The Oxford-Orion Kiwanis Club really put the service in community service as its members waited tables and washed dishes at Kalloway’s Restaurant and Pub Nov. 1 as part of a fund-raiser. Tips from customers plus a portion of the proceeds from a special dinner menu generated more than $900 for the club, which is attempting […]
It was an evening for music lovers November 3 as Oxford High School’s bands commanded the stage of the 800-seat Performing Arts Center. Excited family members and supportive friends packed the audience to listen as the Varsity, Concert and Symphonic bands performed an eclectic and pleasing mix of songs in their first-ever Fall Concert. Each […]
Every week, The Oxford Leader publishes numerous photos and articles featuring local young people. We highlight the good deeds they do, the fun they have at local events, the impressive feats they accomplish and the awards they win. Nine times out of ten, this paper shows our young people in a positive light. We defy […]
Between worrying about money, fretting about their jobs and worrying about their kids, most Americans consider their hectic lives very stressful. But imagine the daily stress living on a continent where disease is rampant, natural disasters are common and poverty is the norm. What kind of toll does a life like that take on the […]
School’s out for the summer, but the learning didn’t stop at Clear Lake Elementary last week as kids participated in Camp Invention. Created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, the Camp Invention program is a nationally acclaimed summer enrichment experience for children entering grades one through six. Participants get a week-long dose of […]
When the sunshine is bright and the skies are blue, even the nicest classroom in the world can feel like a prison cell to a student yearning for some fresh air. Fortunately, the students at Clear Lake Elementary have a liberator in the form of Boy Scout Brandon Bunker, a member of Oxford Troop 366. […]
Although it was signed by 358 Oxford Village residents, a petition seeking to stop cityhood spending and require voter approval before council takes any further action was denied 4-0 by village officials Oct. 25. ‘We have received an attorney/client privilege letter regarding those petitions and determining them to not be valid,? said village Manager Joe […]
It certainly didn’t take the Oxford school district very long to find a new athletic director to replace the retiring Pat Ball. Last week, Michael D. Watson was hired to oversee the district’s high school and middle school sports programs beginning Aug. 1. He will earn $89,337 per year plus benefits. ‘Oxford’s proven to be […]
Have you ever considered adoption? The Polly Ann Trailway Management Council (PATMC) is looking for hard-working groups of people to adopt and maintain half-mile sections of the non-motorized pedestrian path between Lakeville Elementary in Oxford and Bordman Road in Addison Township. ‘The trail is 14 miles long and we are having a difficult time keeping […]
A two-vehicle accident on M-24, just south of Drahner Road, sent a 42-year-old Oxford woman to the hospital October 25. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, the woman was leaving the parking lot of the Nugget restaurant in her 2001 Hyundai, when she failed to yield to northbound traffic on M-24. She was struck […]