Chaise Caswell, a third-grader at Leonard Elementary, votes in the school’s student council election using an actual voting booth on loan from Addison Twp. For the story, please see “Leonard students go to the polls like mom and dad.” Photo by CJC.
Own anything long enough and, sooner or later, it’s going to need some work. That’s true for houses, automobiles, even parks. It’s just the nature of the beast. To help fix up and enhance Oxford Township’s aging and heavily-used parks system, voters are being asked to approve a $2 million bond proposal on the Nov. […]
Oxford Village voters will receive not one, but two ballots for the Nov. 8 general election. No, they don’t get to vote twice. This isn’t Tammany Hall. There are simply too many national, state and local races and issues facing village residents to fit them all on a single ballot, so each voter will be […]
Rory Boes joined an elite brotherhood. On Saturday afternoon, the Oxford High School senior formally became an Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony held at Christ the King Church on W. Drahner Rd. “It’s the biggest accomplishment of my life so far,” Boes said. “It means the world to me.” Eagle Scout is […]
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 […]
A big presidential election was held at little Leonard Elementary School last week. Unlike the national version, there was no bombastic rhetoric about making America “great again” or building a giant wall. Deleted emails and private meetings on airport tarmacs didn’t enter into the picture, either. It was simply an old-fashioned exercise in democracy where […]
Over and over again, members of the Polly Ann Trail Management Council (PATMC) praised the quality of the three candidates for the trail manager position and lamented about how difficult it was to pick just one. They weren’t exaggerating. Council voted not once, not twice, but four times on the issue during last week’s meeting. […]
Two new faces could be joining the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board. Last week, the board voted unanimously to recommend the appointment of Sam Barna and Regina Woodson to four-year terms along with current board member Rod Charles. The recommendations must now be approved by the village council. Barna, a resident of Orion […]
Kick off Fire Safety month with local firefighters. On Sunday, Oct. 2, the Oxford Fire Department will host its annual open house from noon to 4 p.m. The event will be held at Oxford Fire Station #1, located at 96 N. Washington St., just north of downtown Oxford. There will be activities for all ages, […]
I’ve never been a big fan of the operating taxes that Michigan school districts levy on non-homestead properties because in many cases, they constitute taxation without representation, and they’re flat-out discriminatory. The fact is a person who owns non-homestead property in a school district in which he or she does not live cannot vote on […]