Meet this year’s King and Queen
Gavin Green and Claire Spindler were crowned Homecoming King and Queen during Friday’s football game against Clarkston. Photo by D. Vaglia
Weekly COVID Update
This is our 77th week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw an increase in recent and total cases. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 3,013 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 3,054. Recent cases, which “… are the positive confirmed cases […]
Gypsy Moths take center stage at budget meeting
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Charter Township of Oxford Board of Trustees had a special meeting to determine the 2022 township budgets on Wednesday, Sept. 22. The final budget came out to around $16.93 million, an increase from last year’s budget which was about $15.07 million. Divided into several sections, the meeting combined […]
Longtime trustee leaving Leonard after 30 years on Council
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Charlene “Char” Sutherby is moving to Houghton Lake with her husband, Dan, to be closer to family. She was appointed a Leonard trustee in March 1991, and has served on the village council ever since. “It’s bittersweet in many ways,” Char said. “It feels like there’s more I should […]
Addison Twp. to survey residents on single waste hauler
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Are you happy with your trash service, or would you prefer a single waste hauler for the entire township? Addison Township officials want to know. Reports have it some residents are having a hard time getting their trash picked up because the garbage companies prioritize larger contracts with other […]
Wednesday night storms rock trees, cut power
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer A severe storm rattled Oxford and Addison townships on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 22, knocking out power for approximately 2,000 area residents according to a DTE Energy outage tracker. The storm came in late Wednesday and damaged utilities with heavy wind. “We had some gusts of at least […]
Bridge load reduction leaves residents frustrated
Garbage trucks no longer able to cross the bridge By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Residents of a peninsula on the Stringy Lakes were surprised earlier this month when a sign went up reducing to nine tons the load limit of the bridge. That bridge is the only access to their homes on the dead-end […]
Salvation Army camp celebrates centennial
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer “It is impossible to know with certainty how many people have come through the gates of this camp,” Lt. Colonel John Turner told the crowd gathered on the northwest shore of Lakeville Lake. “Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands – 300,000 I have heard is the number. It’s impossible to […]
‘Cats give Clarkston a run for their money, fall 20-17
Traveling to Southfield A&T this Friday By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Coming off a dramatic win over Lake Orion, the Oxford High School varsity Wildcats fell short against the undefeated (and one of the state’s top Class A teams) Clarkston Wolves on Friday, Sept. 24, 20-17. Oxford gave the Wolves their toughest match of […]
Homecoming festivities go on
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Oxford High School hosted their homecoming celebration last week, culminating with the homecoming parade, court and football game on Friday, Sept. 24. The parade started around 5:30 p.m., the marching band leading the procession around the high school and onto Oxford Rd. High schoolers built parade floats around a […]