With a promise that most construction will be complete before the 2005-2006 school year begins, the architects hired by Clarkston Community Schools have offered the first look at proposed renovations and additions. “The goal is to have most of these projects up and running by August 2005,” French Associates representative Doug LaFerle said at Monday’s […]
In a country of seven million people, where quality medical care is scarce and often unaffordable, one Clarkston resident has dedicated herself to doing what she can to make a difference. Every February for the past nine years, Maureen Tippen has travelled to the Dominican Republic for a week, as part of the Midwest Medical […]
Anyone in the mood for some good local food is invited to the Taste of Clarkston on Saturday, September 27. The event, entering its sixth year in Clarkston, will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. on the corner of Washington and Main Street. “This is a fun family event. It is a common experience […]
“Let’s have a garage sale,” my brother said to me this past weekend. Like most college students, Dan wanted some extra cash. Not to mention rid his bedroom of some needless clutter. (Though, believe me, in his room, it’s not gonna make a dent.) Seeing as I, too, could use some extra money, with a […]
Robertson Brothers Community Builders has been “specializing in high-quality residential housing since 1945.” With detached, attached and stacked condominiums as well as single-family homes in suburbs such as Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Troy, Royal Oak, Oakland Township, Northville, Ann Arbor, Lake Orion , Canton and Detroit, the company is now coming to Clarkston. The Links of […]
General Motors and UAW are willing to invest $250,000 into the Lake Orion and Pontiac School Districts. This first of its kind proposed partnership in the country was unveiled at the Sept. 10 school board meeting. “We’ll be exposing people to technology,” UAW-GM Skilled Trades Apprentice Chairman Andy Copland said. According to Copland, the two […]
The village’s Main Street Promotion Committee has decided to cancel the DoNut Festival scheduled for Oct. 18. According to Becky Goodman, Lake Orion’s Downtown Coordinator, the committee wasn’t successful in recruiting enough participation from the business community to support the event. The second problem was creating the world’s largest donut. The initial, surefire plan for […]
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING DATE CHANGE THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2003 AT 7:00 P.M. HAS BEEN CHANGED, TO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003 AT 7:00 P.M. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE USUAL LOCATION IN THE BOARD MEETING ROOM (LOWER LEVEL) IN THE […]
Notice of intent to issue bonds by the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Charter Township of Independence, Michigan, intends to issue limited tax general obligation bonds in one or more series in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $18,000,000 for the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of acquiring, […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Oakland county Michigan, will hold a Public Hearing on: October 23rd, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan 48346, to consider the following: FILE PC#2003-024 Mr. George Mansour, Pace Development, Petitioner REQUEST REZONING FROM: […]