The Oakland County Board of Commissioners appropriated more than $3.2 million to respond to the shooting that occurred at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021. The funding, which was approved at the Board’s January 20 meeting, provides the Prosecutor’s Office with the tools and resources necessary to ensure justice; provides mental health support to […]
With one match to go the Oxford Wildcat bowling teams are closing in on another OAA Red Division sweep. Both the boys and girls teams took care of the Lake Orion Dragons Monday (Feb. 14) night at Collier Lanes. It was also Senior night for both teams. The boys swept both baker games and cruised […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Addison Township is looking to upgrade Lake George Park with an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant trail. “The grant is to make an ADA compliant path down from the parking lot to the lake where we will be putting a dock in so that people can launch their […]
Last Wednesday (Feb. 9), Girl Scout Troop 77203 from Clear Lake Elementary visited Evergreens Bakery in downtown Oxford. The girls learned the ins and outs of owning a bakery and coffee shop. They were able to check out the big oven, huge refrigerator (that all 12 of them fit in) and decorated heart shaped cookies. […]
By Megan Kelley Special to The Oxford Leader Despite the holidays being over, it’s still giving season for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 334 who had their annual check presentation to Orion/Oxford FISH Adopt-a-Shelf program last week. “When we ask someone to adopt a shelf, the average it’s going to cost us is about […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Township Board of Trustees met for its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Topics discussed include committee recommendations, fire department expansion and medical marijuana. Medical marijuana punted Two agenda items regulating medical marijuana businesses in the township were removed from the agenda following the distribution of flyers […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Kimberly Hartman, a 55-year-old Leonard woman, died last week in a single-vehicle traffic accident. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy reports, Hartman was driving south on Lake George Rd. around Drahner Rd. in Addison Township on the morning of Monday, Feb. 7 when her 2007 Ford F-150 pickup truck […]
Lyndi Junek, age 3, of Oxford was able to enjoy our winter wonderland last week just like many other children. Snow and cold weather caused Oxford Community Schools to close schools on Feb. 2-3. To see more “Snow Day” photos please see pages 8 and 9 of this week’s print edition. Photo submitted by Elizabeth […]
School superintendent search narrows By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford School Board has narrowed the search for Oxford’s next superintendent down to two candidates: David Pass and Ken Weaver. They now advance to second round interviews. The board voted unanimously on Pass and Weaver Feb. 3 after conducting hour-and-a-half-long interviews with five candidates […]
This is our 96th week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw a decreases in recent cases and an increase in total cases. The number of COVID-related deaths remained at 47. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 5,910 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. […]