Letter to the Editor

Yesterday I received a call from a staff member at the Oprah show! Oprah wants to visit a small town and it just may be Clarkston! They asked me to send them a video showing ‘the best of our small town.? I have a few of my own ideas about the best of Clarkston but […]

Letter to the Editor

On behalf of the Clarkston Athletic Boosters, I would like to thank all of those who volunteered for the Buick Open during the week of July 26-August 1. Many put in exceedingly long hours in making the player/caddy evacuation team successful. Over 115 Clarkston boosters, family members, and friends helped to man the 20 evacuation […]

Letter to the Editor

I want to thank all of the Aug. 3 primary voters who have demonstrated the importance of taking part in the election process. I thank them for their support and for helping me to go on to the general election in my bid to be elected Judge in the Sixth Circuit Court in Oakland County. […]

Letter to the Editor

Thank you to the Independence Township residents that recognize the true leadership, experience and dedication that John Lutz would have provided the community as township clerk. Thanks also to the many friends and campaign supporters for all of your hard work. Ron and Connie Del Bello Clarkston

Letter to the Editor

I would like to publicly and wholeheartedly thank Ron Elias, the coach of my daughter’s Under 12 Independence Township softball team, which placed first in their division this year. Ron put in so much time teaching our girls the basics as well as advanced rules and plays, but most of all, he taught them by […]

An American soldier with drive

Ortonville-Donning about 40 pounds of body armor, a tan sand colored Army uniform and matching helmet, Sheila Collins has experienced the War in Iraq from a rather unique perspective’from behind the wheel of a truck. Collins, 33, a 1988 graduate of Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, is the daughter of Ortonville residents, JoeAnn and […]

They spent their summer reading

Thanks to the Oxford Public Library hundreds of kids continued reading and learning over summer vacation, and had fun doing it. An impressive 424 children ages 3? to 11 registered for the library’s Kids Summer Reading Program this year and read a whopping 2,970 hours ? the equivalent of 123? days. The top three readers […]

New high, middle schools ready for Aug. 25 opener

A roar is slowly building across the Oxford School District. For the moment, the sound is a deep rumble, but slowly, over the next week, the growl will overshadow the gravel haulers that travel down M-24. No, this is not the roar of the construction equipment at the new Oxford High School. Nor is it […]

From The Oxford Leader

Tuesday, August 10 Traffic complaint around S. Washington St. and Minnetonka involving a vehicle ‘all over the road and speeding.? Juvenile complaint on Stanton St. concerning ‘three young girls sitting on curb, running out after cars as they go by.? Vehicle lockout on W. Burdick St. Wednesday, August 11 A suspicious circumstance in the middle […]

Distracted driver causes M-24 collision

Traffic on southbound M-24 was tied up for a brief time around 10:30 a.m. on August 11 as officers cleared away a rear end collision. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, 47-year-old Oxford resident Randal Beelestri was stopped on southbound M-24 waiting to turn left into a local car wash when his Mercendes Benz […]