A group of folks who help make Oxford Village an attractive place in which to live, work and play were honored Oct. 4 by the Beautification Commission. Six residential properties and three commercial ones were recognized as part of the 24th Annual Beautification Awards program held in the village’s community room. “This is our first […]
OHS celebrated homecoming last week with a parade and lots of pageantry.
Bob Warnke got behind the wheel of the Chevy S-10 pickup truck he converted into a pure-electric vehicle in order to demonstrate it for OHS auto students. Watching with interest are (from left) Mike McDonough, Jacob Stuter, Cameron Barsanti, Hunter Downey and Hudson Butler. For the full story, please see “Plugs, not pumps, power […]
Move over, Tesla. Go charge yourself, Volt. Make way for the Warnke. On Tuesday, students in Oxford High School’s Auto Technology 2 and 3 classes learned all about the electric vehicle designed and built by Bob Warnke and his former company, Warnke Tool. “You have to see it to believe it,” said OHS auto instructor […]
Sandboxes are where childhood memories are made. And now, thanks to Life Scout Joe Legault, Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township has a brand new one for little ones to dig around in and build castles like they’re at the beach. On Saturday morning, the Oxford High School junior led a group of fellow […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary McClure was recently honored by The Hundred Club of Detroit with a valor award for the courage he exhibited in helping to save the life of a woman who was shot multiple times by her husband last year. Receiving this prestigious award was “bittersweet” for McClure, who will celebrate 30 […]
In the Nov. 8 general election, Oxford Village voters are being asked to do something that hasn’t been done since Jimmy Carter occupied the White House – amend the municipality’s charter. Six proposed amendments are on the two-page, two-sided ballot. Village attorney Bob Davis, who’s been working closely with council on revising the charter since […]
When Oxford resident Helen Barwig received a phone call from her grandson last week requesting money because he supposedly had a run-in with the law in another state, she didn’t send him a penny. Instead, she reported it to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and called the Leader. That’s because the person on the line […]
Editor’s Note: Much of the following was taken from a Feb. 3, 2016 column I penned. With the November election rapidly approaching, it bears repeating. Common sense and government don’t have to be mutually exclusive. It just usually works out that way. That’s why whenever citizens have the opportunity to infuse the latter with the […]
The Oxford Public Library Friends will conduct its largest book sale ever on Oct. 6-8. Thousands of books (adult, children, fiction and nonfiction, gardening and cooking), CDs, DVDs, jigsaw puzzles and much more. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 7; and from 10 […]