By Andrew Moser Leader Staff Writer Craigslist is more than just a place to buy and sell things. For 43-year-old Oxford resident Lonnie Fletcher, Craigslist meant a chance to become a lead singer of a band. That band turned out to be Lookin? Back, a tribute band for Rock-and-roll Hall of Famer Bob Seger. ‘A […]
So far this season, the Varsity Girls Volleyball team has had their way with Flint Metro League teams. But Brandon didn’t care about that and gave the girls a dogfight through four games before eventually falling to the Wildcats three games to one on Tuesday, Sept. 29. ‘Our performance was sluggish at best. Brandon put […]
The Kensington Community Garden received a huge helping hand as five Oxford residents participated in Oakland Christian School’s (OCS) Serve-a-thon Fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 1. Three students, Joshua Sylvester, Rain Fredericks and Emi Vonallmen, project coordinator Susan Slyvester and OCS Superintendent Randy Speck, all Oxford residents, were part of a team of 50 students and […]
Streaming beams of light into the early morning sky similar to the Bat signal, heralded the location for the second edition of the Brooksie Way Half Marathon on the campus of Oakland University. Thousands of cars streamed into the parking areas and runners emerged ready to tackle one of the toughest half marathons in the […]
43-year-old Leonard resident Eric LeFeuvre died Wednesday morning after striking a tree that had fallen onto Leonard Road. At approximately 11:45 a.m., he was driving a GMC Yukon in the 1400 block of East Leonard Rd near Secord Lake when he struck the tree, which caused part of the tree to strike the windshield, entering […]
Thursday, Oct. 8 was a big day for Oxford Community Schools as the district rolled out the red carpet for Michigan State Superintendent Mike Flanagan. Flanagan, who toured Leonard and Daniel Axford elementaries along with the middle and high schools, tries to visit one school district every month. It was Oxford’s reputation that attracted him […]
A 43-year-old Addison Township resident died Oct. 7 morning after striking a large tree that had just fallen onto Leonard Road. At appromimately 11:45 a.m., Eric LeFeuvre was driving a 1999 GMC Yukon in the 1400 block of East Leonard Rd., near Secord Lake Rd., when he crashed into a downed tree. The impact caused […]
An Addison Township man was issued a ticket for disorderly conduct Oct. 9 while taking pictures of an accident scene on Ray Rd., west of N. Oxford Rd. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, the 61-year old resident walked up to the scene and stood among the firefighters while they were trying to extract […]
Five candidates for the Addison fire chief job were interviewed Oct. 8 by a special panel. The panel spent nearly two hours interviewing candidates James Bradford, David Cutway, Jerry Morawski, Janis (John) Smits and Brian Tyrell. Addison’s been without a permanent fire chief since George Spencer resigned March 2 after nearly 11 years on the […]
Two Oxford High School graduates shined brightly during a slowpitch softball tournament in Florida Sept. 24-27. Nicole Mouch, a 1993 grad, and Dana Nowacki, a 2001 grad, helped the BMV Doctors/Line Drive Slowpitch softball team win the United States Speciality Sports Association Woman’s Slowpitch Class C World Tournament at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex […]