The third annual Brandon Open Tennis Tournament will be held Aug. 6-17. This single elimination tournament will be held at the tennis courts located at the Harvey-Swanson/H.T. Burt Elementary School Complex, 209 Varsity Drive, Ortonville. All participants must be able to play the week of Aug. 6. The finals will be held Sunday, Aug. 17. […]
Nathan Hunter has coached at nearly every level of soccer in his 19 years in the profession. He is anxious to put his roots in the Brandon community and bring his knowledge to the Brandon High School program. Hunter, most recently the boys and girls soccer coach at Walled Lake Central High School for eight […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. That time-honored saying definitely applies to the first few months here as sports reporter at The Citizen. The spring sports season only lasted about a couple of months, and it definitely went by quickly. However, it was an action-packed couple of months. All the coaches and players have been […]
Give us your best shot! We’re looking for the color photograph for our Info 2003 cover. The photo should be local and with one to three people. Have the photo to us by July 15, 2003. Think fun. Think fame. Think money. The winner’s photo will appear on over 22,000 Info books, which will be […]
Lauren Llewellyn has fun making soap cupcakes with her friends at the Girl Scouts Fairwinds Council day. Please see more pictures on page 20A of this week’s print edition. Photo by Jennifer Nemer.
Most seem to agree that a proposal to consolidate elections will help voters. Some wonder, however, who will help the clerks who must administer the elections. ‘It will absolutely mean more work for city and township clerks,? according to Nancy Strole, Springfield Township clerk. If the proposal becomes law, the traditional June school elections ? […]
BY JILLIAN QUINLAN Clarkston News Intern With the Clarkston schools? announcement to stop the funding of one of two liaison officers, Independence Township is left with a big decision. The township government has split the cost of the second liaison officer, which is $89,450, with the school district, but school officials? chose to make that […]
When Victoria Calaman was just a baby, people told her parents, Becky and Doug, she would never learn to read or write. Today, the now 17-year-old of Clarkston, known as ‘Tori? to her family and friends, is valedictorian of her graduating class, a member of the National Honor Society and has earned numerous awards for […]
You may have seen them waddling around town before. The Mallard family — Mama Duck, Papa Duck and babies — often are taking a dip in the waters of the Mill Pond or happily strutting their stuff from here to there in downtown Clarkston. But, Saturday, May 31 one of the flock found itself in […]
The Clarkston Christian Coalition is planning on participating once again in the Habitat for Humanity program. The Coalition is a combination of seven churches including Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Sashabaw United Presbyterian Church, Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clarkston United Methodist Church, First Congregational Church of Clarkston, Clarkston Community Church and St. Daniel Catholic Church. […]