Right now, the weather outside is delightful, but the Oxford Village Council is busy preparing for when it turns frightful. To that end, council was presented last week with a draft of a proposed snow and ice removal ordinance that would impose drastically stiffer penalties for violators, including fines ranging from $150 to $500 “for […]
Attention Walmart shoppers! Products put out by an Oxford-based company could be coming to a store near you. Last week, the corporate giant made a deal with Oxford Brands LLC, located at 1785 N. Lapeer Rd., to eventually have its goods appear on store shelves. “I told my family when I got home, it was […]
A candidate was selected to fill the vacant clerk-treasurer position in Oxford Village, but the decision was not unanimous. Even one of the ‘yes’ votes was cast “with great reluctance.” At its June 12 regular meeting, council voted 4-1 to extend a contract offer to Teresa Onica, the current supervisor of Genesee County’s Atlas Township. […]
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Oxford Fire Department’s new drone! Well, not yet. But it’s coming. Last week, the township board voted 6-0 to approve the purchase an unmanned aircraft system (popularly known as a drone) and accessories from the Grand Rapids-based Alpha Consulting Group for an […]
Another fiscal year, another glowing audit report full of praise and compliments for Oxford Township. “I do have a very good report for you this evening,” said Rana Emmons, a partner in the Plymouth-based PSLZ LLP Certified Public Accountants. Last week, Emmons presented the township board with the audit report for the 2017 fiscal year, […]
Addison Township officials made it clear that if a property tax proposal to fund a regional mass transit system makes it to the ballot, they believe communities, like theirs, that would be excluded from direct service should have the ability to choose whether or not to participate and pay. On Monday evening, the township board […]
A piece of local history and American history – the log home located at 3801 Indian Lake Rd. – burned to the ground June 9 as part of a training exercise conducted by the Addison Township Fire Department. But long before it was reduced to a pile of ashes and charred debris, it was a […]
With the kids out of school and the summer vacation season upon us, it seems like everybody’s heading somewhere to take a break from their 9-5 lives. But for Oxford’s nomads, Derek Kala and Ashlee Dark, there is no daily grind to leave behind because right now, their life is one big vacation. The pair […]
On Friday morning, Clear Lake Elementary students conducted a clap-out ceremony for retiring kindergarten teacher Diane Lukas-Noe, who’s seen here walking arm-in-arm with her husband of 33 years, Mike Noe. She tried, but she just couldn’t hold back the tears. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio. Normally, the last day of school is cause for joyous celebration […]
OXFORD TWP. – A mother and her two young children had to lock themselves inside a bedroom Friday morning after a burglar broke into their home on Oakmont Dr., between Teelin and Woodbriar drives, just west of M-24. That was one of two home invasions that occurred between Friday and Sunday. The 38-year-old mother was […]