Operation School Bell rings with success

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 […]

Search for gun fruitless

K-9 units from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department searched Oxford last week in the hope of finding the handgun used to shoot 5-year-old Oxford resident Jordayna Barrett on Sept. 9. When deputies arrested Keyon Timmons, the 30-year-old Pontiac man and paroled convicted murderer accused of shooting the Leonard Elementary first-grader, they didn’t find a gun […]

DDA hopes site plan will entice developers

Imagine being able to purchase vacant property in downtown Oxford that’s immediately ready to build on because the site plan’s already done and approved. The Downtown Development Authority is currently in the process of making this developer’s dream a reality. Last week, the DDA board accepted a site plan created for the three parcels it’s […]

Clarkston author brings candlelight to Davisburg

In the village of Davisburg stands a stately old building. Inside the building is an oddly unique machine that creates slender delicate taper candles. Once, the buidling was home to a special cat. The shop is the premise for a childrens book by author Barbara Johns of Clarkston, who is hosting two book signings in […]

Beauty queen visits school to promote healthy living

Lakeville Elementary had a beauty queen visit the school last week to take part in its annual ‘Fun Run? fund-raiser. Kelly Oles, a 2006 Oxford High graduate who won the title of Miss Tip of the Mitt 2010 in Cheboygan Sept. 19, was there in her crown and sash to cheer the kids on as […]

Have pizza, will travel

It’s an epic tale that encompasses all the essential elements of human experience ? true love, friendship, a perilous journey, seemingly insurmountable obstacles and of course, a fantastic pizza pie. But it’s not the plot to some Hollywood blockbuster or New York Times bestselling novel. It’s the true story of how Shawn McGuire, founder and […]

Grant to help kids eat right, stay active

When it comes to eating healthy and exercising, Lakeville Elementary’s looking to kick it up a few notches in the fight to help overweight and undernourished students. The school recently received a $2,219 grant to aid in the achievement of those goals, courtesy of the Detroit Lions, United Dairy Industry of Michigan, Michigan Department of […]

Resurfacing ahead for W. Drahner, Oakwood, Oxford roads

Paved portions of three Oxford Twp. roads will undergo some badly-needed resurfacing beginning the week of Oct. 12-16. A contractor hired by the Road Commission for Oakland County will be applying a fresh layer of asphalt to 1.73 miles of W. Drahner Rd. between M-24 and Newman Rd.; 0.07 mile of Oakwood Rd. just east […]

Twp. tax rates stay same

Oxford Township officials last week approved the municipality’s 2010 budgets and the property tax rates that will support them. All of the millage rates, with the exception of the ones to help pay off the fire and library bond debts, remained the same as the 2009 levies. Once again, the township will be levying 0.95 […]

My Way

I’d like to respond to a few things stated in the letter to the editor submitted by Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Peruski. I agree it made perfect sense economically, given the current financial state, to move a teacher from Leonard to Daniel Axford. In fact, the news article I penned on Page 3 of the […]