7th grader/Howe wins National Patriot’s Pen essay contest

For the first time in its 48-year history, a student from Michigan has won the national Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen essay contest. That student is Ruby Howe, a seventh grader at Kingsbury Country Day School, representing VFW Post 334 North Oakland. Each year, more than 110,000 students in grades 6-8 from across the […]

Planning Commission gives Beaumont green light (again)

Holding their bi-weekly meeting at the Oxford Township Meeting Room on Feb. 27, the Planning Commission voted, 5-0, to recommend the approval of a two-phased Beaumont medical complex to the Board of Trustees. This was the second time the Planning Commission has green lit this project. The group previously voted to approve the proposal at […]

Happy Birthday! Local ‘leapers’ celebrate

Happy Birthday! Local ‘leapers’ celebrate

What comes once only four years? No, not the presidential election. That’s right – the leap year, that peculiar, quadrennial, calendrical phenomenon when the shortest month of the year is a little less short. This year, there will be a February 29. Unfortunately, the Earth does not make a perfect circle around the Sun exactly […]

Oxford Public Library celebrates 95 years

Part 1 in a series After noticing an old sign bearing the words ‘The Christian Slayton Public Library’ over the fireplace in the adult room of the Oxford Public Library, visitors often ask, “Who is Christian Slayton?” “Well, Christian Slayton wasn’t a person,” explained Library Director Bryan Cloutier the evening of Feb. 10 in a […]

Grandpa, granddaughter together at Autorama

For the fifth consecutive year, Terry Dworin and his granddaughter Tatum Wright, will take one of their classic hot rods to the Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama, at the TCF Center (formerly known as Cobo Hall) from Friday, Feb. 28-Sunday, Mar. 1. As they have each of the last three years, the pair will display Dworin’s 1953 […]

Peeking in the Past

10 Years Ago March 3, 2010 Steve Porter, pastor of Leonard Community Church, announced his run for the District 1 seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Kim Warda, a 39-year-old Oxford resident and Emergency room nurse at Beaumont Hospital-Troy, spent Feb. 11-17 in Haiti helping treat injured adults and children as the tiny […]

M.C. ‘Wiches closes, BBQ joint to open

At approximately 7 p.m. on Feb. 22, M.C. ‘Wiches served up its last sub. After 10 years, the iconic, Detroit-themed craft sandwich shop in downtown Oxford has closed its doors. But the owner, Patrick Hingst, isn’t going anywhere. In a few weeks those doors at 40 N. Washington St. will quietly reopen as Woodchips BBQ […]

Collecting prom wear for Hope Closet

The Oxford Library has already received its first dress for this year’s Hope Closet drive. “It’s one of the most unique frocks I’ve seen to date,” said Teen Services Librarian Alissa Bach, who has been doing this since 2008. “Lots of flowy layers and ruffles in different, miss-matched patterns.” Hope Closet is a nonprofit, volunteer-run […]

The State of the Community is #OxfordStrong

On Feb. 4, Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union Address. On Jan. 29, Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered the State of the State Address. On Feb. 12, Oakland County Executive David Coulter delivered the State of the County Address. And of course, last Thursday, Feb. 20 local officials from Oxford Village and Township came […]