The Clarkston Watershed group hopes interested volunteers will show up in the city’s downtown area Saturday, June 9 with shovels, trowels and gloves to help install a new garden in celebration of River Day. The group will work between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to install native plants and flowers along the Mill Pond parking lot located […]
A Springfield Township man was arraigned in 52-2 District Court on two counts of aggravated indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person after he was allegedly seen exposing and fondling himself inside Independence Township Library last week. Andrew John Hamilton, 23, was confronted by a male library staff member on May 20 after two 14-year-old […]
Every Thursday, Paul Ulrich climbs into his car and steers north on M-15 to Genesys Hospice, where he spends his day visiting with the terminally ill. It’s a volunteer endeavor he began some two years ago, six months after his wife Mary Ann passed away. ‘We lived the American dream,? said Ulrich, 71, a retired […]
Holly Stewart and Anthony Fuller were among several hundred Clarkston High School students who went to Depot Park to take pictures and meet up with friends and family before prom last Thursday. Photo by Laura Colvin
Donna Clancy’s voice overflowed with emotion as she accepted an accolade naming her Citizen of the Year during the Clarkston Community Awards Breakfast last week. The event, now in its 22nd year, pays tribute to local individuals, groups and businesses who contribute to community enhancement. Clancy was one of 11 individuals honored during the breakfast […]
Owners of 10 historic homes in Clarkston will sweep off the welcome mats and open their front doors this weekend during the annual Clarkston SCAMP Home Tour. This year’s event features a record number of homes?10’each within the Village of Clarkston’s celebrated historic district. Eight of the homes are on North Main Street and three […]
Hundreds showed up to honor America’s veterans Monday at Clarkston’s annual Memorial day parade. The Parade, sponsored by American Legion Post 63, moved through downtown Clarkston and ended with a ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery. The event featured the Clarkston High School Marching Band, a two-jet military fly-over, and medallions for every veteran in attendance. Participants […]
Every Thursday, Paul Ulrich climbs into his car and steers north on M-15 to Genesys Hospice, where he spends his day visiting with the terminally ill. It’s a volunteer endeavor he began some two years ago, six months after his wife Mary Ann passed away. ‘We lived the American dream,? said Ulrich, 71, a retired […]
Brian Pease was pulling out of Taco Bell on Dixie Highway after a night of drinking last summer when he nearly hit a sheriff’s patrol car. Pease, an Independence Township resident, already had one drunk driving conviction, and knew a second meant serious trouble. But as he stood in the 52-2 District Court, Pease, 27, […]
Let’s keep the Clarkston Police, and let’s keep them on duty 24-hours a day. But let’s make significant changes to departmental operation and supervision policies’or lack thereof. The Clarkston Police Services Committee delivered those recommendations in a long-anticipated, emotionally-charged city council meeting Monday. In an oral and written report, the committee presented a five-point list […]