A mistake was corrected, numerous apologies were offered and it appears a local developer is pressing forward with his plans to have a third story crown a building that he wishes to start constructing this year. Last week, the Oxford Village Planning Commission voted 7-0 to “rescind” the motion it approved on Sept. 5 to […]
Oxford’s fire department just scored a huge federal grant to hire someone to help beef up its ranks and ensure personnel stick with the job. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to accept a $333,706 grant from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, which is through the Federal Emergency Management […]
Peace has been restored to the yard and mind of a father who lost his daughter to cancer, then lost her memorial to an unknown thief. Thanks to the efforts and generosity of a whole cast of local individuals and businesses, Christopher Woityra once again has a large, wooden sculpture of a peace symbol adorning […]
Last week, Oxford Township officials approved millage rates and budgets for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins Jan. 1. All of the property tax rates were reduced due to the state’s Headlee Amendment. The board set the township’s operating tax at 0.9265 mill. That helps support the general fund, which was approved at $2.36 million. […]
Oxford football fans attending the first home game of the 2017 season Friday night got their first look at the stadium’s new LED video display scoreboard located on the south end of the field. The school district spent $309,000 (including installation) on the digital scoreboard, purchased from Daktronics, a company based in Brookings, South Dakota, […]
Mike Solwold (center) was sworn in as Oxford Village’s new police chief last week. Doing the honors is Addison Township Clerk Pauline Bennett (right). With Solwold is his wife Shawna. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio. Say good-bye to Acting Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Solwold. Say hello to Police Chief Mike Solwold. Surrounded by a room […]
Time spent trying to settle a long-running lawsuit concerning Elk View Estates ended up costing Oxford Township nearly $300,000 in state grant money it had secured in 2013 to help fix the storm water drainage problems that have plagued that subdivision since the late 1990s. “It’s technically a one-year grant,” explained Treasurer Joe Ferrari, who […]
OXFORD TWP. – Planning commissioners last week, in a 7-0 vote, approved a proposed private road that’s meant to serve a 118-acre piece of property, located at 3921 Barber Rd., upon which the owner, the Detroit-based House of Providence (HOP), wishes to house foster youth. But as part of the motion, the township’s building department […]
The Polly Ann Trailway Management Council (PATMC) has an opportunity to win up to $10,000, but in order to get it, folks have to vote in an on-line contest, the first round for which ends at midnight on Sept. 24. “We have to vote, vote, vote!” said Linda Moran, the always-exuberant trail manager. The Bank […]
In order to prevent the possibility of being sued and ultimately losing a costly court battle, Oxford Township officials last week voted 7-0 to direct their attorney to research and draft ordinance language concerning door-to-door solicitors. Officials fear the township’s current ordinance, enacted in 1978, prohibiting uninvited solicitations, except those for charitable purposes, is a […]