Volunteers with the Oxford Ramp Park Committe spent Saturday afternoon collecting bags and bags of returnable bottles and cans donated by village residents. The volunteers collected 2,005 bottles and cans, raising $200.50 toward building a ramp park in Scripter Park for in-line skaters, skateboarders and free-style bikers. Another bottle/can drive will be held soon in […]
Five Oxford Township budgets will see a small reduction in their revenue from the state this year. The township board last week voted to reduce by 5.2 percent its allocation of this year’s statutory revenue sharing monies to the township library and the library’s debt retirement fund, parks and recreation, police contracting fund, and the […]
A two car smash-up Friday afternoon at the intersection of Baldwin and Seymour Lake roads resulted in a ticket for an Oxford man. The 22-year-old Oxford man, driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am, was attempting to turn left off southbound Baldwin Road onto eastbound Seymour Lake Road when he ‘failed to yield? to northbound traffic, […]
OXFORD/ORION ? It was a battle between the New World and the Old World Sunday as 14 American golfers squared off against 14 European golfers at the Paint Creek Country Club in the first ever ‘Mini Ryder Cup Game.? The event was organized by Rochester resident and Scotsman Tom Rowat, Jr., a member of Paint […]
A 25-year-old Addison man accused of violently shaking his 22-month-old stepdaughter to the point where she suffered a traumatic brain injury is in custody after police say he confessed to the crime. David James Short was arraigned Thursday, Sept. 23 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on charges of first-degree child abuse (a 15-year felony) […]
A 20-year-old Grosse Pointe Shores man is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly burglarizing a home in Addison Township. It took three separate shots from Taser stun guns and the powerful jaws of a police dog to finally apprehend the alleged burglar, James William-Ellis Wilson, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. Wilson was arraigned […]
Lakeville Elementary got some experience in the realm of international relations Monday as the school played host to representatives from the Mexican Consulate in Detroit. Consul of Mexico, the Hon. Vicente Sanchez Ventura, visited the school to present students with a ‘special gift? ? a collection of books, dubbed the ‘Bicentennial Library,? encompassing a wide […]
A few alterations were suggested and now Oxford Township’s proposed ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries is ready for the next step in the approval process. Last week, the township planning commission voted 6-0 to allow the draft ordinance (see highlights on Page 19) to go forward for a public hearing once the changes are […]
In schools across the nation, the sight of students standing with hands placed over their hearts, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag is a familiar one. However, on Monday, Lakeville Elementary students started a new tradition by reciting a different pledge to a utopian symbol. Gathered before the ‘peace pole,? students raised […]
It’s a little known fact, but folks wishing to raise chickens in the Village of Oxford can do so, if they fork over a lot of cash and get permission from their government. But village resident Sue McGinnis believes people should be allowed to keep chickens in their backyards without all that hassle and added […]