Safety paths will not be an issue in Oxford Township during this year’s general election. Township officials last week voted 6-0 to not place any millage requests for safety paths on the Nov. 2 ballot. The township board was considering placing a bond proposal and operating millage request on the ballot to finance the construction […]
Parents who show a genuine interest in their children’s activities are a special breed these days. A working mother who volunteers her precious nights and weekends to help raise $50,000 to build a place for her son to skate must be a saint. But Sue Jones, of Oxford, doesn’t see herself that way. She’s just […]
The message ‘Free Irak And Free Palestine? and a Satanic-looking figure are not things you would normally expect to find on a local government’s website. But on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 4, they appeared on the Village of Oxford’s website located at www.villageofoxford.org. According to village Manager Joe Young, it appears the municipality’s website […]
I left last week’s township board meeting with a strange feeling. It wasn’t the typical contempt, loathing, queeziness, frustration or sharp, stabbing pain in my left arm which usually accompanies my attendance at government meetings. It was a good feeling, a feeling that something right happened, a feeling like I had just thwarted a mugger […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Members of the Oxford Fire Department last week presented their case for increased staffing and emergency medical services, now it’s up to township officials to decide what, if any, millage proposals will be placed on the Nov. 2 ballot. At its Aug. 25 meeting, township officials will decide whether or […]
Trick-or-treaters in the Village of Oxford will continue playing their annual game of ‘beat the clock? this Halloween. On Tuesday night, council voted 4-1 to establish a trick-or-treating time limit of 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. This decision represents a complete reversal of council’s 3-2 vote on Oct. 12 to have no […]
While Michigan voters are busy deciding who will be the next governor to blow them away, Leonard’s 270 registered voters will head to the polls Nov. 2 to choose who’s going to represent them on their village council. Four candidates are running for three non-partisan trustee seats, each of which carries a four-year term. Appearing […]
Oxford High School is about to be overrun by hungry zombies who crave only one thing ? human flesh! These reanimated ghouls will be doing their ghastly grocery shopping in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 as the Oxford Theater Company presents ‘Night of the Living Dead.? This the second straight […]
A 35-year-old Oxford man who sexually assaulted an underage girl and took explicit photographs of her will learn his fate next month. Joseph Hnanicek pleaded no contest in Oakland County Circuit Court Oct. 20 to four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC), one count manufacturing child sexually abusive material and one count using a […]
If former Oxford Village Clerk Dan Luick wants to continue having health insurance, he’s going to have to pay for it without any financial help from the municipality. During Tuesday’s council meeting, no motions of support were offered or approved regarding village President Teri Stiles? suggestion that the municipality possibly pay part or all of […]