By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan awarded Oxford Township $50,000 through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds to support the design and construction of a 1,600-foot asphalt safety path along the east side of Dunlap Rd., from W. Bay Shore Dr. to Market St. The path is meant […]
Commencements back to DTE By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer High school graduation was mostly back to normal this year with a single event back at DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston rather than four successive ceremonies at Wildcat Stadium. Capacity was limited, graduates spaced out every other seat, and the band performed Pomp and […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oxford’s annual remembrance of those in the armed services who died serving our country returns Monday morning. Forced to cancel the traditional ceremony and parade last year, American Legion Walter Fraser Post 108 has a full slate of events planned this Memorial Day weekend. The service is Monday morning, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Township Planning Commission approved a resolution to recommend the township board amend the township zoning ordinance to regulate medical marijuana grow operations under special land use in the industrial zoning of I-1 and I-2. The motion passed 6-0 at the commission’s May 13 meeting held at LakePoint […]
About 20 volunteers chipped in Sunday, May 23 for the Downtown Development Authority’s Spring Clean-up Day. DDA board members, Village Council, fire department, police department, girl scouts and families planted flowers, weeded, painted, mulched and spruced up the downtown. “It was a great day with so much community effort!” said DDA Executive Director Kelly Westbrook. […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Members of the class of 2021 gathered in the high school Performing Arts Center the evening of May 17 to received awards recognizing their academic achievements throughout their high school careers. “You have worked very, very hard across the board, and I don’t just mean your academic achievements,” Principal […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Just in time for proms and June weddings, a tux shop popped up in Downtown Oxford last week. It’s tucked inside Suite B of 18 N. Washington St. Although it is accessible from the main street, the main entrance is from the parking lot behind the historic building block, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer “It’s an honor to be at a baccalaureate service, a Christian service for our graduates,” said Oakwood Community Church Pastor Don Jackson, the keynote speaker at an event held at Legacy 925 on Sunday evening. “In more and more communities, this is becoming not possible. So we want to […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer After over two years of development and deliberation, the Oxford Village Council approved the first reading of its Adult Use Recreational Marijuana ordinance in a narrow 3-2 vote at its regular meeting, held virtually May 11. The vote followed an hour-long public hearing in which the majority of […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer As part of a resolution to approve the 2021-2022 budget, the Oxford Village Council voted 3-2 to raise the property tax rate by half a mill at its May 11 meeting. Council members Allison Kemp, Ashley Ross and Maureen Helmuth voted yes, while Village President Kelsey Cooke and Councilmember […]