If at first you don’t succeed at the ballot box, offer local officials millions of dollars in annual funding to prepare for Round 2 with the voters. That seems to be the strategy of the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA). Last week, Bret Rasegan from Oakland County Economic Development and Community Affairs and […]
It appears the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) may be going into the Lone Ranger business. Last week, the DDA board voted 8-0 to have members Rod Charles and Sue Oles discuss with DDA Executive Director Glenn Pape the various ways in which the organization could possibly become involved in the Lone Ranger Parade and […]
At the national and global levels, there wasn’t a lot of good news in 1978 with headlines dominated by death, violence, political unrest and Jimmy Carter. But in Addison Township, something special was born and last week, community members gathered to celebrate it. The Addison Township Public Library hosted a 40th anniversary party for itself. […]
With Seymour Lake Township Park on the cusp of its busy season, officials are reminding drivers to play it safe by obeying the speed limit and all stop signs within the park. “Please slow down and pay attention to what’s going on around you,” said Park Superintendent Jeff Kinasz. Five new stop signs are being […]
Conducting an audit of M-24 between Indian Lake Rd. and Harriet St. to determine what the existing conditions/issues are for pedestrians and bicyclists, and what potential improvements could be made, received a 6-2 vote of support from the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board last week. DDA Board Member Dorothy Johnston, an avid bicyclist herself, […]
With boating season kicking off in just a few short weeks, boaters and swimmers on Addison Township’s Lakeville Lake can expect to feel safe and secure as they take to the lake. Township officials voted last week to continue the township’s 2016-18 agreement with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol (OCSMP), which will allow deputies […]
Athletes from 23 schools competed in the 56th Annual Elmer Ball Track and Field Invitational held Saturday at Oxford High School. The event is named after Oxford’s Hall of Fame Coach Elmer Ball, who led many winning cross country and track/field teams from the 1960s through the 1990s. He passed away in February 2017 at […]
Whoever said ‘knowledge is its own reward,’ obviously never won a whole bunch of brand-new tools. Seventeen Oxford High School auto students put their knowledge to the test as part of the annual Mini-MITES competition and more than half of them walked away with prizes that would make any mechanic envious. Max Zeiger took first […]
A ground-breaking ceremony was held April 19 for a new assisted living facility being constructed off N. Glaspie St. in Oxford Village. Wielding shovels big and small, Bloomfield Hills residents Matt and Marie Kopmeyer, the owners and operators of BeeHive Homes of Oxford, along with their five children, smiled big for the cameras as they […]
An Independence Township scout’s thoughtful project will soon be nourishing the minds, bodies and spirits of rescue dogs in Oxford as they eagerly await adoption. Life Scout Evan Raddatz, a member of Troop 185 sponsored by Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, built three pieces of agility training equipment for […]