Rotary set for annual Labor Day Parade

The Clarkston Rotary Club is set to present its annual Labor Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 1. This is the 63rd year the Rotary has run the parade in Clarkston. The parade will begin on Church Street and travel north along Main Street through downtown Clarkston. “We are pretty much all set to go,” Rotary […]

Dedicated to volunteerism

Judith Hoddinott wasn’t more than five-years-old when she first recognized a selfless act of kindness. Visiting grandma in Galveston, Texas, Hoddinott and Grandmother Louise Flagg took a walk to see “Miss Haddie,” an elderly black woman who had been sick for some time. “We travelled from one end to the other; from a wealthy area […]

Independence Township

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at its meeting on September 2, 2003 at 7:30 pm., the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees will consider adoption of Ordinance, which is summarized herein, to prohibit the purchase, possession or consumption of alcohol by minors, to require compliance with the […]

Independence Township

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On September 16, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Independence Township Library, located at 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan 48346, the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the Application by Consumers Energy for a Disruption Permit under the Right-of-Way Regulation Ordinance, to install approximately […]

Ready to rock

From left: Mel Parrish of Orion, Bob Marshall of Sylvan Lake and Elaine Green of Waterford arrived at Children’s Park early to get good seats for a concert from the Heart of the Hills Men’s Barbershop Choir. The group performed recently as part of the Summer Chautauqua Series at the park’s gazebo in downtown Lake […]

‘What happened to Eagle Valley funding offer?’

Hi Hill residents Joe Geraci and Sue Turpen are hoping Orion Township will be able to make good on an offer to use Eagle Valley host fee funds to help pay for the water and sewer project in their subdivision. Turpen requested an agenda item at the Aug. 18 board meeting to have the board […]

No change in screening rules — for now

Several developers convinced Lake Orion Village Council members on Aug. 25 to turn down any changes in a current screening ordinance. Chuck Schneider and Terry Winter own M-24 land on and near the waters of Lake Orion. Schneider’s property includes the Lakeshore Motel. Winter is a partner in a proposed development that’s near Pelton’s Pointe. […]

Brothers go to hospital after jet ski hits dock

Two brothers, ages 16 and 11, were transported to Troy Beaumont Hospital on Sunday after the personal watercraft they were riding struck a dock on Long Lake. The accident occurred about 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 24. According to Deputy Luke of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division, the 16-year-old was operating the watercraft while […]

Mother said man’s talking to her son on the Internet

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of suspicious circumstances on Bellevue on Aug. 19. According to an OCSD report, a 32-year-old woman found out her 13-year-old son has been communicating with an adult male, possibly 21 years old, via the Internet. She said the man, who only called himself by a first […]

Without clear titles, township decides against selling properties

Despite hiring a title search company to do a title search, the Orion Township Board voted on Aug. 18 to refuse to sell any township properties at this time. Township officials were investigating the sale of possibly seven properties, owned by the township but not currently being used. Many of the locations are old well […]