A local band from Oxford’s past has gone international along with an old photo from this community newspaper. A photo of the thrash metal band Death Threat from the April 5, 1989 issue of the Leader was published as part of an in-depth interview featured in the third issue of Compilation of Death, a magazine […]
A total of 188 seventh and eighth-grade Oxford Middle School choir students sang a variety of patriotic songs meant to honor our nation’s veterans as part of the 12th annual Americana Concert held Saturday night at the high school’s Performing Arts Center.
Leonard Elementary students showed off their costumes during the school’s annual Halloween parade Friday. The kids marched from their school to downtown Leonard and back. They didn’t let the rain dampen their spirits one bit.
Thirty-five veterans visited Leonard Elementary Friday to share their stories with a group of fifth-graders eager to learn how and why they served their country. The one-on-one interviews were part of the school’s annual Veterans Day celebration. Veterans from all the U.S. Armed Forces were represented including those who served in World War II, the […]
A $600 million list of current needs was released Monday by the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) and among the 93 construction projects were two pieces of infrastructure located in Oxford and Addison townships. Trouble is, there’s no state money to pay for anything on this list ‘All of these are projects that should […]
If Marilyn Szost could talk to her son just one more time, she would let him know how proud she is of all the progress he had made. ‘He tried as hard as he could to do the right thing in the last part of his life,? said the Addison resident. Unfortunately, she won’t get […]
Oxford’s fire and police millages were the big winners in the Nov. 4 general election. Township and village residents approved the six-year, 3.5-mill fire tax by a vote of 4,136 to 2,835. The 1-mill increase will allow the fire department to hire two more full-time firefighters/paramedics and create a part-time position that’s filled 12 hours […]
Next year, the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) will no longer give any rides to residents of Addison Township, including the Village of Leonard. That’s because in the Nov. 4 election, Addison residents voted 1,257 to 1,216 to reject a five-year, 0.25-mill property tax request to help fund NOTA. Addison will no longer be part […]
Last night, the new Oxford Village Council was sworn in and it consists of three old faces and two new ones as a result of the Nov. 4 general election. Incumbents Sue Bossardet, Bryan Cloutier and Maureen Helmuth were all re-elected to four-year terms with 557, 509 and 380 votes, respectively. Retired village Clerk Rose […]
Veterans who have experience working with boilers while in uniform would be able to use those skills toward licensing requirements for certain occupations under a bill approved today by the Michigan House. House Bill 5751, sponsored by state Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-Oxford), would allow military experience to count toward the experience requirement for boiler installer, […]