Oxford resident J.T. Scollin was recently selected as his school’s recipient of the Winter Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Scholar Athlete Award. An eighth-grader at the Marist Academy, a Catholic school in Pontiac, Scollin earned the award for his performance on the basketball court and in the classroom, where he maintains a grade point average above […]
A group of children from Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ spent part of their Easter morning decorating a small wooden cross outside the church with butterflies ? symbols of rebirth and new life. In photo above, we see Chase Donaldson begin the decorating while in the photo below Emily Wilder (left), Skye Donaldson (kneeling, […]
A monk and the Catholic monastery he resides at in Addison Township are being sued by a woman who alleges he repeatedly sexually assaulted her over a four-year period. Father Daniel Homan and the St. Benedict Monastery, located at 2711 E. Drahner Rd., are the defendants in a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court […]
It appears that censorship in the name of positivity has cost the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) the writing services of one of its volunteers. Betty Young, a downtown merchant and property owner, informed the DDA board during its Feb. 15 meeting that she will no longer be writing for the organization’s monthly newsletter because […]
Take a good look at Kevin Lynch as he is now in all his hairy glory because in a few weeks the Oxford resident is going to be bald and beardless. Lynch, whose family owns and operates Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors Bossardet Chapel at 39 W. Burdick St., is planning to make his entire […]
Homeless birds now have a place to rest their weary wings thanks to a group of caring students at Lakeville Elementary. Last week, fourth-grade members of the school’s Earth Club constructed 11 birdhouses, which will be used to establish two bird sanctuaries at Lakeville. ‘We’re going to have food, shelter and water for the birds,? […]
I really didn’t want to write this column. In fact, I put off writing it for three days. I wanted to write about other things, more important things. But the more I read and re-read Don Sherman’s letter to the editor (see left), the more I felt I had to respond to the inaccuracies and […]
The Main Street program is new to downtown Oxford, but to Amanda Katt Cassidy it’s a familiar old friend she met in school. Cassidy was hired earlier this week to be the new executive director of the Oxford Community Development Authority (OCDA) at an annual salary of $44,000 plus benefits. She starts in two weeks. […]
The Rotary Club of Oxford yesterday presented a $240 check to the Northeast Oakland Advisory Committee (NOAC) to help the local charity cover its operating expenses. NOAC is part of the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency based in Pontiac. On the second Wednesday of each month at the Community Education Resource Center (CERC) in Lake […]
Alyssa McTaggart is trying to help feed starving children in the Third World, but she can’t do it alone. That’s why the Oxford High School freshman is asking friends, family, neighbors, businesses and strangers in the Oxford area to contribute money to her church youth group’s 30-Hour Famine Project April 15-16. Beginning at 6 p.m. […]