Every now and then a politician will do something completely out of character that makes me scratch my head and say, ‘I wonder why he (or she) did that?? Questions race through my mind ? What’s the ulterior motive? What’s in it for them? What’s the angle? The answer was usually, as my old editor […]
Spring is a time for planting gardens, making new friends and enjoying warm, sunny weather. The Friends of the Addison Township Public Library is hoping for all three Saturday, May 22 as when the group hosts its 2nd Annual Plant Exchange & Garden Workshop from 8 to 11 a.m. (rain or shine) in the Addison […]
In the good old days, students used to tell their teachers, ‘The dog ate my homework.? Lakeville Elementary third-grader Zachary Hinman put a new twist on that old excuse ? the dog was his homework. For his science project, the young man shaved an inch of fur off his dog, Jade, and an inch of […]
This is why you don’t get too close to baby goats – they will eat your hair. But Oxford resident Kira Corrigan, 9, didn’t seem to mind a bit when Luigi, a baby Nigerian Dwarf goat from Upland Hills Farm in Addison Township, began nibbling on her blonde locks Saturday morning during a program at […]
A 19-year-old Macomb Township man accused of a Feb. 29 fatal hit-and-run in Oxford Township was arrested Monday morning. Noah William Johnson turned himself in at the Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court and was arraigned on the charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death. The […]
A 26-unit site condominium development proposed to be built in the southeast corner of Oxford Township cleared its first hurdle in the approval process last week. Planning commissioners voted 6-1, with a list of conditions, to recommend to the township board that preliminary site plan approval be granted for the North Oakland Woods project. The […]
Eight local residents received ‘Citizen Citations? from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Friday as part of its ‘National Police Week Awards Day Ceremony.? Sheriff Michael Bouchard honored a group of private citizens who have ‘distinguished themselves by making a significant contribution to law enforcement through their personal outstanding performance.? Oxford Township Supervisor Bill Dunn was […]
All the signs of spring are here. Flowers are blooming. Days are becoming sunnier and warmer. Local vandals are running amok. This time, the victim was Oxford Village. Vandals spray-painted graffiti all over the Scripter Park beach house, the Department of Public Works (DPW) garage, the vacant industrial property at 98 S. Glaspie St., and […]
Some folks may remember Paul Graney from the three years he spent as a defenseman – or blueliner – for Oxford High School’s first-ever varsity hockey team. He still hits the ice for the occasional game, but these days, the 2003 OHS graduate is more interested in saving souls than preventing goals. On Saturday, Graney, […]
It was wall-to-wall good news last week as Rana Emmons, a partner with the Plymouth-based PSLZ LLP Certified Public Accountants, presented the Oxford Township Board with the audit report for the 2015 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 31. Emmons was pleased to report the property tax revenue that feeds the township’s general fund – the […]