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 […]
Three Q&A sessions for community on Thursday By Don Rush The first of two reports on what led up to and after the Nov. 30, 2021 shootings which saw four Oxford High School students murdered, is due out this week — prior to three community forums tomorrow. According Bradley Dizik, Executive Vice President at the […]
USPS Stamp Out Hunger program this Saturday By Don Rush Last Thursday, members of the Veterans of Foreign War Post North Oakland Post 334 presented a $1,200 check to “adopt a shelf” at the Oxford/Orion FISH food pantry, 1060 S. Lapeer Rd., Oxford. “This is our second shelf we have adopted,” VFW Quartermaster Chuck Haskins […]
Saturdays through October By Don Rush It’s been a few years in the planning, but this Saturday the wait ends. At 9 a.m., a special ribbon-cutting dedication ceremony recognizing the former Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Director Ron Davis and his family will commence. “This was by far a more complex project than I expected,” […]