A federal jury last week convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all charges stemming from the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and Stephanie Schreiber Bland is satisfied. ‘I’m so happy about the verdict,? said the 28-year-old Oxford resident. ‘He deserves everything that he’s getting.? Tsarnaev and his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan, planted two shrapnel-filled pressure-cooker bombs […]
Oxford Township’s safety path network is going to expand a bit more this year. Last week, the township board voted 6-0 to award a bid to the Detroit-based WCI Contractors, Inc. to construct approximately 4,255 feet of new safety path along Lapeer (M-24), Seymour Lake and Dunlap roads. The project will cost approximately $481,521. Work […]
Imagine being 6 years old, running around on the very field on which the Detroit Tigers play baseball. Soon, Oxford resident Wesley Walleman, son of C.J. and Virginia Walleman, won’t have to imagine it because that’s exactly what he’ll be doing at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit on Sunday, April 19. The Daniel Axford Elementary […]
A retired U.S. Secret Service agent will share his experiences at the Northeast Oakland Historical Society’s (NEOHS) annual spring meeting on Tuesday, April 28 at the Oxford Public Library (530 Pontiac Rd.). Radford W. Jones, a special agent from February 1963 through July 1983, will be the guest speaker. During his career, he was in […]
It’s known as ‘the most exciting two minutes in sports? and it’s been an American tradition since 1875. But you don’t have to travel all the way to Louisville to enjoy the thrill and pageantry of the Kentucky Derby. No, sir. Folks can get a taste of it in nearby Metamora Township by attending the […]
‘Am I my brother’s keeper?? In the biblical story of Cain and Abel, that was the question the former asked in response to God’s inquiry as to the latter’s whereabouts. Cain asked the question as part of an attempt to cover his tracks after murdering his brother. Thousands of years later, we’re still asking this […]
When a man sacrifices his life serving and protecting a community, it’s never too late to honor his memory. It’s been 90 years since Oxford Village nightwatchman John ‘Jay? Gould was killed in the line of duty. Last week, his grave in the Oxford Township cemetery on the south side of W. Burdick St. was […]
Oxford and Daniel Axford elementaries held their joint Spring Fair on Saturday and everyone from kids to parents had a fantastic time as usual.
One thing was very clear after last week’s Oxford Village Council meeting ? folks love Odd Job Disposal. ‘I couldn’t ask for better service,? said township Supervisor Bill Dunn, who uses Odd Job for the township’s annual cleanup day at Stony Lake Park. ‘They just do a fantastic job,? said Gregg Carter, a 30-year township […]
If you’ve received a traffic ticket in Oxford Village sometime over the last year, there’s a good chance you’ve already met Sean Brown. That’s because he probably pulled you over. Brown, a part-time officer with the village police department, led the agency in traffic enforcement in 2014. For his efforts, Police Chief Mike Neymanowski awarded […]