Participated in the ISKA World Breaking Championships By Don Rush Thousands of competitors and spectators from across the world converged on Orlando, FL earlier in the month for the ISKA (International Sport Karate Association)World Breaking Championships, including one family from Oxford. ISKA is a sport karate, all styles kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA) sanctioning […]
By Don Rush “With that the meeting is adjourned.” After 11 years on the Oxford School Board, Dan D’Alessandro with those six words and the pounding of the president’s gavel ended his school board tenure at the June 27 meeting. When he stepped down from the board he became the third board member to do […]
Last week area residents woke up to the smell of smoke when they went outside and very “foggy” lines of sight. Starting on Tuesday and throughout the week, Meteorologists at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issued air quality alerts for high levels of fine particulate in the air. These levels […]
This past weekend with fireworks and much merriment, we as Americans, celebrated the declaration of our country’s independence. Not, as some are confused, our being independent from the old world’s superpower, England and its monarchy. On July 4, 1776 we merely “announced” to the world that we thought of ourselves as free and were prepared […]
The 71st annual Strawberry Festival returns to the streets of Leonard on Saturday, July 15. Starting with a pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 11 a.m., at the Leonard Methodist Church and running through 10:15 p.m., with live music on the closed-off Elmwood Street the community festival packs an entire day of fun, games, music, parade and […]
Expect to pay more, treasurers say By Don Rush The cost of groceries, utilities and gas are up, so it should come as no shock this year’s property taxes are going up, too. Both treasures from Oxford and Addison townships, say summer taxes – mailed last week – will be up five percent over last […]
It only took two minutes The gun shop in the 700 block of S. Lapeer Road was robbed in the early morning of June 28. According to Oakland County Sheriff deputy reports, law enforcement is investigating who rammed a 2020 International box truck into and through a wall of the gun shop to gain entry […]
Both Addison and Oxford fire departments get ‘new’ firefighters By Don Rush Last month the Northeast Oakland Fire Academy graduated 28 new, state certified firefighters at a ceremony at the Legacy Center’s banquet room at 925 N. Lapeer Road. According to Oxford Fire Chief Matt Majestic, this fire academy is sponsored and run by members […]
Last week parents, grandparents and lots of area children took advantage of the cool waters of the KLR Splashpad when temperatures approached 90 degrees. The Splashpad is located at Seymour Lake Township Park, 2795 Seymour Lake Road, is open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is no charge to […]
By Don Rush There was much to do on June 19 in Oxford Township. Local officials, a United States Congresswoman, officials from Oakland County, military producer General Dynamics Land Systems a Stryker Military Vehicle on display and even a flyover from the Tuskegee Airmen National Museum all gathered for one reason on that hot summer […]