Oxford Village is going to give selling 98 S. Glaspie St. another shot, but this time, it’s going to have some assistance from real estate professionals. Last week, council voted 4-0 to approve a marketing and sales services proposal from Coldwell Banker Shooltz Realty for the former industrial property that the village purchased for $700,000 […]
A tanker truck purchased by the Oxford Fire Department in 1996 will be refurbished rather than replaced in order to save tax money and increase the vehicle’s lifespan. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to spend up to $130,000 on the refurbishment. It will be done at Pierce Manufacturing Inc.’s Midwest Regional Service Center […]
A busy half-mile stretch of asphalt road connecting Oxford Township to the village is going to be resurfaced at some point. Last week, the Oxford Township Board voted 7-0 to allocate approximately $55,820 of its Tri-Party Program funding for the resurfacing of Pontiac Rd. from the Oxford Village limits to W. Drahner Rd. “That’s a […]
It was too cold to work in the old garden over the weekend, but that didn’t stop some folks from giving their green thumbs a workout. Many headed over to the Oxford Public Library to participate in a terrarium-making workshop.
Who needs Old MacDonald when you’ve got Farmer Nate? Author Nathan Perkins, one of the owners of Upland Hills Farm in Addison, visited the Oxford Public Library Saturday morning. Perkins read from his 2012 book “A Day with the Animals at Upland Hills Farm” and his yet-to-be-published book “Moose the Goose.” He also taught the […]
Oxford-Orion FISH’s pantry is overflowing with groceries for the needy thanks to the National Association of Letter Carriers 24th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive conducted Saturday. Locally, the drive yielded a total of 26,371 pounds of nonperishable food items for FISH. Of that, 10,000 pounds were collected by the Oxford Post Office and […]
Oxford High’s student body enjoyed a fun spring carnival held at the football stadium on May 11. They played a variety of games, threw cream pies at staff members and stuffed themselves silly with spicy chicken wings during a messy eating contest. For the graduating seniors, it was their last day.
Seven-month-old Gus Rheaume, of Addison Township, is already tired of baby food, so he decided to make a play for his mother’s muffin while visiting Leonard Elementary Friday morning. Candice Rheaume was one of many mothers at the school for the annual “Muffins for Mom” event. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
More than $5 million in annual revenue will be lost by the Oxford school district beginning next year unless voters approve an operating millage proposal on the Aug. 2 primary election ballot. “It would impact every student, every family,” said Superintendent Tim Throne. “We would have to make unprecedented cuts in this district to (equal) […]
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? That’s the issue the Oxford Village Council is currently trying to decide. Last week, council listened to presentations regarding police dispatch services from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and the Oxford Village Police Department (for the latter, see story “Village dispatcher center offers ‘intangibles’ […]