Letter to the Editor

We at Oakland Woods Baptist Church would like to thank you for your contribution to the Family Fun Festival event, which was held on Sept. 13. With your support the event was a huge success. We had beautiful weather and about 500 parents and children visited from the community. Again, we deeply appreciate your contribution […]

Letter to the Editor

First of all, our sympathies and prayers to the Waller family, especially Lucy. Thank God no one else was hurt. Do not know all the facts, but just how do you justify shooting a family pet? Makes absolutely no sense at all. Firearms being discharged in a populated area is obviously very dangerous but it […]

Compromise leads to lake assessment agreement

With the help of an aerial photograph and a calculator, Springfield Township officials responded to some residents’ appeals and modified the proposed assessment for residents around Softwater Lake. The proposal, asking for a special tax levy for weed harvesting to help clean up the lake, came to the township board in August via petitions signed […]

Clarkston Historical Society sells Clarkston stickers

The Clarkston Community Historical Society (CCHS) is looking to build a sense of pride in the community with Clarkston stickers and decals for automobiles. The idea originated from third generation Clarkston resident and CCHS board member Amy Wilson. The Holcomb Road resident got the idea from traveling to different Michigan cities. “Up north a lot […]

Library presents programs

In celebration of Family History Month, Independence Township Library director and genealogy enthusiast Mollie Lynch will present a free seminar on how to use the Ancestry Plus genealogy database that is now available for access from home as well as from the library. On Monday, October 13, participants may choose to attend an afternoon session […]

Reporter at Large

It looked like a mutant hamburger bun. Or a giant waffle iron. Especially when it began to close around me. It was the new “open” magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine in Flint, and coincidence allowed me to be among its first clients. It’s an “old football injury,” about a year old to be exact. Taking […]

Making a difference

Jodi Yeloushan simply hopes to make a difference in the lives of the students she works with daily. Now Dean of Students at Clarkston High School, Yeloushan, prior to entering education, had a very different route planned for her life. Growing up in Ohio as the daughter of an avid sports fan who held Cleveland […]

Summer break? Not for these dedicated students

When most students were enjoying a summer off from school, 26 Clarkston High School journalism students went back into the classroom to better their skills. With no requirement to do so, the students attended their choice of three publication workshops at Michigan State University and Oakland University to practice journalistic writing, desktop publishing, photography, graphic […]

Hoops team drops 1st league contests

It was a tough first week in league play for Clarkston’s girls basketball team, but coach Ann Lowney hopes they will get tougher after losses to West Bloomfield and Waterford Kettering last week. “Those are two of the toughest teams in the league,” Lowney said, and in at least one of those games, “We weren’t […]

Clarkston wins league title in golf

As of last week, the Clarkston Wolves golf team had earned a 5-1 record in dual meets in the Oakland Activities Association. That was enough to clinch the league championship, even with one remaining dual meet on the schedule. Coach Tim Kaul admitted it may not have been easy to predict the Wolves success this […]