The Clarkston Community Band is playing good music and having a great time doing it. The group, which started in 1996, is now up to 45 members. Originally it was a 25 member band. The members simply enjoy to play. That is the case with both Fred Sarmiento and Philip Satterthwaite. Both have been members […]
The dedication and hard work she applies to school and service has brought to her the label of good citizen. Clarkston High School senior Jennifer Baibak is a 2004 Good Citizens Award winner denoted by the Sashabaw Plains chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). The 18-year-old Sashabaw Plains […]
Yes, they’re part of the F.I.R.S.T. Lego League, but they want you to know it’s not what you think. “People think we’re playing with Legos all day. We’re not playing with Legos. It’s presenting, computers, engineering…,” Cedar Crest Academy student and Lego League member Kelly Peters clarified. “It’s a good experience. You get to learn […]
“It’s a great day for Clarkston sports,” Athletic Director Dan Fife said, as three senior athletes signed letters of intent at Division I universities. Families and friends gathered in the Clarkston High School media center Wednesday, Nov. 12, the national date for high school athletes to commit to their scholarship agreements. Colleen Mead is accepting […]
Wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour whipped through the Oxford-Addison area last Wednesday night and Thursday morning causing numerous downed wires and trees and depriving 1,100 DTE Energy customers of their electricity. On Thursday, National Weather Service offices in Pontiac and White Lake Township recorded respective “peak wind gusts” of 57 mph […]
Oxford Schools Assistant Superintendent Ron Franey is not certain yet how he’s going to balance this year’s budget with $784,000 in student foundation grant cuts looming on the horizon. “We haven’t exactly gone into this yet, but we’ve begun looking at the situation,” said Franey. “I’m not going to tell you though that we can […]
Part of Susan Tucker’s new job is to make as many friends as possible. No, she’s not a social director. The Oxford resident was elected president of the Oxford Public Library Friends last week. Tucker, an active member of the Friends since spring 2001, is employed as a vice president and human resources director for […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies spent a little over two hours hunting for an injured man who ran away from an M-24 collision that occurred around 9:15 a.m. on Friday. According to Deputy John Dobrowiak, Christopher Roskey, 19, of Imlay City, left the scene of the accident where he supposedly struck Christopher Williams’ white Chevy truck […]
Tuesday, November 11 Five windows were discovered broken out of Oxford High School by a school employee. A suspicious vehicle in the northeast quadrant municipal lot turned out to be a couple visiting friends in the area. Wednesday, November 12 A resident on E. Burdick St. reported the theft of two kerosene heaters from his […]
Former Oxford resident Hope Brown, 61, of Waterford, describes her new book of poetry as “a positive book about dealing with life” that is straight forward and simple. “Most people don’t buy books of poetry – I know I don’t,” said Brown. “In fact, I don’t like to call them poetry. I’d rather you call […]