Oxford’s bowling coach Claude (J.R.) Lafnear is one of the newest inductees into the Michigan High School Interscholastic Bowling Coaches Association’s (MHSIBCA) Hall of Fame, following an April 30 banquet. He was one of six coaches, proprietors and athletic directors inducted at the Century Banquet Center in Sterling Heights that day. Lafnear, an Oxford resident, […]
Addison Twp. resident Catherine Brakefield is publishing her fifth novel—one which will provide readers with a thought-provoking blend of faith, history and romance. Her newest release, entitled “Swept into Destiny,” is the first of a four-part series and is set to be released May 16 through CrossRiver Media Group. The novel is a faith-based historical […]
The goats have wrapped up their first two-week grazing session along the Polly Ann Trail with great success on May 3, according to trail Manager Linda Moran. The group of approximately 20 goats, provided by City Girls Farm in Pontiac, grazed invasive species of plants away in several spots within a half-mile stretch along the […]
May 6: A 37-year-old man from Oxford called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies to his home in the 2000 block of Trinity Ct. at 9:39 a.m. to report that his wife had found a street sign and mailbox underneath one of the pine trees in their yard. While deputies were speaking with the man, a neighbor […]
The Oxford school district’s sexuality and reproduction curriculum may be changed for the first time since 2008. A committee consisting of local clergy, nurses, teachers, parents and students has been heading the research and revisions for the last year and a half. “Our belief is we need to have parent-teacher relationships. We’re not looking to […]
Sixteen outstanding teachers and support staff from the Oxford district were honored at an April 25 board meeting. As a reward for their daily dedication to the education of students, Oxford teachers and support staff were selected to be the school district’s nominees for the 2016-17 Oakland County Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards and […]
Dressed as everything from historical figures to animals, sixth-through-eighth-graders from Oxford Middle School tested their book knowledge last week in the Battle of the Books. A group of OMS sixth graders emerged from the competition as winners. Calling themselves “Fantastic Books and Where to Read Them,” the winning team consisted of Dale Schmalenberg, Michael Duong, […]
It was another successful season for the Oxford-based Scarves 4 Cozy Kids program and it was one that brought warmth to children all over Oakland County during the winter months. The program was launched by 11-year-old Oxford resident Alex VanHaren in December 2015, after he discovered there were children at his school that faced recess […]
May 1: Oxford Village Police allegedly found a man unconscious in a running vehicle located in the 400 block of S. Glaspie St. at 2:38 a.m. When police knocked on the window and the man did not respond, they opened the door and allegedly shook the man awake. It was noted in the report that […]
A month filled with the wonder of books during March is Reading Month paid off for six Oxford Elementary students on March 23, when they were presented with brand new bicycles and helmets donated by the Oxford Masonic Lodge #84. Rewarded that day were third-graders Esmerelda Cornado, Raylin Knotts, Isaac Hughes and Cameron Butkiewicz, fourth-grader […]