This past season of Oxford High School Varsity Baseball has proven successful for a number of players. Here’s what we recevied from head coach Dave Herrick: All OAA: Eddie Bieniasz, Brady Carpenter, Tony Hatzigeorgiou and Gavin Walters. All District: Eddie Bieniasz, Jay Cady, Brady Carpenter and Tony Hatzigeorgiou. All Region: Tony Hatzigeorgiou All State 1st […]
Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint and General Motors today announced a partnership to will honor the legacy of General Motors founder William “Billy” C. Durant while supporting the museum’s STEM exhibits and programs. Through a donation of $500,000 from GM, Sloan Museum’s new vehicle gallery will be named The Durant Gallery when it opens […]
Lace up your running (or walking) shoes for a great cause on Saturday, July 9. The 2022 Thomas Daley Memorial 5K will benefit an exceptional nonprofit foundation created out of the horrific event that took place at Oxford High School last fall. Four students tragically lost their lives that day, including 16-year-old Tate Myre. Tate […]
Pamela Jean “Pam” Martin Bovee, 76, of Taylor, sadly passed away on May 31, 2022. Pam was born on February 7, 1946. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1964. After high school she married James Peter Bovee and went on to have three sons, James P. Bovee III, David J. Bovee and Kevin P. Bovee. When […]
Longtime Oxford Township resident George M. Black III passed away unexpectedly on June 4, 2022. He was 81. George spent his youth in Grosse Pointe before moving to Oxford in 1971. He became an avid farmer, real estate agent, golfer and loved ski vacations with his family. He served in the United States Navy on […]
Oxford resident Bruce Lee Jewell passed away on June 20, 2022. He was 67 years old. Bruce is the husband of the late Bridget; father of Kirk (Jesica) and the late B.J.; step father of Jon (Anna); and grandfather of Nasyla, Maddox and Ava. He is also the son of the late Edsel and Margaret […]
Centennial Park was rocking to the 80s last Thursday night, as the Concerts in the Park series officially kicked off. Concert goers listened to Majiklee Dulishus and dressed in 80s themed costumes. According to Oxford Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Kelly Westbrook said this Thursday is kids night, with a costume theme of “princesses and […]
By Don Rush For about an hour last Friday morning, the group Change 4 Oxford held a video press conference with members of the Michigan media announcing 20 Oxford students were filing a lawsuit in federal court aimed at forcing the Oxford Community School District’s board and administration “to make policy changes the students and […]
By Don Rush Suffice to say school districts across the state and nation have gone through hard times in light of Covid-19 shutdowns. In Oxford, the day-to-day operations were further complicated with the Nov. 30, 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. Ken Weaver, 56, knew all that when accepted the job as Superintendent of […]
This past Sunday was the most underappreciated holiday in America – Fathers Day. And, while we can debate the merits of my statement, there are a number of things that come to mind when I think of Fathers Day. Of course, I think of my very own father, gone now for about 26 years. Miss […]