What do you get when you mix an old house with 14 rooms, two porches, and 13 home interior designers? ‘A contemporary space within an 1840’s shell,? said Kevin Harrison, owner of KH Home and chairman of the first annual Clarkston Designer Showcase Home, which will benefit SCAMP. For the last few months the designers […]
Efforts to recall Supervisor David Wagner is growing. Rae Luallen and Linda Donkerbrook, members of ‘Citizens Against Independence Township Waste,? handed out ‘Recall Wagner? fliers to residents paying their summer taxes at Township Hall. ‘His spending is out of control and the township cannot continue to beat down the residents and expect us to continue […]
It’s back to the chopping block for Independence Township trustees, rejecting second quarter recommended reconciliation and budget adjustments. ‘With my meetings with the supervisor, I would tell you I don’t know if the supervisor and I will be able to come back to you with anymore cuts,” said Finance Director Susan Hendricks at the Sept. […]
An experiment with four-day weeks is over for Department of Public Works, with some positive results. ‘Residents in general are very happy with the extended hours,? said Independence Township DPW Director Linda Richardson in her Sept. 1 memo to the board. ‘I feel we are better able to serve the public offering earlier and later […]
City Manager Dennis Ritter met with Clarkston Public Access Center (CPAC) Program Director Andy Reish to discuss taping and broadcasting City Council meetings on cable. ‘I showed him we had some equipment here and he came over and he evaluated it,? Ritter told the council at last Monday’s meeting. ‘He said that we can do […]
Friendly Forest is finished, a victim of budget cuts. ‘It’s such a popular event, but you have to cut somewhere,? said Mike Turk, director of Independence Township Parks and Recreation. ‘Special events are kind of the extra things we do, so I think you have to look at those things first.? Besides Friendly Forest, a […]
Former township Trustee Charles Dunn is back to work with the township, this time as an attorney. Some current trustees are unhappy about it. Trustees David Lohmeier and Neil Wallace, and Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen voted against continuing a contract with Charles Dunn, Giarmarco, Mullins, and Horton, P.C, as well as August Mack Environmental firm concerning […]
If you like mysterious phone calls, gun shots, and blood on the wall, then don’t miss Clarkston Village Player’s 2009 season opener ‘Blood Money.? Joseph P. Saulski plays Mike Mason, a 40’s something celebrity game show host who considers himself quite the ‘ladies man.? When not at work he enjoys the company of his 20-something […]
Michelle Phaup of Independence Township was recently named a top 10 finalist for the ‘Good Neighbor Award? by the National Association of Realtors. ‘It’s a great honor,? she said. ‘I can remember being at past realtor conferences and being in awe of the top 10 people that were selected, so to be a part of […]
When Jim Reed saw a 45 mile per hour speed limit sign a few weeks ago on Perry Lake Road, a gravel road, he wrote to state Senator Mike Bishop, state Rep. Eileen Kowall, and Sheriff Mike Bouchard. Public Act 85, passed in 2006, requires speeds on gravel roads to be based on the number […]