Wear your biggest crucifix, rub yourself with garlic and don’t forget to pack some Holy Water because the most famous bloodsucker in all of Gothic literature is coming to the stage at Oxford High School on Halloween. On Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, the Oxford Theater […]
Twenty-four students from Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township got a sneak peak last week at the electrifying future of Michigan’s automotive industry. They were among about 300 students from six schools who attended ‘The Business of Plugging In? conference hosted by General Motors and held at the Motor City Hotel and Conference Center […]
The sound of thundering drums and brass horns echoed through the Performing Arts Center Monday evening as the Oxford High School Marching Band gave its final show of the season and ended things on a high note. Although the 125-member band’s competitive record was nothing to write home about this season, Band Director Jim Gibbons […]
As the director of Upland Hills School in Addison Township, Phil Moore’s spent most of his life educating children and encouraging them to not only live their lives in tune with nature, but help find solutions to the planet’s most-pressing environmental problems. To honor his efforts, the 61-year-old Oxford resident recently received the Julian Smith […]
I think the state laws governing Schools of Choice and property taxes need to be tweaked a bit. Right now, if parents decide to enroll their child in a school district other than the one in which they live, they don’t have to pay any local taxes to the district that teaches their kid. Granted, […]
Drive by Tom’s Hardware and you’ll notice mountains of salt bags piled around the front and sides of the 558 S. Lapeer Rd. building. For those who dread the idea that yet another long, cold winter is just around the corner, it’s a thoroughly depressing sight. But for people who earn a living off Michigan’s […]
Oxford voters overwhelming cast ballots Tuesday in support of their fire department. By a margin of 2,627 to 726, township and village voters approved the five-year, 1.5-mill tax renewal to fund the department’s fire operations and Emergency Medical Services. Residents were equally generous with Advanced Life Support services, for which they voted 2,487 to 841 […]
Clear Lake Elementary has four confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus along with a higher-than-usual absentee rate. Oxford Deputy Superintendent Nancy Kammer indicated the district was notified by parents that two kindergartners and two first-graders are infected with the H1N1 virus, which is commonly known as the swine flu. ‘They’re all doing pretty well,? […]
Oxford choir students are preparing to sing their patriotic hearts out next week to honor all those brave people who donned a uniform in service to their country. In recognition of Veterans Day, the Oxford Middle School festival and concert choirs will perform their ‘Americana Concert? beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the […]
On the battlefield, surrounded by death and destruction every day, soldiers are expected to be brave, do their duty and trust their comrades-in-arms. But when the shooting stops and they return home to civilian life, many of them face new battles for which they’ve received no training. That’s where Rick Donovan comes in. The 39-year-old […]