Ask, and ye shall receive. Oxford parent Jan Matsumoto e-mailed this newspaper a question last week that we felt deserved an answer. ‘If two students with identical qualifications apply to the same university in Michigan, would it matter to the university that one has an (International Baccalaureate) diploma and the other has a regular diploma […]
Oxford is about to lose its real Citizen of the Year. A few weeks ago I wrote a story about how Hank Szlenkier is leaving this community on Monday, Feb. 14 after 19 years of faithful service. Hank is the caseworker for Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance, an organization dedicated to helping at-risk kids by reducing delinquency, […]
Documents reveal an Oxford Village Council member not only had knowledge of an alleged embezzlement involving tax dollars, she helped conceal it with her own money and kept silent about it for approximately five years. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, the Leader obtained Jan. 25-26 reports from village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski and […]
It started with a 19-year-old Oxford man claiming a group of Oxford High School students assaulted him Feb. 10 outside his home and that one of them used a baseball bat or stick. But now it appears the incident might have been just a fight between two guys involving only fisticuffs. No charges have been […]
The party’s over for those folks who go to the Oakland County Sheriff’s substation in Oxford Township to take their court-ordered Preliminary Breath Tests. Beginning March 1, the substation will begin charging $10 per test for Oxford residents and $20 for anyone who lives outside of the community. The service had been free, but township […]
Oxford Township is considering prohibiting the discharge of firearms and all forms of hunting in dense residential zoning districts. But before they take any action, township officials want to discuss the idea with the public and garner its input. That’s why the township’s scheduled a public hearing on the topic for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March […]
It’s by no means a done deal, but the process has begun for two Oxford Village manufacturing companies to potentially receive tax abatements lasting up to 12 years. By a 5-0 vote, the village council last week moved that applications for tax breaks for Royal Oak Boring and Royal Oak Medical Devices, both located at […]
Downtown Oxford merchants should dust off their shovels and snowblowers because the party’s over. The village council last week voted 5-0 to discontinue a pilot program in which Department of Public Works employees had been removing snow this winter from the front sidewalks of downtown’s four quadrants. ‘I don’t want to see this continue,? said […]
Valentine’s Day is usually celebrated by giving tons of flowers, candy, teddy bears and mushy heart-shaped greeting cards to the people we love. But the second-graders in teacher Colleen Kazor’s class at Daniel Axford Elementary did something different this year by giving the gift of themselves. To the senior citizens who live at Independence Village […]
Not that it matters much in the dead of winter, but Oxford Township’s six-month moratorium on using lake water to irrigate lawns was allowed to expire last week. But that doesn’t mean the township board is finished dealing with the issue ? far from it. Treasurer Joe Ferrari and Trustee Joe Bunting were directed to […]