Julie Dawn Fox passed peacefully into Heaven on July 12, 2023. She lived a life filled with love, compassion, service, and generosity. She touched the lives of countless people and will be greatly missed by family, friends, and all who knew her. Julie loved the Lord and was a baptized member of the RLDS Church […]
The first, First Responder Festival held last Friday night in Seymour Lake Township Park was a hit with kids and adults. The community was invited to look at Oxford Township Fire Department and Oakland County Sheriff’s Office vehicles. Kids were able to climb through shiny red fire engines as well as a dark, black SWAT […]
Parents demanding more By Don Rush By the end of the Aug. 8 regular Oxford school board meeting there was a definite difference of opinion on what the district has done since the tragic shooting on Nov. 30, 2021 where four students lost their lives. School Board President Heather Shaffer, started the meeting by reading […]
As the old song goes, it’s time for “School days, school days, Dear old Golden Rule days, reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic.” For students, parents and staff of Oxford Community Schools, that means the start of the 2023-2024 school years is right around the corner. The first day of school is next Thursday, Aug. […]
First scrimmage game this Thursday By Don Rush The pop of pads and the excitement of high school football returns to Oxford tomorrow at Wildcat Stadium. Oxford High School’s varsity football team will scrimmage Sterling Heights Stephenson High School, starting at 5 p.m. “This is the third year in a row we have scrimmaged Stephenson,” […]
By Don Rush This summer two Oxford High School graduates did something no others have done. They earned a bronze medal for taking third place in the Emergency Medical Technician event at the HOSA-Future Health Professionals 46th Annual International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. “It was an amazing experience,” Mackayla McNamara, 18, said. “Unbelievable,” echoed […]
Seven members of Oxford Boy Scout Troop 366 boarded an Amtrak train in Lapeer on July 27 and headed southwest to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. Philmont Scout Ranch is one of four National High Adventure Bases operated by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It is also the world’s largest outdoor youth camp. […]
Oxford Open-Handed clothes pantry, 22 W. Burdick St., and Oxford Addison Youth Assistance are hosting a Back to School Kids Sock and Underwear Drive to help children in the community, now through the end of August. Since it was announced two weeks ago, over 700 new pairs of children’s underwear and 100 pairs of socks […]
Folks who made it out to the garage in the Squaw Lake Pines Subdivision this past weekend also had the opportunity to purchase a cool cup of lemonade. Young entrepreneurs from the left are Paisley Anders, 5, Charlotte Cogan, 7, Averie Cogan, 4 and little 1-year-old Casey Cogan. According to Mom Ashley Cogan the girls […]
On Aug. 8, a 33-year-old Ortonville woman was caught trying to exit an Oxford Township grocery store on N. Lapeer Rd., with $481 worth of merchandise she hadn’t paid for. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy report, the loss prevention officer for the store noticed the woman, accompanied by two small children and another […]