The Lady Cats varsity basketball team sits at 1-1-0 overall, after the team won 49-37 in a match against Armada Monday evening. Head Varsity Coach Rachel Bryer is confident her team will continue on the path to sucess this season, as the 11-athlete team has been demonstrating great talent. Bryer, who was appointed to the […]
A benefit lunch/dinner and raffle for Oxford native Kyle Cooper, who was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which recently spread to his brain, is set to take place at Elks Lodge in Addison Township on December 10 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kathy Cooper, the wife of Kyle and an organizer of the benefit, said the […]
Long-awaited guidance from Homeland Security on the operations of the Oxford International Program (OIP) has finally come– bringing changes to the program. In short, all second and third-year international students will begin attending courses on the Rochester College campus, beginning in the second semester and their coursework will no longer take place on-site at Oxford […]
Annette D’Alessandro, Brandon Township resident and wife of Oxford School Board President Dan D’Alessandro, grabbed the gold in the figure category at the Ultimate Fitness Events (UFE) World Championships held in Toronto, Canada Nov. 19 and 20. UFE is an all-natural, Canadian-based organization which hosts a large variety of fitness, figure, bikini and bodybuilding competitions. At the […]
Oxford High’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) recently packed and donated more than 100 boxes containing personal hygiene products, school supplies, and toys for children in need. The project was for the benefit of Operation Christmas Child, a program of the nonprofit organization Samaritan’s Purse. Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization […]
Oxford High School junior Elizabeth Marshall scored an interview with best-selling author Colleen Hoover during her business management class, as part of her job shadow project recently. Hoover is the author of eleven novels and five novellas. Her novels typically fall into the young adult/contemporary romance categories. Hoover’s third novel, Hopeless, was self-published in 2013 […]
The Oxford United Methodist Church (21 E. Burdick St.) will open its doors to the public from 3-5 p.m. following the Oxford Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 3. Refreshments including hot dogs, pizza, hot cider, coffee and cookies will be served. Wrapped gifts will also be given to children who attend, while […]
Kim Shumaker, a member of the Oxford Board of Education, resigned at the Nov. 15 meeting because she’s moving out of the district. Shumaker was elected in 2009. She was the board’s vice president and had previously served as secretary. Shumaker said her resignation from the board would be effective immediately. According to board bylaws, […]
The North Oakland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 334 and VFW Auxiliary donated 30 bags filled with Thanksgiving meals to Meals on Wheels Nov. 14. Each bag contained nearly 27 pounds of holiday foods, such as canned ham and sweet potatoes, along with other snacks such as granola bars, soups, fresh fruit and canned […]
Duane Salswedel called the meeting of the Oxford Public Library Board of Trustees to order for the very last time on the evening of Nov. 16. Salswedel served on the board for nearly four decades. He spent the majority of those years running the meetings as chairman. According to library Director Bryan Cloutier, Salswedel has […]