Another attorney has been added to the payroll in Oxford, but Supervisor Bill Dunn insisted it’s purely ‘self-defense.? The township board last week voted 5-2 engage the services of the law firm of Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith, particularly attorney William K. Fahey, to deal with future issues arising from the village’s ongoing efforts to […]
Leonard’s old mill got three new owners last week. On April 13, Steve Bivens along with Larry and Jerry Hoffman purchased the Leonard Country Mill on East Elmwood Street from Bruce Twp. resident Edward Knight for an undisclosed amount. One of the mill’s new owners, Larry Hoffman, currently serves as a trustee on the Leonard […]
From bingo and line-dancing to euchre and ceramics, local senior citizens engage in a variety of recreational activities at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center. Now, they’ll have one more to enjoy ? aquatic sports. Sometime Monday, a fire suppression system pipe burst at the 28 N. Washington St. facility, flooding the first and second […]
Oxford Community Schools has nixed its plans to buy a local church to house its preschool programs and is instead, looking to purchase a historic building in downtown Oxford with the intention of moving the district’s central administration and board of education offices there. During a Jan. 29 special meeting, the school board approved the […]
It appears once again Oxford Community Schools is ahead of the curve when it comes to educational reforms. This time it’s in the area of non-instructional services for students. Recently, state Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) introduced a series of proposals designed to restructure and downsize government at all levels. One of those proposed […]
Another Oxford official has tossed his hat into the ring in the race to represent District 1 on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. This time it’s Oxford Village Councilman Tony Albensi. He’ll be running as a Republican in the August primary. ‘I think I can serve the residents of Oxford and the entire first […]
Oxford resident Ray Van Tine is warning people about a piece of proposed legislation he claims is designed to take away the right of property owners to freely use the groundwater flowing underneath their land and give ownership of it to the state. ‘I was furious when I heard about it,? said the 68-year-old owner […]
If there’s one good thing to come out of this whole late night television war between Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, it’s that because of it, Oxford resident Jean Popa finally got to meet Oprah Winfrey last week. ‘I’ve been trying to get on the show for like 10-15 years and I finally got on,? […]
One of Oxford’s brave sons serving in Iraq has done his community proud by winning an award for his work training native soldiers to defend their homeland. Specialist Stephan Stothers, who serves in the U.S. Army’s 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, recently received the ‘Task Force Marne Hero of the North? award. […]
ADDISON TWP. ? Dressed warmly and huddled in shanties, 33 hearty fishermen braved Saturday’s frigid temperatures and punched through Lakeville Lake’s thick sheet of ice in search of a toothy predator known as the northern pike. It was all part of the Bear Paw Cafe’s second annual ice fishing contest, which ran from 7 a.m. […]