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 […]
OXFORD TWP. — Children and their families got to meet Santa, create Christmas lists, make crafts and eat a pancake breakfast at Seymour Lake Township Park on Saturday during the annual Pancakes and Pajamas party. The event was organized by Oxford Township Parks and Recreation. For more information on upcoming parks and recreation programs, visit […]
No appointments made to NOTA, beautification commission By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD — Oxford’s village council appointed its officers and made board and commission appointments during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec 10. Council Member Maureen Helmuth was absent from the meeting. Kelsey Cooke and Allison Kemp were unanimously reelected as village council […]
The Oxford Village Council voted unanimously to adopt village meeting schedules during their regular meeting on Dec. 10, then to approve the 2025 office calendar. Village council will meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m., the Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on the first Monday of each month at 7 […]
The other night my husband and I tried a new restaurant for dinner. The entire experience was great. The place is cozy, the holiday décor was charming, the food was delicious and the service was some of the best we’ve had. What really stuck with us, however, is how the experienced ended. Because we got […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — Oxford High School students Tristan Krajcarski, Sarah Gibbons, Amelia Brown, Kathryn Dupras and Sierra Musial are raising funds for a therapy dog for Georgia Apalachee High School shooting survivors, according to a press release from Monday. The efforts are part of an International Baccalaureate project created […]