Storm-related high winds blew through northern Oakland County Friday evening causing more damage in some places than others. For example, it appears the strong winds helped knock over the Meijer store sign along M-24 (shown right). But there wasn’t much else to see. ‘We got really lucky,? said Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz. ‘The wind […]
A day-care facility operating within the Oxford Meadows subdivision received special land use approval last week from the Oxford Township Planning Commission to allow up to 12 children on site. Commissioners granted the request of Cindy Peck, owner of Advantage Child Care at 1208 Yale Drive, in a 7-0 vote. Peck, whose operation has been […]
When the varsity, junior varsity and freshman Oxford Wildcat football players take the field this season, they will be wearing something special to honor the memories of Helen Smith and Andy Vascassenno. There will be two stickers on the back of each helmet that read ‘HS? and ‘Andy.? Smith was a charter member of the […]
Last week, the Oxford Wildcats took to their blue turf to scrimmage against three teams ? Lapeer, Herbert Henry Dow and Walled Lake Northern. In one evening, the Cats played 20 minutes of offense and 20 minutes of defense against each team. Bring on Romeo!
Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski’s close friendship with a local elderly man and subsequent inheritance of his estate worth more than $1 million was the focus of a recent investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit. Neymanowski was the sole beneficiary of Oxford Township resident Alfred Herman Oberstaedt’s estate. Oberstaedt died of […]
Todd Elder has the distinction of being able to say he’s helped restore two historic mills in Addison Township. Last week, Elder and his crew from Elder Building Company began making repairs to the deteriorated roof of the old mill in the Village of Leonard. ‘It’s not as bad as you’d think,? said the 20-year […]
Spielberg. Scorsese. Stiles. Okay, maybe Teri Stiles isn’t exactly on the same level with those other two guys, but she could soon be known as an award-winning director. A piece of her work at Oxford Community Television (OCTV) has earned her a nomination in the Excellence in Directing category at the Philo Festival of Media […]
There’s only one thing bigger than Wyatt Ashley’s green thumb and that’s his heart. Over the summer, the Leonard Elementary fifth-grader took it upon himself to plant and maintain a vegetable garden on school grounds and donate everything he’s grown to the elderly folks who frequent the senior center in Lakeville. ‘His father (Brett) and […]
Oxford Township residents Alain and Linda Piette took a leisurely ride in a horse-drawn carriage Tuesday morning along Oakwood Rd. The Morgan horses are River and Radar. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Alcohol may have played a role in the death of a 49-year-old Oxford Township woman who was found in a swimming pool Sunday evening at her home in the 1900 block of Manalee Lane, just north of Indian Lake Rd. The woman was identified as Suzanne Michelle Medaugh. ‘It appears to be a drowning because […]