Some events are so powerful that everyone remembers what they were doing when the moment came. One of those events is the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The Clarkston Village Players are taking a dramatic look at the events of that fateful day in ‘Defying Gravity,? written by Jane Anderson and presented by special arrangement […]
Houses flooded with water to the attics. Oil refineries flooded, pushing oil into evacuated neighborhoods. On top of that, alligators and snakes are running rampant. Your job ? come up with a strategy to fix these problems. It sounds hard, but it’s just an average day at work for Oxford residents Mike and Adam Popa […]
In a step to make school children even safer, Governor Granholm recently amended a law regarding criminal history checks for school employees in Michigan. Now, all persons employed by the school district will have to submit to digital fingerprinting by July 1, 2008. This includes bus drivers, custodians, substitutes and even secretaries. Even those who’ve […]
Seventy-five years after the Groves established a hardware business in Oxford, the family name is making news once again with the new True Value Hardware in the Oxford Mills Plaza. Formerly Ace Hardware, the store name was changed to Grove’s True Value Hardware back in July with the hopes of bringing a more community-based business […]
By Casey Curtis Leader Staff Writer With just over two months of school gone by, many drivers are getting used to seeing the yellow and black school buses lining the roads. Some, though, are not well-informed on the exact safety precautions to take when a school bus is picking up or dropping off children. October […]
After students at Oxford Elementary and Daniel Axford Elementary raised over $21,000 for the PTO from their Fun-Run, PE teachers Ron Roop (OES) and Shanie Williams (DA) submitted to their lost bets. Roop, said he would have his head shaved if the goal was reached, while Williams offered to have her hair dyed blue and […]
While getting ready for church one Sunday, Chuck and Elizabeth McGhee were faced with an emergency. A frantic client made her own house-call to the veterinarian’s home in Oxford saying her pregnant pygmy goat was having a hard time delivering her babies. ‘So, we were all out there standing in our church clothes,? Elizabeth reminisced. […]
For those close to the Catholic faith, a simple rosary can be a spiritually powerful thing. That’s why Addison resident John Patrell came up with the idea to handmake rosaries to send to a parish in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for hurricane victims. Three-hundred seventy-five rosaries, to be exact. ‘I hear a lot about people going […]
At the end of this week, the first report card of the school year will be sent out to hundreds and hundreds of parents in Oxford. For parents of elementary students, however, the card will look completely different than in the past. Over the last two years, Oxford schools has been looking at evolving the […]
After numerous attempts to get a decent bid, Fire Station 2 on Lakeville Rd. in Addison Twp. will finally be getting a much needed makeover during the first couple of weeks of November. The company taking on the challenge is the Almont-based T&W Construction, who will begin by replacing the roof. Station 2 is basically […]