A wally ball tournament for David Carpenter, who is in need of a double-lung transplant, raised more than $1,200 this weekend. The 1983 Clarkston High School graduate recently returned to Michigan after spending 12 years in Florida. After several tests, doctors found Carpenter was suffering from non-specific interstitial pneumonitis causing his lungs to look like […]
A three-car accident slowed traffic at the intersection of M-15 and Dixie Highway April 12. Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Mallado said the accident appeared like one motorist attempted to ‘beat the light? turning left from southbound Dixie and collided with a northbound vehicle. The initial northbound vehicle struck the car ahead of it. Mallado […]
Good, bad or indifferent, the Clarkston Police Committee wants to hear what the city’s residents have to say about the police. Are the taxpayers getting the service they want? What do they like about the Clarkston Police? What do they dislike? How can the city improve its police force? The committee hopes to get answers […]
Incumbent Barry Bomier, Clarkston Board of Education vice president, offers his experience with Clarkston schools and military. ‘There are few nobler causes than the education of young people,? Bomier said. ‘I bring a global view and local perspective. I consider it a continuation of service.? The oath of office is similar in both, he said. […]
The bridge is back, and if everything goes according to plan the structure will be erected in Depot Park by Labor Day. The 40-foot steel and wood bridge will span the river separating the playground side of the park from the gazebo side, a project long on the wish-list of some residents. Although the venture […]
Andersonville Elementary has been named a 2006-2007 Michigan Blue Ribbon School. After a year-long application process, the Clarkston school was to be formally recognized by members of the State Board of Education at the school April 17. Andersonville was one of 23 elementary schools to be named for this award this year. ‘The Blue Ribbon […]
15 years ago – 1992 ‘Supreme Court showdown? Independence Township voted 6-1 to appeal their case against Clarkston cityhood to Michigan Supreme Court. Michigan Court of Appeals had upheld an earlier decision allowing the city charter to go forward. Clarkston residents voted Feb. 5, 1992, to become a city. Independence Township argued the state Township […]
Independence Township Fri., April 6 A 41-year-old man living in the 5500 block of Parview reported a 12-foot aluminum row boat valued at about $600 stolen from the storage area at his apartment complex. Deputies were seeking a warrant package on stalking charges, as well as malicious use of phones, after a 24-year-old Independence Township […]
A 37-year-old Waterford Township man was killed when he was hit by a train in Springfield Township Tues., April 10. The incident was ruled a suicide, said Sgt. Mark Gardner of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Springfield Township substation. According to police reports, the conductor and engineer saw the man sitting on the tracks from […]
For a taste of Europe without the passport, just travel north on Dixie Highway to 221B Baker Street. The London-esque diner at 10063 Dixie Highway reopened in February after a layoff in the fall. Trini and Carmen’s, a popular Mexican-themed restaurant, was to purchase the property, owned by 221B Baker Street’s proprietors Fran and Ed […]