Scarlett Nahas, 11 and a sixth grader at Oxford Middle School is raising eyebrows with her skills on the uneven bars. Two weekends ago (Jan. 14-15) she had a gymnastics meet in Toledo and received a 9.950 out of 10 on her Level 7, uneven bar routine. “This score is the highest score in all […]
The Oxford High School varsity boys swim and dive team dropped a match to Bloomfield Hills High School last Thursday night. The Wildcats’ record fell to 4-2. According to Oxford Coach Jackie Boswell Rank, the Wildcats were missing seven members of their team “for a variety of reasons and, though the boys rallied, the deficit […]
Dr. Vicki Markivich started last week By Don Rush On November 23, a day before Thanksgiving Vickie Markavitch, 78, was in her Bridgman, Michigan home, preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for 21 people and six dogs. Then her phone rang. “John Silveri from the Michigan Leadership Institute called,” the relatively retired Dr. Vickie L. Markavitch recalled. […]
By Don Rush Towards the end of the Jan. 10 Oxford Village Council meeting there was a little levity before some regrets. Council members had in their hands a letter of resignation from Ashley Ross, of Pontiac St. As soon as Council President Kelesy Cooke brought up the agenda item of Ross’ impending resignation, […]
21 vehicles, 14 crashes on Friday the 13th Commuters who traveled M-24 through Oxford last Friday morning, Jan. 13, had a tough go of it. Strong winds from the north blew in and created a road that was covered with ice. “We had approximately 14 crashes which involved 21 vehicles. The crashes stemmed from […]
By Don Rush Oxford Village Police Chief Micheal Solwold ventured a few miles west of his downtown office into Oxford Township last Tuesday for a little coffee and conversation. He traveled to Seymour Lake Township Park as guest speaker at the Oxford Senior Center’s “Coffee and Conversation,” a series hosted by the Oxford Township Parks […]
By Don Rush The Oxford Village Council met for their regular meeting on Jan. 10. All council members, president Kelsey Cook, president pro-tem Allison Kemp, Maureen Helmuth, Ashley Ross and Lori Bourgeau were in attendance. 32 E. Burdick updates Developer Dave Weckle of Valley Building and Repair was on hand to answer questions and […]
By Don Rush Oxford Township Board of Trustees met for their regular monthly meeting on Jan. 11. The full board, supervisor Jack Curtis, clerk Curtis Wright, treasurer Joe Ferrari and trustees Jonathon Nold, Margaret Payne, Rod Charles and Catherine Colvin were in attendance. Connecting to water systems The board accepted the first reading of […]
By Don Rush The new Oxford School Board met for the first time last Tuesday, Jan. 10 at Oxford High School. It was also the first official board meeting for interim Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie L. Markavitch. The full board was in attendance, Dan D’Alessandro, Mary Hanser, Heather Shafer, Erin Reis and new board […]
As a long-standing member of the media, I think it’s fair for me to be a little critical of “the media.” In particular of all the scare mongering which has been going on for the past three years. We haven’t had a day in three years where we haven’t heard or seen a newscast that […]