A proposed 117-bed hospital, along with other anticipated growth along the M-24 corridor north of the village, had the Oxford Township Board talking sewage last week. Officials voted 7-0 to have engineering design plans drawn up for the option of installing a new sanitary sewer line in conjunction with the M-24 reconstruction project next year. […]
DOWNTOWN OXFORD – A burglary suspect who police say fled the scene of the crime on a bicycle was stopped not by the officer chasing him on foot, but by the Jeep that hit him at the intersection of Washington and Burdick streets in the wee hours of May 13. The suspect, a 38-year-old Oxford […]
Proving the old adage, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” Oxford Township officials agreed to dip into their budget and pay 100 percent of the cost to spray calcium chloride brine on all of the community’s public gravel roads beginning Jan. 1, 2020. All seven township board members voted in favor of doing this during […]
Levy Co. wants to donate land to build school, but superintendent says district can’t justify one right now Oxford Township’s water and sewer districts got a little bigger last week after officials added to them almost 200 acres of vacant land that had previously been part of gravel mining operations. This will allow the properties, […]
A group of residents who believe their concerns regarding land uses in Oxford Township’s agricultural (AG) zoning district were not heard or properly addressed will get an opportunity to sit down with the committee that helped draft the proposed changes. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to send the proposed zoning ordinance text amendments […]
Once again, members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) delivered for Oxford-Orion FISH. On Saturday, the NALC’s 27th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected a total of 35,228 pounds of non-perishable food items to stock the shelves of FISH’s pantry at 1060 S. Lapeer Rd., just south of Drahner Rd. Letter carriers […]
Lynne Wood, who owns Rattlewood Farms in Oxford with her husband Gary, could not contain her jubilation Saturday evening as Maximum Security, the horse she picked to win the 145th Kentucky Derby, crossed the finish line. Behind her is friend Mary Helen Christy, of Metamora Township. Unfortunately, Wood’s triumph was short-lived as Maximum Security was […]
For months now, frustrated customers of the Oxford-based Odd Job Disposal, Inc. have been complaining online and around town about the waste hauler’s lack of service. They have complained about late or missed pickups. They have complained about their phone calls to the company going unanswered and their emails unreturned. Now, they’re upset because Odd […]
When it comes to doing homework and taking tests, Oxford High School’s varsity softball team is constantly swinging for the fences and it has the impressive grade point average (GPA) to prove it. Last week, the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association informed the ladies that out of the 187 Division I teams, their team […]
A wooden boardwalk that’s part of Oxford Township’s safety path system is out of commission after a speeding car slammed into it on May 2, knocking a good portion of the structure off its foundation. The boardwalk, which extends over wetlands located on the north side of W. Drahner Rd. between Pontiac Rd. and Pinecrest […]