Defeat Lake Orion, 57-37 By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — Oxford High School’s varsity boys basketball team won their ninth straight game to start their season, defeating Lake Orion, 57-37, on Friday night. The Wildcats made seven more shots than the Dragons (22 shots to 15), including seven three pointers to Lake […]
CLINTON TWP. — The Oxford bowling program got back to competition on Jan. 4 after the holiday break at Imperial Lanes with the boys varsity team finishing second out of 28 teams. The girls varsity and both junior varsity teams also had strong showings, said head coach JR Lafnear, with the girls JV winning the […]
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Richard B. Light, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. Richard left us peacefully on December 23, 2024 at the age of 94. He was with his five devoted children – Debbie, Steve, Mike, Scott and Bob during his final moments. Born on October 18, […]
Robert L. Garvey of Lake Orion left us suddenly on Dec. 23, 2024. He was 66 years old. Robert is the loving son of Lawrence Garvey Jr. and the late Barbara Garvey; and loving brother of Colleen (Hans) Gudding, Michael (Sandi) Garvey, Kathleen Haney and Sharon (Joseph) Daldine. He is also survived by 19 nieces […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor Another year over and a new one about to begin. This week, The Oxford Leader looks back at some of the stories – the news and business stories, sports and school highlights, public safety, events and photos – that helped shape the Oxford community in the first part of 2024. […]
Includes Burdick Street crosswalks, sidewalk improvement By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD — Oxford’s DDA Board of Directors unanimously voted for ROWE Professional Services Company to create a proposal and bid packet for three village projects to start the process of engineering costs during a DDA meeting on Dec. 16. DDA Board Member Ashley […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com Both Oxford High School varsity bowling teams have won several consecutive matches since the beginning of December – four for the boys and three for the girls. The most recent matches for both teams were on Dec. 16 at Collier Lanes against Avondale, when the boys won 17-13 and […]
LAPEER, FENTON, SPARTA — ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of ChoiceOne Bank, and Fentura Financial, Inc., the parent company of The State Bank, jointly announced that at separate special meetings held Dec. 12, each company’s shareholders approved the proposed merger in which Fentura will merge with and into ChoiceOne, with ChoiceOne continuing as […]
Students throughout Oxford Community Schools celebrated the holidays last week. For many, the fun included holiday parties, Dec. 18 and 19. Kindergartners in Sara Powrie’s class at Clear Lake Elementary started Wednesday morning with painting a picture of the Polar Express, decorating and eating cookies and adding red, white and green beads to their bell […]
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays celebrating old traditions and creating new traditions. Our tradition is having Papa Price and Grammi Reardon over for breakfast on Christmas morning. Then, unwrapping presents (that were probably just wrapped the night before, if I am going to be honest.) The boys play while the adults […]