Some kind-hearted members of Oxford High School’s DECA Club are offering their ‘helping hands? to children who will never grow up. Seniors Ally Zonsius, Vanessa Collier and Rachel Kenny are raising funds to buy crayons, coloring books, reading books and toys for terminally ill children staying at Children’s Hospital in Detroit and the Ronald McDonald […]
There’s no doubt Joyce Brasington is strongly devoted to our community’s youth. She’s worked in the Oxford school district for 10 years as a teacher, counselor and administrator. She’s currently an assistant principal at Oxford Middle School. She’s the mother of two Lakeville Elementary students (Jessica and Jennifer). She leads two Girl Scout troops. And […]
It’s been a year of unprecedented growth and great success for the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library. Good news abounded at the Friends? second annual general membership meeting Thursday. Friends President Claudia Von Drak was pleased to report the group’s membership has risen from 60 to 109 members since last October. ‘This tells […]
In January 1889, a grand hotel opened its doors in downtown Oxford on Washington St., just north of Burdick. It was called ‘The Oakland,? although it would later come to be known as both ‘The Oakland House? and ‘The Oakland Hotel.? The Oakland was described as ‘one of the finest country hotels in Michigan? by […]
A 40-year-old Leonard woman was among those arrested Aug. 25 during police raids on medical marijuana operations across Oakland and Macomb counties. Barbara Mira Johnson was arraigned Friday in Ferndale 43rd District Court on six felony counts of delivery and/or manufacture of marijuana, a controlled substance. Each charge is punishable by up to four years […]
Just as Henry Ford’s automobile made the horse and buggy obsolete and Thomas Edison’s electric light made candles and oil lamps a thing of the past, so Dan Miller and Tom Lhota are hoping their invention, built right here in good ol? Oxford, will replace the snowblower. It’s called the Snap-n-Go Plow and the patent-pending […]
Leonard’s Nature Park is really beginning to take shape, but it still needs donations and lots of elbow grease to make it the perfect spot for residents and visitors to immerse themselves in the village’s charming, rustic appeal. ‘The park’s progress is slow due to financial constraints, but steady,? said Cheri Arsenault, co-chair of the […]
It appears an Oxford Village homeowner who was paying property taxes on land she no longer owned for a number of years is going to be reimbursed. However, the money’s not going to come from the village government’s coffers. It’s going to come from the folks who now own the land that was split off […]
Most people use the Polly Ann Trail for productive activities such as walking, jogging, biking and horseback riding. But it appears there are a deviant few who are using the 14.2 mile trail as an outlet for their desire to destroy and deface public property. PAT Manager Troy Farwell wants to put a stop to […]
Motorists accustomed to making left turns in downtown Oxford are facing some new restrictions. Last week, the village council voted 4-0 to approve a traffic control order making the intersections of Dennison St./M-24 and Stanton St./M-24 right-turn-only areas Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. ‘I think it’s a positive thing to help cut down on […]