Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in an automobile crash that took the life of Oxford resident Calvin Cody Zimmerman early Thursday morning. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, the 19-year-old was traveling south in the northbound lane of Coats Rd. when his 1994 Saturn car struck several wooden guard posts on […]
A Detroit cab driver could face prosecution after allegedly lying about being robbed by gunpoint by a customer in Oxford last Thursday. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, the cab driver picked up the 42-year-old Clarkston man in Detroit. The man tried numerous times to get money for his $97 fare from various ATM […]
If you find yourself stopping at 14 N. Washington St. to drop off your film for developing, don’t worry, Oxford one-Hour Photo hasn’t vanished into thin air after serving the community for a decade. They’re now located at 28 S. Washington St. in the southeast quadrant, where J & M Sports used to be. Ted […]
A condemned historic schoolhouse in Addison Township is on the verge of being burned to the ground, and one local resident is on a mission to stop that from happening. Connie Corbin, a resident of Addison Twp., said she was appalled when she learned the 151-year-old Arnold Auditorium, located on the northwest corner of Lakeville […]
A public hearing to discuss moving the regular school election date from May to November will be conducted by the Oxford Board of Education 6 p.m. Monday, July 9. Board President Colleen Schultz said the board has been thinking about moving school elections to the fall for a while because it would be ‘the fiscally […]
Tom Gillis tied for 52nd last week at the PGA Tour’s Buick Open, held in Grand Blanc. The tournament was the Oxford/Orion area resident’s second this year, the other being the U.S. Open two weeks earlier. It was the first time he made the cut. His score of -5 (283) was 10 shots back of […]
A $37.191 million balanced budget for the 2007-08 school year was unanimously approved June 26 by the Oxford Board of Education. Although the district was faced with $1.592 million in spending increases stemming from items like employee benefits and maintenance, they were able to offset these additions with $449,000 in new revenues, plus $1.45 million […]
Back-to-school shopping can be so expensive, and when you’re on a tight budget, it can be very difficult to get your children the special items they need. That’s why Oxford/Orion FISH has started to collect donations for their annual School Backpack Drive. Residents can donate backpacks, and various school supplies ? such as crayons, pencils, […]
The sun wasn’t the only thing beating down on M-24 last Friday. Over 30 kids, of all ages, gathered to skate, bike and walk down M-24 to show their support for skateboarding and the need for a place to skate in Orion. ‘We’re trying to show that there are a lot of kids that skateboard,? […]
Attention avid quilters! Fill up your gas tanks and get your passports ready for the 8th Annual Michigan Stash Dash, which will have a special stop at Oxford’s Aunt Nan’s Fabrics this year. The Stash Dash is a scavenger-type race for those who love to quilt. With their $10 ‘passport? in hand and a pin […]