New banners that identify and promote downtown Oxford were placed on light poles along Washington and Burdick streets last week. Employees from the Department of Public Works hung 24 dark blue banners with white lettering that proclaims, “Downtown Oxford. Small. Done Right.” “I think they look great,” said Joe Frost, executive director of the Downtown […]
An ex-employee from Oxford Community Television’s past returned last week to criticize the station and urge the privatization of the media services it provides. Ken LaPlace, who worked as station manager from July 2012 until he was fired in July 2013, spoke during the public comment portion of last week’s Oxford Township Board meeting. “I’m […]
The first shots in the battle for Oxford Village Council were fired last week by Erik Dolan against his opponent, Dave Bailey. During the council comments portion of the Aug. 9 village meeting, Dolan, who was appointed to council back in April, directed some pointed remarks at Bailey as he sat in the audience. Both […]
The issue of police dispatch once again reared its head during last week’s Oxford Village Council meeting as part of the public comment portion. Dave Gerber, who serves as chaplain for the village police department, voiced his concerns over council’s 3-2 vote on June 20 to begin the process of transferring police dispatch services to […]
A valuable, new piece of equipment designed to help save people’s lives will be added to two Oakland County Sheriff’s patrol cars in Oxford Township. Last week, township officials voted 6-0 to purchase a couple of defibrillators from Physio-Control, Inc., a company based in Redmond, Washington, for a total of $3,358. Sheriff’s Sgt. Frank Lenz, […]
The Oxford Wildcats varsity football team has been running, sweating and hitting hard as practice is underway. With the season and home opener against the Division 1 state champion Romeo Bulldogs on Friday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m., Head Coach Bud Rowley is busy steeling his young men for an all-out gridiron war. “We’ve got […]
Folks, particularly senior citizens, who don’t have air-conditioning and want or need to beat this terrible heat are invited to cool off at the Oxford Village municipal complex located at 22 W. Burdick St. Village Manager Joe Young said a cooling center has been set up there. Residents can enjoy the air-conditioning in either the […]
There’s an old axiom in politics – if at first you don’t succeed, try again in the next election. At its Tuesday, Aug. 9 meeting, the Oxford Board of Education was expected to vote on whether or not to place a pair of millage proposals on the November ballot to make up for the narrow […]
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln (Fred and Bonnie Priebe, of Belleville) were the guests of honor in Oxford’s Fourth Annual Lone Ranger Parade Saturday. The Lincolns were one of 94 entries that marched, rolled, and strolled along M-24.
You could hear a pin drop in the banquet hall as the 16th President of the United States addressed the crowd of 152 during a fund-raiser for the Lone Ranger Festival and Parade held Friday evening at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Orion Township. Equality and liberty were the themes stressed by President […]