For the sixth straight year, Oxford’s TORC 2137 robotics team will host up to 10 other area teams at a Week Zero practice event. The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 and Sunday, Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Oxford High School (745 N. Oxford Rd.) According to Mentor Lynda […]
On Jan. 20, the North Oakland #334 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary won first place for its display in the Buddy Poppy Contest at the Mid-Winter Conference for the Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) held in Kalamazoo. This year, there were 45 entries in the contest. With the VFW’s […]
Each year, more than 300,000 visual and written works are submitted for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a prestigious national competition whose past winners include Stephen King and Andy Warhol. Luke Farwell, an eighth-grader at Oxford Middle School, recently earned two honorable mentions at the 2018 Southeastern Michigan Region of the Scholastic Art Awards […]
Oxford High School’s TORC 2137 robotics team is hunting for a proper practice space in which to hone its skills. According to the team’s sponsorship mentor, Mary Hanser, Romeo High School has been sharing its practice field with the team over the last two years. But with Romeo High being located over 30 minutes away, […]
The Lanphar 1-12 production wells literally caused quite a stink last weekend, according to an Addison resident and township officials. The Addison Township Fire Department received three complaints from Addison Township residents about a “rotten egg smell,” which was said to be emanating from the wells between Jan. 20 and Jan. 21. One of these […]
Oxford Board of Education members seem to have mixed opinions on whether or not the district should authorize a cyber charter school. Fortunately, the board now has until the end of February to make its decision. At a Jan. 23 meeting, Director of International Operations Jill Lemond, who was asked by Superintendent Tim Throne to […]
Oxford Middle School Choir Director Jan Flynn received a local Teacher of the Year Award from North Oakland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 334 on Jan. 20 as part of the VFW’s Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award program. The VFW Teacher of the Year award contest recognizes three exceptional teachers for their […]
Oxford school officials unanimously approved the purchase of the district’s first set of buses at a Jan. 23 board of education meeting. Proceeds from the $28.28 million bond approved by voters last year will pay for them. Included in the approved bid, which was submitted by the Lansing-based Capital City Buses through the Michigan School […]
Members of Oxford High School’s robotics team, TORC 2137, are used to working with robots. But last Wednesday, they got to work with a different kind of machine— one which could save lives in the event of an emergency. Several Oxford Fire Department personnel came to the high school to give students a 30-minute crash […]
Jan. 29: The manager of a business located in the 900 block of S. Lapeer Rd. called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies stating that she had found the front door of the business closed, but unlocked around 10:29 a.m. The business’ night deposit was later found to be missing from a safe. Sheriff’s deputies did not […]