While supplies last, Oxford and Addison residents are invited to obtain free gun safety locks from their local law enforcement agency. Project ChildSafe, a nationwide program that promotes the safe handling and storage of firearms, donated 2,000 gun safety locks to be distributed to the public through the Oakland County Sheriff’s 16 substations along with […]
There’s nothing inaccurate about the language on Oxford Township’s Aug. 5 primary ballot, but Clerk Curtis Wright wants to make sure voters understand exactly what they’re being asked to decide. Wright is concerned because the two ballot questions pertaining to the proposed township community center are simply titled, ‘Bond Proposal? and ‘Millage Proposal.? The headings […]
Layla, the three-legged dog featured in last week’s edition, has a home. The 2-year-old Labrador Retriever mix was adopted by the Earles family, of Oxford, following last week’s Wag, Walk & Run, a fund-raiser for the K-9 Stray Rescue League. ‘She is a wonderful dog and we are so glad she joined our family,? wrote […]
To boys, he’s the guy who teaches them how to fish, how to fix things and how to be a man. To girls, he’s the first man they fall in love with and the standard by which all others will be measured. He goes by many names ? dad, pop, papa, father ? but his […]
Clear Lake Elementary’s fifth-graders said goodbye to their school last week with Hawaiian luau. Students donned grass skirts and leis as they ate, danced and played games to celebrate the end of their elementary school careers. Good luck at the middle school, kids!
An iconic symbol of Detroit will become part of a new United States Navy ship bearing the city’s name and it’s all thanks to an Oxford company. CAM Logic will use state-of-the-art 3-D printing technology to create a model of the famous Spirit of Detroit statue for display aboard the USS Detroit (LCS-7), currently being […]
Clear Lake Elementary students took a break from their studies last week to enjoy a schoolwide carnival and some sunshine. There was a petting zoo, face-painting, snow cones, three-legged and sack races and the chance to do some fancy, cowboy-style roping. Let the summer fun begin!
eader Editor What used to look like ‘the back of a factory,? as one owner put it, now looks like a ‘courtyard setting? in downtown Oxford. As a result, Williams Art Glass Studio/Sunset Antiques, owned by Rick and Karen Williams, was honored June 13 with an ‘Outstanding Investment? award from Main Street Oakland County. ‘We’re […]
‘Great victory for Pat Paad.? That’s how Flint attorney Tom Pabst summed up U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh’s June 10 order denying the majority of Oxford Village’s motion for summary judgment with regard to former Deputy Clerk Marion Patricia Paad’s lawsuit against the municipality, Councilwoman Maureen Helmuth and Manager Joe Young. As a result, […]
Two local businessmen, formerly connected with the Orion-based Odyssey Industries, learned that scrap metal pays, but crime does not. Randal Bellestri, 57, formerly of Oxford, and Paul Michajlyszyn, of Leonard, could be facing prison time for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by failing to report large sums of cash income derived from scrap metal […]