Union gets thumbs up

It looks like the Oxford Fire Department is going to become a union shop. The department’s full-time employees voted 8-4 to be represented by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) for collective bargaining purposes, according to Ruthanne Okun, director of the state Bureau of Employment Relations. Firefighter Darin Balinski, who helped organize the unionization […]

SA Thrift Store coming to Oxford

Oxford is quickly becoming a bargain hunter’s mecca as the community prepares for the opening of a second large-scale resale store. Saturday, Nov. 7 is the target date for The Salvation Army to open one of its popular Thrift Stores in the spacious building once occupied by the now-defunct Carla’s Fresh Fruit Market (1200 S. […]

Home, business owners keep village looking spectacular

It’s the property owners who wield paint brushes, plant flowers and spend countless hours manicuring their lawns to perfection that keep the Village of Oxford looking like a center spread straight out of Better Homes and Gardens. To recognize all of their hard work and property-enhancing efforts, the village’s Beautification Commission recently named nine winners […]

Traffic signal coming this month

It appears downtown Oxford will finally get its second traffic signal installed sometime this month. Mid-to-late August is the state’s time frame for erecting a signal at the intersection of M-24 and Broadway Street, according to Steve Stramsak, a traffic and safety engineer with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). ‘I haven’t received any more […]

My Way

I won’t lie to you ? I love to win. There’s nothing better than putting your mind, body and soul into something, achieving your goals, then being recognized for it ? especially on a national level. As you might have noticed on the front page of this week’s paper, The Oxford Leader won a General […]

Band prepares to entertain, compete

Those looking forward to precision drills and polished notes won’t be disappointed when the Oxford High School Marching Band takes the field this fall. ‘I was very pleased with the progress they made at camp,? said OHS Band Director Jim Gibbons. The 125-member band recently spent a week at Covenant Hills Camp in Otisville, Michigan […]

Commissioner Jacobsen kicks off campaign for state rep.

On Monday, the Brad Jacobsen campaign express to Lansing officially pulled out of the station. Family, friends and local officials packed Jacobsen’s Flowers in Lake Orion to offer their support and well wishes for the 52-year-old lifelong Oxford resident as he formally announced his candidacy for the 46th District seat in the Michigan House of […]

Lions and Cats and Cobras, oh my!

Friday was a field of dreams for members of the Oxford Jr. Wildcats and the Detroit Cobras. The two youth football teams attended a Detroit Lions? practice at the pro team’s headquarters in Allen Park. The pint-sized players escorted the Lions onto the field, watched the two-hour practice, then got autographs from several of them. […]

Goodbye FML, hello OAA

Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, Oxford’s student-athletes will be playing in a whole new league. Last week, principals from high schools comprising the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) voted 19-1 to admit Oxford to their athletic league. ‘Every coach that I’ve talked to has been excited about the news,? said Oxford Athletic Director Mike Watson. […]

Public money for private sub raises legal questions

Oxford Township’s decision last month to pay 100 percent of the tab to fix all the problems in the Elk View Estates subdivision could get the municipality in some legal hot water. ‘If the board doesn’t change their decision, every time I get a bill for Elk View, I’m going to write on it in […]