I’ve been writing columns and opinion pieces for more than 10 years. From the East Detroit High School newspaper (The Shamrock) to The Michigan Review at the University of Michigan to The Oxford Leader, I’ve commented, criticized, praised, speculated, poked fun at and opinionated on a wide variety of subjects and people. But in all […]
A 1994 Ford Taurus and 2003 Dodge minivan collided Sunday afternoon on S. Washington St. (M-24) near Minnetonka St., in front of the Oxford Marketplace. According to the Oxford Village Police report, the Dodge minivan, driven by 36-year-old Oxford man, was exiting the Oxford Marketplace parking lot and turning right onto M-24 while an unknown […]
Downtown Oxford is already known as a great place to eat, shop or go see a movie. But Ed Hunwick wants to add one more activity ? ice skating. ‘I figured I’d get laughed at, but a lot of people I discussed this with thought it was a great idea if we could pull it […]
Everything’s still up in the air and nothing’s a done deal, but there’s a possibility that the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) could be expanding its service area to include another township plus a small city. ‘It’s the neighborly thing to do,? said NOTA Director Pat Fitchena. ‘Everybody’s telling us we should be working together.? […]
An Addison family is lucky to be alive after they escaped a fire that completely destroyed their home Tuesday morning. At 12:51 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a fire at 117 Donna Mae, a home in the Brookside Meadows Estates subdivision located off Rochester Rd, between Brewer and Romeo roads. When fire personnel arrived at […]
A 28-year-old female occupant of a mobile home in Oxford’s Parkhurst Estates was injured in a Friday night fire that destroyed the trailer. The fire occurred at 335 Brook Hollow. Firefighters were dispatched at 10:17 p.m. According to Fire Chief Pete Scholz, the woman, who’s not the homeowner, sustained second-degree burns on her face and […]
No matter how old a person is, deep down, everyone loves a good fairy tale. It’s a classic formula. Take one beautiful damsel, add a fairy godmother, mix in an evil, power-hungry mastermind along some ogres and giants, then dust it all with a touch of magic. Voila! You’ve got a timeless tale that lulls […]
It all started with one woman rescuing one dog at a time and finding it a loving home. Two decades later, thousands of dogs have been saved while hundreds more continue to be adopted every year. This is the legacy of Dryden resident Carole Powell and the group she founded in 1990, the Oxford-based K-9 […]
Jim Hughes is no stranger to television. For 20 years, he’s worked as a jack-of-all-trades on both sides of the camera for Oxford Community Television, the local public access station. Next week, Hughes, a 1978 graduate of Oxford High School, will make the leap to primetime network television as an extra on the new ABC […]
The fourth-graders at Clear Lake Elementary are playing Santa Claus this year to America’s troops and their families. Each of the three classrooms is donating $30 to purchase a total of three Christmas trees as part of the ‘Trees for Troops? program. ‘We basically wanted to do a service project to help out the troops […]