When I drove up to our garage at 4:30 on a recent Friday afternoon and the automatic opener didn’t work, I assumed the batteries were dead. When I came inside and flipped an electrical switch I quit blaming the batteries. When I saw that all the fuses in the electrical box were still in place […]
Recent warmth may make the early April ice storm seem like old news, but it’s effect is still real for residents and business owners alike. Taking a break from his chainsaw duties Wednesday, April 9, Clarkston DPW worker Bob Purlesy said all emergency work was done within the city limits, but he estimated up to […]
Ah, the cold, ice and snow are finally gone. Yesterday, 80 degrees. Spring has sprung! Don’t fool yourself, folks. According to the National Weather Service, Mom Nature is getting ready to ice us over again. Get ready. Say your prayers and cross your fingers. Here’s the forecast through Easter. Today (Wednesday). Partly sunny during the […]
The Independence Township Department of Public Works will host the township’s annual spring cleanup campaign on different dates that those published in the May issue of the township parks and recreation magazine. The annual event will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10 and Saturday, May 17. The May 17 collection will […]
For the life of me I cannot find the local who sent me this e-mail, but I have an idea it was from a female. That said . . . * * * Americans rarely get a chance to see another country’s editorial about the USA. Read this excerpt from a Romanian newspaper. The article […]
There’s an oft repeated truism that all those fine and fancy hotels in Las Vegas were not built by charitable organizations. Well that new 300-room hotel at Sault Saint Marie wasn’t either. We gambling losers (is that redundant?) might want to urge our elected officials in Lansing to eliminate the Saint from the names of […]
15 YEARS AGO (1988) ‘The Clarkston School District decided on a new superintendent. Gary Haner, who began his career in Clarkston 22 years ago, will take over the job on July 1. Haner, and his wife Sue, did their student teaching in the district before joining the staff in 1966. He taught sixth grade for […]
Education, prevention and limited use of larvicide will be the weapons against mosquitoes that might carry the West Nile virus into Springfield Township. Trustees on Thursday, April 10 agreed to use $9,238.32 in Oakland County funds to treat township catch basins and wet retention basins with a larvicide. They will not attempt to treat lakes, […]
Eight candidates will appear on the June 9 ballot for two seats on the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. Kurt Shanks and Janet Thomas had previously announced that they would not seek reelection, making the race a competition among newcomers. Those who met the Monday, April 7 filling deadline were Jeffrey Allsteadt, Jean C. […]
BY JILLIAN QUINLAN Clarkston News Intern Clarkston Coalition for Youth is hosting the 2003 Summer Happenings Expo Saturday, May 10 in the Clarkston High School cafeteria. The event, which is from 10 a.m. to 12.p.m., has free admission and is open to all ages. ‘The purpose of this event is to find out what different […]