By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer The Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team launched an investigation into a residence on Dakota Street in Pontiac and obtained a search warrant for the property, which was carried out on Thursday, August 27. While there, according to multiple reports, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office found a startling amount of […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford School Board just extended emergency powers for Superintendent Tim Throne for the duration of the 2020-2021 school year. The resolution passed 7-0 at the Sept. 1 board meeting. The resolution gives the superintendent “greater flexibility to respond quickly and appropriately to the evolving crisis, including ensuring compliance […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Announcing his candidacy in January, the seven months of campaigning paid off for Joe Kent on August 4. Utilizing “Count on Kent” as one of his campaign slogans, the 29-year Addison Township resident, who possesses an Oxford mailing address, defeated Royal Oak’s Susan E. Anderson by eight-percent, 54-46, to […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Featuring a strong field of 18 schools, the Oxford Wildcats girls’ golf program tied for eighth-place, with the Lake Orion Dragons, in the Troy Colts Invite at Twin Lakes Golf Club on August 27. Citing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the event was limited to 72 […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Having played four of their five matches on the road thus far in 2020, the Oxford Wildcats boys’ tennis team battled the Macomb Area Conference’s (MAC) Romeo Bulldogs on Tuesday, September 1. Splitting the singles flights, the Wildcats won just one of the doubles flights and lost the match, […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Looks like there will be football and marching band hoop la on Oxford High School’s famed blue field afterall. Last Thursday, the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) Representative Council reinstated the 2020 fall football season after Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 176, lifting restrictions that previously did […]
The faitful at Oxford United Methodist Church welcomed their new pastor this past Sunday, durimg an outdoor service. The Rev. Dr. Julius Ernest Del Pino replaces full time pastor, Rev. Jennifer Jue and interim pastor, Steven Black. Rev. Del Pino was born in Savannah,Georgia and grew up in a Methodist parsonage along with five siblings […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Faced with the prospect of decreased state funding due to cutbacks attributed to the coronavirus (COVID-19), Polly Ann Trail Manager Linda Moran, in concert with Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Solwold, elected to hold a bottle drive fundraiser at the station’s garage in May. Hoping to raise a few […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer As schools across the country struggle to find a safe way to return school with limited classroom space for social distancing, two schools in Oxford have a solution: have class outside as much as possible. Outdoor education has long been part of the educational philosophy of Kingsbury Country Day […]
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Oxford Township. Here, last week when the temperatures were still hot and humid, eight-year-olds Autumn Foster, left and Addie Winkleman set up their stand in the Tanview subdivision selling pink lemonade and brownies. This week’s weather has highs ranging from the low 70s to the low 80s. […]