On Monday, Oxford-Orion FISH joined the outpouring of love and community support for Pam and Hunter Strunk by donating $500 to the Addison mother and son. FISH gave the Strunks a $250 check that will be put toward paying off a new specially-equipped van Pam is purchasing to help transport Hunter, 8, who’s confined to […]
Thanks to the Oxford Public Library hundreds of kids continued reading and learning over summer vacation ? and had loads of fun doing it. A whopping 405 children ages 3? to 11 signed up for the library’s six-week Kids Summer Reading Program. Of that total, 258 kids (or 64 percent) read at least one hour […]
Given this week’s front page story (‘Cityhood leader convicted felon?), I thought I’d write a column to perhaps head a few letters off at the pass. To me and many others, I believe it’s fairly obvious why Tracy Miller’s being a convicted felon who served nearly four years in Jackson State Prison is quite significant […]
A proposal to place a three-year, 0.50-mill tax request to fund a countywide public bus service on the August 2010 ballot is expected to go before the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at its 9:30 am. Thursday, Sept. 24 meeting. During this meeting, the 25 commissioners will decide which committees to send the tax proposal […]
Local officials are not thrilled with the possibility of a half-mill countywide tax to support and expand the SMART bus system, especially when there’s an existing local transportation system that works just fine in their opinion. ‘That is absolutely astronomical,? said Pat Fitchena, director of the North Oakland Transportation Authority, referring to the proposed millage […]
Christmas came early for 150 Oxford and Lake Orion elementary students in need who were treated to a free shopping spree last week courtesy of the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan. Thanks to the Rochester Hills-based nonprofit group’s ‘Operation School Bell? program, each child received a brand new winter coat, knit-hat, gloves, underwear, socks, two […]
Twice before William Short’s had something of value go missing and both times he placed an ad in The Oxford Leader hoping some good samaritan would return his property. In both cases, the 67-year-old Oxford Village resident got what he was looking for and then some, so he decided to try it a third time […]
A motion authorizing Oxford Township to pay 100 percent to fix all the problems in the Elk View Estates subdivision is still in place, however, officials are seeking an opinion letter from their attorney to find out how they can legally spend tax money to do this. ‘Whatever we do, we have to have something […]
If the Oxford school district would like its bond proposal to pass Nov. 3, it had better start courting voters in the Village of Leonard and Addison Township. Our neighbors to the east feel like they’ve been getting the shaft lately. First, the district foolishly moved Leonard Elementary’s wildly popular principal, Joyce Brasington, over to […]
A fantastic game of football full of well-executed plays and bone-crunching tackles was played Sunday afternoon at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. But it wasn’t the Lions burning up the gridiron. It was the Oxford Jr. Wildcats! The 56,269 screaming fans attending Detroit’s home opener against the Minnesota Vikings got to see football at its […]