They hope to call them back, but Clarkston school officials last week issued layoff notices to 10 teachers, effective at the end of this school year. Linda Nester, executive director for personnel and auxiliary services, proposed the layoffs at the Monday, April 14 school board meeting, explaining that union contracts require a 60-day notification period. […]
Tried driving down Depot Road, but couldn’t get far? The construction, which has the road closed to through traffic, should be completed by the end of the week, says Art Pappas, city manager. It began last Wednesday, April 16, as part of Phase II of the City of the Village of Clarkston’s water project. The […]
After shooting a gun during a domestic dispute on Valentine’s Day in which the bullet blasted through a neighbor’s home, Antonio Joseph Lucio has pled guilty to the discharge of a firearm in a building and firearm use in the commission of a felony. The 28-year-old Independence Township man was sentenced Wednesday, April 16 at […]
Betty Reilly believes in a simple philosophy. ‘The more information you have, the better decision you can make.? That’s the goal of a parent information meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 in the Clarkston Middle School Media Center concerning June 9 school ballot proposals and state and federal education requirements. Reilly is treasurer […]
BY MARY SLOAN Special to The Clarkston News Once again, Rotary Club members Jeff Lichty and Mary Sloan went on an eye care mission. Last summer they went to a small village in Peru, while on this trip they went to the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The trip was in conjunction with […]
The Clarkston High School S.A.D.D (Students Against Destructive Decisions) group sought out pledges from peers to have a drug and alcohol free Spring Break, which runs, April 18-25. The S.A.D.D group are recent recipients of the Youth Leaders Award from M.A.D.D of Oakland County. They’ve been busy this school year promoting drug and alcohol free […]
Reading Month is finished but the related activities just keep on coming. Last week two famed children’s authors, Johnathan Rand and Shirley Neitzel, made their way through each elementary school in Clarkston. Both authors are from Michigan. Neitzel grew up in the upper peninsula and is a former teacher with 12 titles in print such […]
? If you have seen me around town then you must realize I am not the healthiest of individuals. My average day of consumption is Fruit Loops for breakfast, a deli sandwich for lunch and then an obscenely insensible dinner. Although I work out about four times a week, I am not adverse to the […]
Dear Editor, When you marry someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you begin that process of not knowing fully what to expect in the future to an extent. I have come to know a special person in my life who I admire more than anyone. Her name is Shiela Turk. […]
Dear Editor, I say no to the school millage renewal if it includes the Headlee override, but yes if it does not. The taxable value of a house increases with inflation providing more revenue. Why not vote each part separately? Why should the benefit of the Headlee Amendment be given away? Bob Heazlit Clarkston