Local developer Chuck Schneider is well on his way to owning a piece of Oxford Village property which he intends to transform into a mix of 76 residential units. Last week, the village council voted 5-0 to approve a purchase agreement with Schneider through which he would acquire 98 S. Glaspie St., a former industrial […]
Monday, May 25 is the unofficial start of the summer season, which means barbecues, beaches and boating. But let us not forget that Monday is also Memorial Day, a time to honor the countless soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen who sacrificed their lives at home and around the world to keep America free and secure, […]
No haggling, just take the money and run. Oxford Township officials last week voted 4-3 to accept a $450,000 offer to purchase the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center, located at 28 N. Washington St., and the 0.54-acre parking lot behind it. The buyer is David Parker and closing will take place on or before Aug […]
Not many folks these days can say they remember milking the cows before they went to school. But lifelong Oxford resident Bruce French can. Now, he’s trying to sell the place where this unique childhood memory was made, a two-story white barn located just west of the intersection of Pontiac and Moyer streets in the […]
Next time you stop in The Oxford Tap and belly up to the bar for a beer, know that you’re not just quenching your thirst in any old local tavern. You’re sipping that ice-cold brew in Main Street Oakland County’s Business of the Year for 2014. ‘I’m pretty humbled by the whole thing. Really, I […]
A license and use agreement that will allow Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery to have another access road was approved 5-0 by the Oxford Village Council last week. The agreement enables the cemetery, at its own expense, to develop an unimproved strip of municipal-owned right-of-way at Dayton and Willow streets into a secondary ingress/egress. The village land […]
There’s nobody occupying the director’s chair at the Oxford Chamber of Commerce office right now, but that doesn’t mean it’s closed. Far from it. Chamber President Debbie Uren reported various people are manning the office, located inside the village municipal complex on W. Burdick St., until a replacement can be found for former Director Nicole […]
Twenty-three Oxford Middle School eighth-graders got to experience what it’s like to take engineering classes at the high school last week thanks to the Square One Education Network Senior Capstone Design Class. The students used computer-aided design software to solve a problem, built a rubber band-powered vehicle and got to play around with five robots […]
On a chilly, gray spring evening last week, a group assembled on a hill in the Oxford Township cemetery to dedicate a headstone for a fallen law enforcement officer that should have been placed 90 years ago. ‘It’s hard for me not to get choked up about that,? said Oxford Village Police Sgt. Mike Solwold, […]
‘He’s lying ? 100 percent.? That was Patricia George’s response when informed about her estranged son Nicholas Anthony George’s claims to have had a lengthy and highly-decorated career in the United States Army. ‘He likes to tell stories. He likes to make up things,? said Patricia, who resides in Wiggins, Mississippi. ‘He told the woman […]