Leonard Elementary Wildcats ran their FunD Run Sept. 23 to promote a healthy lifestyle while raising funds. According to Leonard 2nd grade teacher Jennifer Coggins, students have raised over $10,567. “They have until October 7 to meet their $13,000 goal to get Principal (Paul) McDevitt to sleep on the school roof for a night,” she said. […]
My mind has always wandered and as such I usually don’t come to a conclusion straight away. I mull on things. I daydream. I question and ponder. I even dare to imagine. It’s been this way since I was a kid in school and teachers needed make sharp, loud noises to get me from looking […]
This Friday is the start of a three-week run of away games for the Oxford varsity football program. This week they will travel to West Bloomfield. Next Friday, Oct. 14, they travel to Bloomfield Hills High School and they end the 2022-23 campaign at Chippewa Valley High School on Oct. 21. The West Bloomfield Lakers […]
Notice of HYDRANT FLUSHING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village of Oxford Department of Public Works will begin flushing hydrants beginning Monday, October 10 through Friday, October 21, 2022. During that time, residents may experience low water pressure as well as discolored water and possible sediment. Contact the Village of Oxford offices at 248.628.2543 with […]
Toni Powelson, loving wife, devoted mother, doting grandma and loyal friend, died September, 25, 2022. She was 73. Born on February 17, 1949, in Detroit, to her loving parents, Tillie and Dominic Filippis, she graduated from Pershing High School. She was a tireless worker, always balancing work and family and making everyone she met feel […]
After 143 years the wooden structure surrounding the big bell at Immanuel Congregational Church is in need of repair. “Over the years it’s been patched here and there,” church moderator Justin Willcock said. “It’s now time to do it right.” The bell tower houses the church’s 1,700 pound bell. Immanuel Congregational Church, at the corner […]
Bailey frustrated with administration, attorneys By Don Rush And then there were five. Last week, a week after Oxford School Board President Tom Donnelly resigned, board treasurer Korey Bailey also tendered his resignation. In a statement to the community, Superintendent Ken Weaver said, “This afternoon, September 19, School Board Treasurer Korey Bailey announced that he […]
Absentee ballots start coming out this week Starting this week, clerks in both Addison and Oxford townships can start sending out absentee ballots to residents who have requested them. Aside from state initiatives and candidates to vote for, there are also local people and issues to vote for. In order to help voters gain some […]
Downtown Oxford gets new mural By Don Rush Starting this week, Nick Hottmann, a 2001 Oxford High School graduate and now muralist from Idaho will be in town with the tools of his trade to paint his second mural in Oxford this year. Earlier in the summer he painted a mural in the northwest quadrant […]
At a special meeting of the Oxford Township Board of Trustees on Sept. 21, the board approved a $164,100 bid to start Phase 1 of Oxford Fire Department Station #3. Starting this week, crews from Saradan Construction will start clearing and land balancing property for the new fire station, to be located on N. Lapeer […]