As the seasons turn warmer and wetter, many residents of both Oxford and Addison townships need to endure pesky mosquitos. Luckily, residents in both townships can take a bite of the mosquito populations by deploying Mosquito Dunks – slow-release larvicide in wet areas. Starting this month, both townships will give out the dunks for free […]
Surrounded by his team and community members, Paramount Building Inc. President Eric Reno cut the ribbon on his company’s newest location in downtown Oxford at 17 S. Washington St. The ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted by the Oxford Chamber of Commerce. Paramount, which also has a location in Romeo, specializes in roofing replacement and repair. […]
The Leader has confirmed this morning that Honor Community Health (HCH) has rescinded their proposal to operate a health care clinic in Oxford High School. HCH withdrew its offer late Monday afternoon, a day before a town hall meeting was slated to take place. As of 10:30 Tuesday morning, calls to HCH have yet to be returned. The […]
Oxford Community Schools Request for Proposals Oxford Community Schools “The District” invites proposals from qualified firms for: Toilet Room Renovation & tile work in corridors Bid documents are available electronically at http://cloud.ids-troy.com/bids/bids/oxford/toilet_renovation/ Sealed bid proposals must be submitted to Oxford Community Schools, Administration Building, 10 N. Washington St., Oxford, MI. 48371, no later than Wednesday, May 10. […]
Despite colder than normal temperatures, plus intermittent rain, volunteers were out in the community cleaning up yards. This is the seventh year students at Oxford High School have organized the Oxford Gives Back spring cleanup. “All of the students are in the Oxford Schools Early College program at OHS,” teacher Laura Meritt said. “Our students […]
By Don Rush Last September McLaren Oakland announced it would soon expand and renovate its Oxford campus at 385 N. Lapeer Road, just north of Oxford Village limits. Last Friday, with temperatures around 50 degrees and in the rain, the ceremonial groundbreaking took place. Before shovels went into the dirt, McLaren Oakland President and CEO […]
Marathon was ‘was probably everything I expected and more’ By Don Rush Oxford was represented in the 127th running of the famed Boston Marathon. On April 17, Oxford runners Jaclyn Eldridge and her friend Leigh Knaus competed in and completed their first Boston Marathon. They were just two of the almost 30,000 athletes from 100 […]
By Don Rush Addison Township Fire Chief Jerry Morawski was all smiles last week when he announced the department had received its 30th grant in about 10 years. The department was awarded $306,000 from the United States Department of Homeland Security. “This will allow us to hire a full time person for recruitment and retention. […]
Oxford vs. Clarkston as a way to remember By Don Rush Last week the Oxford Varsity Baseball team held onto the Oxford Strong Classic trophy for three days, before having to turn the trophy back to the Clarkston Wolves. On April 18, the Wolves traveled to Oxford to play Game 1 of a three game […]
By Don Rush Every two years the Oxford High School Marching Band and Orchestra takes a trip – either to Florida to Disney World or to New York. This year’s trip to New York had an unforeseen plot twist. According to band instructor Jim Gibbons, one of his students had lost his identification in a […]