Drew Cady to serve for 2 years By Don Rush Eight student-athletes who will be juniors at their schools during the 2023-24 academic year have been selected to serve two-year terms on the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) Student Advisory Council. One of those eight is Oxford High School Sophomore Drew Cady. “My initial […]
OHS Junior Dienes feels ‘great’ his art was selected By Don Rush Oxford High School junior Cole Dienes was all smiles last Wednesday night. That’s when he listened to the Oxford Township Board of Trustees approve his design for the township’s new logo. It will soon be used on everything from signage and letterhead to […]
Addison Township Fire Chief Jerry Morawski, three other members of the department and a local resident spent an hour and half on May 4, trimming overgrown trees on the property of a township resident. “We had an older gentleman who was having some medical emergencies,” the chief said. “When we got there we had a […]
1st location in Oxford Village PD By Don Rush “The Season of Giving Is Year-Round.” That’s the message members of the organization Love INC of North Oakland are spreading. Last Wednesday they started a new gift card program to help make the message easy to fulfill by placing a light blue gift card drop box […]
By Don Rush On a blistery May 8, about 100 people showed up to the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center to show their support for six student athletes. Family, friends, coaches, teachers and administrators watched as seniors Emily Archer, Luke Berney, Alex Dawood, Elizabeth Rice, Jada Whittal and Logan Wilmot all signed their letters […]
Letter carriers for the United States Postal Service across the country collected food items for the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. According to Emily Logan, local carriers from the Oxford Post Office collected about 11,000 pounds of food this past Saturday. Logan said the food was divided and donated to food programs for Oxford-Orion […]
Last Wednesday the Oxford Village Police Department received a new 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe to patrol village streets. According to Police Chief Micheal Solwold, the vehicle was tricked out with a new police department logo, the Oxford Strong Wildcat seen here with the chief. “I wanted to do something for the Oxford kids,” Solwold said. “I […]
Earlier this year, Four County Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees gave their approval to multiple grant requests – including for a number of local programs — in the first two funding cycles of 2023. Those projects awarded funding to address food security include Oxford’s Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ’s food pantry and meal program, […]
The lilacs have bloomed and are smelling sweet. Baby birds are being born and for many, this is the time of year when students of all ages graduate from one stage of their lives to the next. Regionally, from Oxford to Goodrich, down through Brandon and Clarkston and over to Lake Orion, there will be […]
Pandemonium was the word of the day on May 3. Starting at 11:30 in the morning and through the rest of the school day, over 430 seniors were able to have fun on their last day of schooling as Wildcats at Oxford High School. The annual celebration dubbed “Senior Carnival” day started off with a […]