Love lacrosse and looking for something to do this weekend? Head over to Seymour Lake Township Park for the 2017 Midwest LAX Bash on Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. A total of 88 youth teams – boys and girls – from Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are expected to compete in the tournament. Participants […]
It’s official – Jaymes Vettraino is the interim manager for Oxford Village. Last week, council voted 3-0 to approve an agreement with the Rochester-based Vettraino Consulting. Council members Dave Bailey and Tom Kennis were absent. The agreement took effect May 22 and runs through June 23. “My goal is very specific,” Vettraino said. “(It’s) to […]
What were you doing at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day? Did you observe federal law and spend a minute in silence reflecting, remembering, praying or otherwise honoring all the men and women in the U.S. military who have died serving this nation? Oxford Village attorney Bob Davis hopes you did. That’s what he asked the […]
On Saturday, the Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary held its annual Memorial Day ceremony on the grounds of the historic cemetery established in 1843. The fallen were honored with speeches, prayers, wreaths and music. More photos of the ceremony can be found in our print edition of The Oxford Leader, only $1.
Oxford High School students Drake Barry (left) and Madison Dinges were honored Sunday as the most outstanding athletes in the Class of 2017 during the Senior Athletic Awards ceremony held by the Oxford Wildcat Athletic Booster Club. He won the George Prince Award and she won the Helen Smith Award. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio. Throughout […]
Great news for Oxford Village. S&P Global Ratings raised the municipality’s long-term bond (or credit) rating. The village went from A to AA- with a “stable” outlook. AA- means Oxford has a “very strong capacity to meet financial commitments.” A stable outlook means the long-term rating “is not likely to change” over the next two […]
It appears the administrative void in the Oxford Village office is going to be temporarily filled by an experienced consultant. Following a closed session held during a special 8 a.m. meeting Friday morning, council voted 4-1 to enter into a contract with the Rochester-based Vettraino Consulting and have its owner, Jaymes Vettraino, serve as interim […]
Oxford Village resident Kate Logan, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq from February 2007 through March 2008, will be the guest speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony in Addison Township’s Lakeville Cemetery on Saturday, May 27. While the upcoming holiday weekend affords Americans a fun opportunity to “enjoy the freedoms that we have,” […]
Normally, when Bob Davis addresses an audience, it’s during an Oxford Village Council meeting in his familiar capacity as the municipality’s attorney. But when he steps up to the podium on Memorial Day, he won’t be speaking as a seasoned barrister, he’ll be addressing the crowd as a proud veteran. Davis, who served in the […]
Not many folks working in the world of community television can say they’ve lent their talents and skills to an Emmy-nominated production, but Kyle Snage can. Snage, a videographer, editor and producer for Oxford Community Television (OCTV), was the camera operator for “Irene: Child of the Holocaust,” a one-hour PBS documentary that recently received an […]