When police officers are talking among themselves do you think they use the same choices of words they do when talking to reporters? Hard to believe one cop would say to another, ‘We used tire deflation devices to apprehend the suspect,? when they shot out the tires or threw nails on the road to catch […]
15 YEARS AGO (1988) ? If absentee ballots are any indication, there will be a good voter turnout for the June 13 school election in Clarkston. According to Independence Township Deputy Clerk Rosemary Howey, 140 absentee ballots had been taken out by Friday, June 3. The voters will decide the fate of a 5.5 mill […]
Some simple facts lead The Clarkston News to recommend a ‘yes? vote on the June 9 school ballot proposals. Building overcrowding caused by an increase in students is not the fault of the school administration. It has come because more people have moved into the Clarkston area, and part of the reason for the population […]
Dear Editor, Okay, let’s call a spade a spade. The Clarkston School District’s bond election is a tax increase no matter how you look at it. Maybe not today, but certainly in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. First Dr. Roberts states, ‘The district is not asking residents to increase the current […]
Dear Editor, The second grade classes of Pine Knob Elementary took a walking tour of downtown Clarkston last week. The tour is part of the second grade curriculum study of Clarkston History. We would like to thank all the people involved in making this a fun, learning experience for all of us. First, we want […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Division handed out 90 violations to motorists not wearing their seatbelt during a scheduled check in Orion Township on May 28. Deputies manned the check at the corner of M-24 and Clarkston Roads from 3-7 p.m., handing out a total of 113 violations, 90 of them for people not […]
Fundraising for the 2003 Lake Orion Fireworks show is slow going, but the Lake Orion Fireworks Association hopes to reach its goal by July 4, with several events planned for June. Carl Cyrowski, representing the association, said the group has raised about $6,200 of the $30,000 goal so far. “We’re at about 20 percent, maybe […]
Two familiar people will be on next week’s Lake Orion School’s general election ballot. Current school board president Leeann Bartley and current vice president Bob Gritzinger are the only candidates for two 4-year term school board seats in the June 9 election. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
An enforcement problem convinced Lake Orion Village Council members on May 27 that establishing several 15-minute parking spaces downtown wouldn’t be a good idea. According to LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh, currently an ordinance officer marks tires to enforce the two hour parking ordinance, does other duties, then returns to monitor the marked vehicles for […]
The eight candidates competing for two Clarkston school board seats agree on many issues, and some admitted last week they are all equally qualified. Their challenge at a Thursday, May 29 candidate forum was to tell why they should be chosen in the June 9 school election. Moderated by the League of Women Voters Oakland […]