At its April 14 board meeting, Oxford Township trustees voted to stay with Oakland County for dispatching Oxford Fire calls. The township has used the county for about six years. With a unanimous vote of the board, the new contract extends into March of 2024. For 2021 the township will pay $67,689 for dispatching services; […]
The Dragons United Varsity Water Polo teams had a busy week, beginning with travel to Troy on Tuesday, April 20. The Boys team soundly defeated the Troy United team, 22-6. The Dragon offense started off strong and never looked back, led by LO junior and senior Noah Watt and Michael Pavelich with five and four […]
On March 31, Fiona Corcoran of Oxford, received the James B. Angell Scholar Award from University of Michigan for earning all A’s for three consecutive semesters. She is a sophmore at U of M, majoring in Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity, and graduated from Oxford High School in 2019. She is the daughter of Patrick and […]
A longtime resident of Oxford, Sheila Mae (Hoover) Roden, age 68, passed away peacefully on April 21, 2021. She was born on March 14, 1953 to Henry Hoover and Mildred (Asher) Hoover. Sheila was one of seven children. Sheila attended St. Joseph Catholic School and graduated from Oxford High School. After high school, Sheila attended […]
Kathy (Hughes) Brittain of Oxford lost her battle with cancer on April 19, 2021. She was 74 years old. A 1964 graduate of Lake Orion High School, she loved golf, bowling, Keno, but most of all her family: her husband of 52 years, Tom, children Connie and Chris Sinkus of FL and their children, Courtney, […]
In our 54th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area again saw an increase in total and new cases, over last week. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 1,970 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 2,177. Recent cases, which “… are the […]
Emma LaBarge Parents: Maureen and Edward LaBarge GPA: 4.084 Favorite Subject: Psychology Plans after graduation: I plan to attend Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas to both major in premed and play volleyball. Extracurricular Activities: I am a part of the National Honors Society, played school volleyball and am currently playing travel volleyball. I […]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, I know. I am old. I have white privilege (to go along with my fast whitening hair and beard). Yup, I am the Neanderthal Philosopher and so I don’t get a lot of what’s hip, cool and accepted these days. I get it. But . . . . . . […]
Leonard Elementary students raised around $335 for the Children’s Hospital of Detroit. Sage Brocco, a student at Oxford Schools Early College, reached out to Leonard’s Student Council to help him gather donations for his Capstone Project. His goal was to provide a book and crayons for each of the 228 patient rooms. 100 percent of […]
Charles “Charlie” A. Heulitt, passed away on April 14, 2014 in Novi, Michigan. He was born 1937 in New Jersey. Charlie was the loving, devoted husband of 48 years to Nancy. Dear father of Chad (Cameron), Robert, Christine Dager (Dave), Michael (Marci), and Matthew (Stephany). Loving grandfather to David, Addison, Catherine, Katherine, David, and Matthew. […]