Erin Lamont, Clarkston High School 1998 graduate, returned home recently from Los Angeles, Calif., to teach master dance classes around Michigan, including Bella Pointe Dance Studio in Independence Township. Lamont started dancing at Terry Newman’s Dance Studio in Waterford at seven-years-old and fell in love with it. She put in 30 hours of practice a […]
More than 600 essential and fragrant oils line the walls Widdershins, 620 Broadway in downtown Davisburg. ‘We do lotions, potions, oils and herbs,? said owner Autumn Anderson. Widdershins offers an array of scented products, also including bath and body lotions and scrubs, homemade soaps, and incense. ‘I buy the oils from all over the world, […]
A technicality seems to have resolved a controversial planning issue for Independence Township. Richard Carlisle, township planning consultant, finds his recommendation duties fully restored. The reversion is not because of a shift in votes on the Planning Commission, but because the first vote never officially happened at all. ‘Unfortunately it was a consensus and not […]
On Maybee Road east of Sashabaw, there sits an old church that dates back to 1855. Behind the church is a cemetery that dates back even further. A few months ago, members of the Sashabaw Plains Cemetery Association approached Independence Township hoping it would assume ownership and operation of the former Sashabaw Presbyterian Church’s cemetery.. […]
With 8,000 petitions distributed throughout the state in three weeks, Reform Michigan is off and running. ‘It’s been well received,? said Henry Woloson, Independence Township resident. A major state-wide business association should be endorsing the petition drive sometime this week, he said. ‘We currently cover 20- 22 counties with this petition distribution concept,? said Woloson. […]
It’s nearly 11:30 p.m and I have been sitting at my desk typing for the past 12.5 hours and now I have just begun my column without a clear thought of what to say or where I am heading. It’s amazing how when you stare at your computer screen for so long you begin to […]
The Michigan Victory games is Michigan’s premiere sporting competition for Individuals with various physical disabilities including muscular dystrophy, multiple schlerosis, spina bifida, and tramatic brain injuries. Independence Township’s Parks and Recreation are looking for athletes 14 and up with a primary disability to compete in the 2008 Michigan Victory Games on May 15-18 at Michigan […]
For a person in cardiac arrest, each minute means 7-10 percent less chance of revival. When Alice Keller of Birmingham suffered a heart attack, help came within seconds. Independence Township Fire Department awarded residents Kim Arcobello, Judy Hoddinott, Greg Poulin, Loriann Dickerson, and Becky Laney for their life-saving response at a Feb. 26 ceremony. Keller […]
Elizabeth Hawthorne, Miss Michigan Teen USA, met with Congressman Mike Rogers, representative of the 8th district to talk with him about her platform of Osteoporosis. ‘I told him about my story and why I started to get involved in the National Osteoporosis Foundation,? said Hawthorne, Independence Township resident and junior at Clarkston High School. ‘He […]
The state opened up its hospital permit process to public comment, but neither McLaren nor Beaumont spoke up. Kevin Tomkins, spokesperson for McLaren Health Corp, said it’s not the right time to lobby for changes. McLaren is constructing a medical complex at Sashabaw Road and I-75, with plans for a hospital in a few years. […]