A task force to help guide downtown Oxford through the M-24 roadwork expected to happen in 2019 is currently being assembled. Last week, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board gave Executive Director Joe Frost the green light to form a committee consisting of business owners, residents and officials. It has two goals. One is to […]
A very special group of Lakeville Elementary students got a jump on the Thanksgiving holiday Monday by enjoying a delectable turkey feast with all the trimmings, plus pumpkin pie piled high with whipped cream. Yum!
Downtown Oxford is finally going to get its shot at being listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the state is going to pay for it. At Monday night’s meeting of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board, Executive Director Joe Frost announced Oxford was selected by the State Historic Preservation Office to receive […]
An 85-foot setback variance that will allow for the constuction of a cell tower in Seymour Lake Township Park was granted last week in a 4-0 vote by the Oxford Township Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). Verizon Wireless is planning to place a 195-foot monopole on a 2,475-square-foot piece of land in the northwest corner […]
Lakeville Elementary first-grader Hanna Przybylski flashed a big smile for the camera while enjoying her pre-Thanksgiving turkey feast on Monday. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. That was certainly true in the case of George William (Bill) Van Wagoner. Back in the 1940s, he met his future bride, Roselyn (Ro) Hettie Francis, at the soda fountain inside Van Wagoner Drug Store (now Patterson Pharmacy) in downtown Oxford. She worked […]
Local charity is without a doubt the best charity, and it’s the only charity I personally support or endorse. What could be better than helping people right in your own backyard, thereby uplifting and strengthening the place you call home? I know it’s not popular to say, given our society’s present infatuation with globaloney, but […]
Oxford Township welcomed two new trustees to its board and bid farewell to two seasoned veterans last week. All seven board members were sworn-in Friday afternoon at the township hall by 52-3 District Judge Nancy Carniak. “Whether you’re elected or appointed, sometimes these jobs are thankless, as I well know,” Carniak said. “Sometimes the only […]
Leonard Elementary fifth-grader Banyan Hueter (foreground) and Oxford resident Bob Pasike showed their respect as the National Anthem was performed during the school’s veterans celebration Nov. 9. Pasike is a U.S. Army veteran who served from 1968-72. For the full story, plus more photos, please see Page 6. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Should 98 S. Glaspie St. be sold and developed for residential use or industrial purposes? That’s the question the Oxford Village Council is planning to address at its 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 meeting. The issue was prompted by the $300,000 offer the village received last week for the 3.42-acre former industrial site purchased by […]