Oakland County Clerk/ Register of Deeds Lisa Brown is sounding the alarm about misleading mailings received by area residents under the guise of representing Oakland County and tax collection offices. According to a press release received Monday morning, over the past several weeks, numerous area residents contacted the Oakland County Register of Deeds office after […]
Oxford resident Anthony (Tony) R. Verpooten passed away on August 3, 2023. He was was 65-years-old, surrounded by his family and adopted son, Brent Stottlemyer. Tony was born on August 18, 1957. He is survived by his wife Barb Verpooten and his daughter Veronica Verpooten, brother Chris Verpooten and sister Roxanne Verpooten. He always put […]
Lester Maher, 98, of Oxford, Michigan, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2023 in his home. Lester was born on April 12, 1925, in Star Acres (Royal Oak), Michigan, to William and Cecelia Maher. From the age of 12, he was on his own and hitchhiking around the country. He enlisted in the US Navy […]
NORTH OAKLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (NOTA) NOTICE OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING (TRUTH IN BUDGETING) FOR THE PROPOSED 2024 NOTA OPERATING BUDGET The NOTA Board will hold a Public Hearing of the 2024 NOTA Operating Budget on Thursday, August 17 at 4:30 pm. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget […]
Hana St. Juliana Memorial Garden should be ready by spring By Don Rush The rain held off just long enough Sunday afternoon for the official groundbreaking of the Hana St. Julian Memorial Garden at Seymour Lake Township Park in Oxford Township Hundreds of people gathered under the Davis Family Farmers Market pavilion for another chance […]
By Don Rush Oxford Township held a special meeting last week on Aug. 2 to award bids and discuss proposed 2024 budgets. They are expected to accept the budgets at tonight’s regular board meeting. At the Aug. 2 meeting, only board member Margaret Payne was absent; with Supervisor Jack Curtis, Clerk Curtis Wright, Treasurer Joe […]
Oxford couple ready to cruise (Editor’s Note: Last week’s article on two area residents taking their vehicles to the Woodward Dream Cruise spurred another local to reach out about their memories.) By Don Rush The family that cruises together, stays together – at least that’s what Oxford Township residents Sherene and Bruce Parris, believe. “We […]
Some dos and don’ts when feeding them By Don Rush Recently we were notified that some people may be feeding hummingbirds incorrectly and causing the little critters to perish. We reached out to the self-proclaimed birder, who has spotted over 600 different species of birds and is Executive Director of Seven Ponds Nature Center, in […]
By Don Rush After about seven hours of testimony and cross examination of the defense attorney’s expert witness last Tuesday, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwame Rowe told all in his court the Miller Hearing for confessed mass shooter Ethan Crumbley will continue on Aug. 18, starting at 9 a.m. Last Tuesday’s hearing was the […]
Oxford grads end up on new game show By Don Rush What do you do once you graduate from Oxford High School? Well, for three Oxford graduates, you harken back to the advice of 1800’s newspaper editor Horrace Greely and “Go west, young man.” For brothers RJ and Ramil Blade and Richard Hernandez, they landed […]