Clarkston High School seniors made the traditional stop at Depot Park before heading off to prom at Penna’s of Sterling Heights on Thursday.
Shop local. We’re learning the hard way, watching our neighbors, our friends and our families struggle as they lose their jobs, their homes and their sense of security. But we’re learning. Shop local. Buy American. But what about hiring local? Or, more precisely, hiring American. Here’s a news flash: illegal immigrants are living in the […]
Michigan is great’it’s Lansing that’s broke. And broken. So says Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, who last week threw his hat in the ring in a bid to become Michigan’s next governor. ‘Not because I’m anxious to spend less time with my family or give up the job I truly love,? said Bouchard, 53, a […]
A river runs through Clarkston and those interested in helping protect it’or just learning more’are welcome to participate in River Day 2009. Activities’from planting and expansion of rain gardens, streambank stabilization project, drain stenciling, and more’will be on June 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at several locations in Clarkston. The Clarkston Farmers? Market will also hold […]