A pair of grants from the Department of Natural Resources worth a combined $250,000 will be pursued by the Village of Oxford for a ramp park and playground redevelopment. At its Jan. 27 meeting, council directed village President Steve Allen to complete the applications for a $200,000 DNR grant to build a ramp park (for […]
A request to hire an architect to design a new Oxford Township Hall was tabled last week until officials can determine exactly how much money is available for the project. The request came from Trustee Charles Kniffen, who serves on the Building and Site Committee. “We all know we’ve got to build a new township […]
Oxford Township officials Jan. 28 voted 4-0 to continue participating in the North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Consortium (NO HAZ) this year and to designate Trustee Shirley Clancy as the township’s appointed representative to the consortium board. Under the leadership of Oakland County government, NO HAZ provides safe, reliable, environmentally responsible collection of household hazardous […]
Adults who hide runaway kids may soon be prosecuted under township law. Oakland County Sheriff’s Lt. Al Whitefield, commander of the Oxford Township substation, asked the township board Jan. 28 to amend Ordinance 43A (Disorderly Conduct) to include prohibiting the contribution to the delinquency of a minor. Whitefield said his officers have been confronted with […]
I am by nature a lover of words. As a writer, nothing gets me higher than finding that perfect word to describe something. It feels right. It sounds right. It looks right. It even tastes right (watch out for paper cuts). Some of my favorite words include – oligarchy, brouhaha, totalitarian and happy hour. But […]
In an area typically dominated by Republican voters and candidates, Oxford and Addison Democrats took center stage for a change. Ninety-five local Democrats turned out at the Oxford Public Library Saturday, Feb. 7 to vote in Michigan’s Democratic Presidential Caucus. That number doesn’t include all the mail-in and on-line caucus votes, the exact number of […]
A head-on collision just south of M-24 and Teelin Road Wednesday night resulted in injuries to both drivers, one of which had to be airlifted to a hospital. An 18-year-old Wisconsin man driving a Geo Prizim was heading northbound in the southbound lanes of M-24 when he collided head-on with a southbound 1998 Honda Civic, […]
Three talented Oxford Middle School students earned top honors in the 2003 Oxford Public Library Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Teen Poetry Contest. “I’m pretty impressed by our teenagers here in Oxford,” said Charli Osborne, Department Head of Young Adult Services at Oxford Public Library. Seventh-grader Jenifer Bizzotto won first place for her poem entitled, […]
While U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Julia Ludeman is helping civilians in Iraq, her mother, Oxford Elementary teacher Mary Ludeman, is busy keeping the home fires burning. Julia, a 2000 graduate of Oxford High School, was recently deployed to Iraq, where she’s aiding civilians in that worn-torn Middle Eastern nation as part of the U.S. Army […]
Have you always wanted a personal servant to handle those unpleasant and tedious household chores? Does the mere thought of manual labor make you break into a cold sweat? Fear not, the Oxford High School Drama Club is offering the answer to your cheap labor prayers. More than 25 Drama Club members will place themselves […]