Nothing makes you feel older and slower than watching Oxford High School auto students participate in their annual brake competition. Their nimble fingers are a blur as parts fly around them and their tools practically make sparks as they strike the metal. Auto Technology instructor Dan Balsley used one word to describe this year’s competition, […]
Snow kept falling outside, but nobody inside Leonard Elementary cared Friday night because they were too busy enjoying the school’s annual spring fair. They were playing fun games, getting their faces painted and posing for silly photos. They weren’t going to let a few flakes get them down.
Eli Glaz, 4½, a preschooler at Holy Cross Lutheran in Oxford, is quite surprised by how much power this ball canon has at the Daniel Axford/Oxford Elementary Spring Fair held Friday night. For more photos, please see Page 24. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
High winds with gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour blew through southeast Michigan March 8 causing approximately 800,000 DTE Energy customers, including many in Oxford and Addison townships, to lose power for the next few days. On social media, DTE called the damaging winds “the most significant weather event” the company had “experienced in its […]
Oxford’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is getting ready to take another whack at revamping the streetscape along Washington St. (M-24). Last week, the DDA board voted 8-1 to approve a proposal from the Northville-based Grissim Metz Andriese Associates to design a streetscape plan and apply for a grant to help pay for its construction. The […]
Plans to extend a water main by almost a mile-and-a half, from the Willow Lake subdivision to the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community, are moving forward. Last week, the Oxford Township Board voted 6-0 to award the project to the Auburn Hills-based Superior Excavating for the bid amount of $1.518 million. Superior Excavating submitted the […]
Ron Davis doesn’t want to waste any time getting Oxford Township’s park system all fixed up to better serve the public. Last week, the longtime director of the parks and recreation department updated the township board on plans to spend $2 million in bond money. “We’re going to be aggressive with this,” Davis said. “Our […]
Fire erupted inside the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community early Saturday afternoon, causing an estimated $11,000 to $12,000 in damage, but no injuries. According to Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz, a woman sitting inside a single-wide manufactured home on Dunlap Circle saw something fall outside her window. Shortly after, a neighbor came knocking to alert […]
In early February, Jacinta Hogan called the Leader because she wanted to spread the word that Oxford Gives Back was looking for folks in need of a spring cleanup. The response was overwhelming. A total of 125 area homes are currently scheduled to receive free yardwork on the weekend of April 29-30. Eighty-four of the […]
Who needs a bank or credit union, when you’ve got Oxford Township making loans? Last week, the township board voted to 5-1 authorize the parks and recreation commission to purchase two vacant parcels, totalling 5.024 acres, located on the west side of Coats Rd., south of Seymour Lake Rd. To pay for the land, which […]