Things didn’t turn out as Evan Berofsky had hoped at the 2014 National Scrabble Championship last week. The 38-year-old Oxford resident placed 20th out of 63 competitors in his division. He won 17 games and loss 14 over the course of the five-day tournament held in Buffalo, New York. ‘People have asked me, ‘Was it […]
Oxford Leader columnist James A. Sherman, Sr. (left) is expanding his influence in local media from the pages of this newspaper to the airwaves of public access television. Sherman, who served as the Leader’s publisher from 1955-93, was interviewed last week at his kitchen table for the Oxford Community Television (OCTV) program ‘My Life,? hosted […]
For the second year in a row, a Metamora woman opened her home and her heart to help benefit the K-9 Stray Rescue League in Oxford. ‘I think we all need to do something. This is my (way to) give back,? said Jacqui Schaefer, who hosted the Second Annual Recovery Cleaners Hoedown on her spacious […]
Question ? When can using a bicycle lock get a person arrested? Answer ? When a protester uses it to fasten himself to a construction truck. Two men protesting against the Canada-based Enbridge company were arrested Monday morning after they allegedly used large U-shaped bicycle locks to secure their necks to the frame of a […]
Mary Hale doesn’t want to see Oxford Village rid one of its main streets of the truck traffic ‘nuisance? by moving the problem to surrounding township roads like W. Drahner Rd., where she lives. ‘Their solution is to make somebody else deal with it,? she said. ‘I just don’t get that. Why is that okay?? […]
‘Make sure you take those special moments to just have fun together (with your students).? That was Jean Davidson’s advice to all the new teachers beginning their careers in the Oxford school district this fall. All the ‘peripheral requirements? imposed on teachers these days, from curriculum mandates to extra paperwork, ‘can truly get overwhelming,? she […]
While many American soldiers were fighting on the front lines during World War II, Richard Irving Terpstra was risking his life hundreds of miles behind enemy lines to help bring down Imperial Japan. The Oxford resident, who will turn 88 next week, was a member of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), a secret U.S. Naval […]
It appears Pearl St. residents won’t be getting the concrete wall they wanted to separate them from the alley Oxford Village is planning to build just west of their backyards. But that’s okay because they seem to be content with all the changes that were recommended for the village’s East/Edison Alley project in order to […]
A proposal to build housing at 98 S. Glaspie St. geared toward senior citizens who are deaf or hearing impaired was well-received last week by the Oxford Village Planning Commission. ‘I’m excited about it,? said Commissioner Sue Bossardet, who also serves on the village council. ‘It’s a really nice project for that area. And it […]
Parents, students and teachers from Daniel Axford and Oxford Elementary rolled up their sleeves Monday and worked together to spruce up the grounds of their schools. They spread mulch. They planted flowers. They pulled weeds. They painted fresh lines for playground games. They did lots of hard work on a muggy, 90-plus-degree day because they […]