In other action at the Monday, April 14 meeting of the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education: ? The board adopted revisions to district Policy 5330, recommended as a result of Michigan Public Act 51 of 2002. The policy, ‘Use of Medications,? added ‘herbal medications? and substances designed to be taken by mouth, by inhaler, […]
A new township crime ordinance will be up for second reading at the Springfield Township Board meeting on Thursday, May 8. When first reading took place Thursday, April 10, officials disagreed not on content, but on the merits of having offenses prosecuted as local or state crimes. The ‘Omnibus Criminal Ordinance? is intended to replace […]
Residents of Springfield Township may take advantage of the annual spring cleanup day to dispose of all those extra items that turn up during spring cleaning. The collection is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Springfield Oaks Youth Activity Center, 12451 Andersonville Road. Proof of township residency or property […]
Clarkston High School welcomed back students Monday after a week off for Spring Break, and along with, welcomed in a new police liaison. Detective Darren Ofiara, of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department in Independence Township, was promoted to detective and CHS school liaison last week, replacing Deputy James Henderson, who has returned to road patrol. […]
The Clarkston Village Players will present ‘The Cover of Life? by R.T. Robinson. Three war brides move in with their mother-in-law in rural Louisiana in 1943. Life magazine wants to put them on their cover, and assigns Kate Miller to the story. Miller doesn’t want to do a ‘women’s? story, but her urban attitude changes […]
State Rep. John Stakoe has announced that he will sponsor regular coffee hours with state Sen. Mike Bishop beginning this week. The informal get-togethers will take place the first Friday of each month, beginning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Friday, May 2, at the Old Village Cafe, 2 S. Main Street in downtown Clarkston. […]
It’s a lot of work helping people having fun, and Mike Turk has fun in his work. Turk began as an Independence Township park laborer in 1976, finding the job after being laid off from General Motors. ‘Actually, I fell into it,? he said. ‘I was into athletics, and it was an outdoors job, so […]
She was a familiar sight in downtown Clarkston, but sadly her floppy ears, droopy eyes and sweet demeanor will be gracing Main Street no longer. ‘On April 14, Marley, the Basset Hound, said goodbye to all her friends in Clarkston,? said Dick Hall, one of Marley’s caretakers. Marley recently had a stroke and had to […]
Independence Township Saturday, April 26, fail to pay at a gas station on Sashabaw. An unknown person stole $14 in gas. Home invasion on Hadley. Items were stolen from a residence while the homeowner was on vacation. A larceny from an automobile on Dixie. A $600 backpack leaf blower was stolen from the bed of […]
15 YEARS AGO (1988) ? Medical offices, retail stores and possibly a bank, pharmacy and a ‘nice, sit-down? restaurant were proposed for 6.12 acres on M-15, between I-75 and Northview Drive. After close to an hour of discussion April 28, a public hearing on the proposed planned unit development for Independence Pointe was scheduled for […]