A 53-year-old Oxford man was hit by a gravel train and severely injured shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday while attempting to cross M-24 north of Burdick Street. Classified as a Priority 1 patient, Oxford Fire/EMS personnel transported John Albert Layman from the accident scene to POH Medical Center in Pontiac. ‘It was an immediate transport. […]
Oxford Township’s new ordinance enforcement officer started work Monday, so if you see Jim Lehtola out and about, stop and say hello. Don’t worry, he won’t ticket you. Lehtola, 59, is certainly no stranger to this community. ‘We’re kind of newcomers. My wife and I have only lived here for 36 years now. According to […]
Attention out there in TV land ? if you’re looking to watch Oxford and Addison government meetings and community events, they’re no longer on Channel 19. As of Tuesday, Dec. 1, Oxford Community Television’s programming is now being broadcast on Channel 97 in basic cable. ‘I was watching it yesterday on 19 and today I’m […]
Oxford High School students interested in learning Computer Aided Design (CAD) will have to look elsewhere next year. According to Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro, the district has temporarily ‘suspended? the three CAD classes for the 2005-06 school year due to the low number of students who signed up for them. OHS offered three CAD classes ? […]
An unruly mob of Leonard Elementary students duct-taped a teacher to the outside of their school Thursday afternoon. Don’t worry the incident wasn’t part of some pint-sized insurrection or a protest against the Mystery Meat lunch special. Gym teacher Michael Sudrovech voluntarily allowed himself to be attached to a brick wall using two full rolls […]
It’s been my experience that government folks are generally an unimaginative bunch who only know one way to increase revenue ? raise taxes. Got a deficit? Raise taxes! Want to fund that great new program? Raise taxes! Salary and kickbacks not enough to afford that vacation home in Tahiti? Raise taxes, then salaries! That’s why […]
Kacey Cookingham was honored last week as the McDonald’s/Channel 7 High School Scholar Athlete of the Week. Cookingham, a 2005 Oxford High graduate, was introduced on Channel 7 WXYZ-TV during Saturday’s 11 p.m. Action News and interviewed by Sportscaster Don Shane on Sports Update 11:30 p.m. Sunday. During her sports career at OHS, Cookingham earned […]
How appropriate Oxford Village is hosting a Blues festival June 25 considering the village council has once again given me the old ‘Summer Tax Blues.? For the fourth consecutive year, council voted May 24 to levy 12.62 mills to finance the village budget. Council is proud of the fact that it’s once again ‘holding the […]
Say the term HypnoBirthing and some folks might picture a man wearing a monocle and speaking with a thick Eastern European accent as he dangles a gold watch in front of a pregnant woman in the delivery room. ‘It is a difficult name at times because hypnosis can conjure up images like you’re going to […]
Sometimes long shots do come in. After five years of hard work and one disheartening denial, the Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund board last week awarded Addison Township a $428,000 grant to purchase 80 acres of land ? located one mile west of Leonard Village at the northeast corner of Leonard and Haven roads ? […]