With a single vote last week, the Oxford Township Board saved sewer customers more than $150,000 by avoiding the bonding process. Officials voted 7-0 to prepay the township’s portion of two bonds meant to fund improvements to the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor (OMI) rather than pay debt principal and interest over the next 20 years. Oxford’s sewage […]
Opposition remains strong to rezoning a piece of property in the southwest corner of Oxford Township so as to allow for a residential development with smaller lot sizes. ‘You turn it into a subdivision, I might as well move back to Troy,? said Jim Cavellier, Sr., who noted he was originally attracted to Oxford by […]
He’s her first love and the standard against which all future suitors will be measured. She’ll always be his little girl no matter how old she is. The Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department celebrated this special relationship with its annual Daddy-Daughter Dance held Saturday night at the Devil’s Ridge Golf Club.
The idea of 200 international students coming to live and study in Oxford isn’t a done deal just yet. A dormitory to house them must receive approval from the township planning commission. A set of plans for the proposed two-level, 55,377-square-foot dormitory is currently on file with the township’s building department and available for public […]
There’s no evidence to substantiate claims that coyotes caused a horse to fall or that they were chasing other horses in northern Oxford Township, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). ‘As far as we are concerned both (investigations) are closed unless some new evidence (is found) or something new comes up,? said […]
Oxford resident Holly Hadac has been following with interest the news reports about the Oxford Township farm where the owners claim coyotes were the cause of one horse’s death and another’s injury. As a 19-year licensed wildlife rehabilitator and volunteer member of the Southeastern Michigan Coyote Research Project (SEMCRP), she wished to weigh-in regarding the […]
It was the kind of marriage proposal that most women dream of, but often only happens in Hollywood movies. Fortunately for Laurette Dreisbach, she didn’t have to imagine it or watch it unfold up on the silver screen. She lived it. One day back in February 1949, the 88-year-old Oxford resident was soaring through the […]
‘It’s just a big ego trip,? said Alan Majewski with a chuckle. You’ve got to give the 54-year-old Oxford resident points for honesty. That was his reply when asked why he’ll be showing his 1956 Chevrolet 210 Delray Sedan at the Cobo Center March 6-8 as part of the 63rd Annual Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama. This […]
Some people look at a pile of scrap metal and all they see is junk. Some people look at it and see the potential to create something unique. Oxford High School juniors Cody Blanchard and Tyler Oke fall into the latter category. They cut and welded together old parts from the auto shop’s scrap bin […]
For the second time in six years, a horse farm in northern Oxford Township was the victim of a destructive fire. Ginny Benson, owner of Sassafras Farms at 3270 Barber Rd., just north of Oakwood Rd., is understandably discouraged. ‘Honestly, I’m thinking I just want to leave ? sell the place and go,? she said. […]