Oxford Village is moving its office, but the address will remain 22 W. Burdick St. That’s because it’s being relocated to another space within the same building. During a special 7 a.m. meeting on April 16, council voted 4-0 to move the manager, clerk/treasurer and other staff members into the vacant space previously occupied by […]
Over the years, local scouts working to attain the rank of Eagle have made numerous improvements to the Polly Ann Trail. They’ve added map boxes, donation poles, rest areas, bat nurseries and dog waste bag dispensers to the 16.9-mile non-motorized, recreational trail that runs through Addison, Oxford and Orion townships as well as the villages […]
On Saturday morning, bags filled with 10,000 colorful, plastic Easter eggs were dumped from atop the Oxford Fire Department’s aerial truck. Once they hit the ground at LakePoint Community Church, more than 200 children armed with baskets, bags and buckets scrambled to collect as many as they could. For many more photos from the event, […]
Just over four months after being violently shaken by her father and suffering a severe brain injury, Emily Paige Williams’ brief time on Earth came to an end. The infant passed away shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, April 12. She had been removed from a ventilator earlier that day. “We all miss her dearly,” […]
Less dust, smoother roads for vehicles and safer conditions for pedestrians – that’s what a group of concerned residents who live along gravel roads in Oxford Township is asking their local government to give them. Speaking during the public comment segment at last week’s township board meeting, eight residents living on Coats and Sanders roads […]
Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz is hoping to temporarily remove a barrier that separates two portions of a residential street so as to provide first-responders with quicker and better access to the western and northern parts of the community during the M-24 construction project next year. Last week, Scholz approached the village council about the […]
In addition to attending backyard barbecues, visiting beaches and boating on lakes, Oxford Township residents will have one more thing to do this summer – go to the polls. Last week, the township board in successive 6-0 votes approved ballot language for two millage proposals to be decided in a special election scheduled for Tuesday, […]
Preliminary site plan approval was granted by the Oxford Township Planning Commission last week for a 50-unit residential development named The Woods at Tullamore. But, the developers won’t be able to move forward until they either change the plan to provide two connections to E. Drahner Rd. or seek a variance from the zoning board […]
Oxford Township’s parks and recreation department has put a new spin on the old adage, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Thanks to its cost-cutting efforts, a penny saved is a parking lot paved. Parks and Rec. Director Ron Davis was pleased to report that an asphalt parking lot, as well as concrete sidewalks […]
Oxford Village’s police department is poised to get its second sport utility vehicle. Last week, the council voted 4-0 to approve the purchase of a 2019 all-wheel-drive Ford Explorer from the Gorno Ford dealership in Woodhaven. The total price will be $30,928, which includes approximately $10,000 to outfit it for police work. “Most agencies around […]