A couple weeks before Christmas, 2002, I went to Meijer in Oxford to buy a scooter for granddaughter Savannah. At age 7 it’s time for her to experience more severe scraped knees, elbows, etc. I found a $39.90 boxed scooter on a high shelf, added it to my shopping cart collection of goodies and went […]
15 YEARS AGO (1988) ·Planners of the I-75 widening hope the construction doesn’t make traffic too bad for commuters, said Richard Rowe, district construction engineer for the Michigan Department of Transportation. The first signs of road construction are already visible on I-75 between University Drive and Joslyn Road, and construction on the Independence Township section […]
The possible war with Iraq has dominated the news for quite awhile now and I have been eating up the coverage. I have been watching everything from Bill O’Reilly to Dan Rather to President Bush trying to become an educated citizen. I will be honest, I have been waffling for a number of months on […]
There is an old saying, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” That certainly applies to me with regard to the advancements in technology in the past five to ten years. When things like the Internet, cell phones and digital/satellite television came along, I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about. Now, it’s hard […]
Dear Editor, Thank you! It is so hard to believe some of these people these days (like to know where they have been these past several years or months and why they can’t see the large picture). And, it is also great to hear others’ ideas. Simply put, she (Toni Smith, a college basketball player […]
Dear Editor, I would like to thank my kids’ bus driver. She knows who she is. She’s the Clarkston Road route driver. Our road is one of the most difficult to travel on. For the past seven years, you have safely picked up and dropped off my three kids. Here are just some of the […]
Clarkston resident Joyce Scafe has been chosen to serve as the Civitan Clubs Michigan District Governor for the 2003-04 fiscal year. Scafe will begin her term Oct. 1, 2003 and will complete a full year of various activities and duties. In order to prepare for this upcoming leadership role, Scafe attended Civitan International’s Governors-elect Academy […]
In cooperation with the Clarkston Rotary Club and Independence Township Parks and Recreation, Team Reptile is forming a committee of volunteers to facilitate the building of the Clarkston Rotary’s Nature Center coming to Bay Court Park this Spring, 2003. Team Reptile is a local nonprofit group that was formed by founder and director Rich Ashley […]
James Donald Harding pled guilty and was fined $100 for impersonating a township employee at a pretrial before Judge Dana Fortinberry at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston Friday, March 7. The charge originated from a Dec. 13 incident on Village Court in which Harding was found meddling around a home under construction in the […]
Independence Township Sunday, March 9, defrauding an innkeeper on Dixie. Two 17-year-old boys were issued district court appearance tickets for three unpaid food bills at a local restaurant, totaling $17.50. Saturday, March 8, malicious destruction of property on Frankwell and Winell. Two parked vehicles were shot at with BB gun pellets, busting out a window […]