Casual Friday usually means comfortable jeans at the workplace. For Independence Township’s assessing, building, clerk, and treasurer offices, it also means helping out people in need. Township representatives presented a $500 donation Dec. 14 to Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. ‘It’s going to feed a lot of hungry people,? said Bob McGowan, Gleaners board […]
I remember as a kid liking snow a lot more than I do now, maybe it was because a few of those snow showers led to a couple of snow days, which meant no school and sledding down dead-man’s hill. Of course I do remember a few snow days in high school as well. Snow […]
Clarkston Community Schools bus drivers and aides took turns standing out in the cold at Kroger on Sashabaw Road this past weekend for the fourth annual ‘Stuff a Bus,? collecting food and goods for Lighthouse North. ‘We have quite a lot already, the bus is pretty stuffed,? said bus driver, Tammy Bayton on Saturday. ‘We […]
When Ruth Corcoran, owner of Michael’s Catholic Gift Shop was asked by a Jesuit Brother of the Columbiere Center, to move her shop from Waterford to Columbiere, she gladly accepted. ‘I meet a lot of nice people. I love being around the community of the Jesuits, actually they are good customers,? said Corcoran. ‘I often […]
New officers hold the reins at Clarkston’s Cedar Lodge No. 60 F. & A.M. The freemasons’ 154th installation of officers was Dec. 15 at the Clarkston Masonic Temple, 1 East Washington Street. ‘It’s a remarkable thing ? your peers that are in the lodge with you decide that you are worthy and qualified enough to […]
Beaumont’s back, this time for public hearing. Beaumont Hospital will present plans for its property at M-15 and I-75, Dec. 13, at the Independence Township Library. The Planning Commission will accept public comments and consider conceptual site plan approval. ‘We are going to go through the revised site plan, which we worked with the sub-committee […]
Jim Reed, Tom Pytel, and four other members of ‘Independence Goes Green? are at the half way mark to reaching their goal of $10,000 in order to conduct an official poll for the public to vote on a new mileage for preservation of natural green spaces in Independence Township. ‘We feel that we have a […]
When it comes to being a handyman, Independence Township resident, Bruce Quigley has earned a little bit of bragging rights after winning Irwin Tools Ultimate Tradesman challenge, held on Nov. 11 in Phoenix Arizona. ‘It was exciting,? said Quigley, owner of Bruce A. Quigley Construction Co. ‘I really wasn’t as nervous as I was in […]
The fate of the Sashabaw Corridor Improvement Authority rests with a county ad-hoc committee, set to make a presentation to the county finance committee Thursday, Dec 6. ‘Even if this Ad Hoc committee recommends to the finance committee, they may vote it down and then it’s done and doesn’t move any farther. If the finance […]
Downtown Main Street lights up as the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce celebrates their seventh annual Holiday Lights Parade. This year’s theme is ‘Holiday Stories.? The parade will be on Sat. Dec. 8. ‘We are really proud of the lighted parade. There are not a lot of communities that do this. Every year the entries, […]