For kids who are disappointed that they have to wait until 18 to vote, the Oxford Public Library is offering a nice consolation prize. From Oct. 27 until Nov. 4, the library is offering kids an opportunity to cast their ballot in a different kind of election. They’ll get to vote for their favorite author, […]
Oxford High School has a new head coach for its upcoming Boys Swim and Dive team, and it’s a familiar face. Jackie Boswell, head coach of the girl Wildcat swimmers, will be wearing another hat at the school as she assumes the additional coaching duties. ‘I was asked a while ago about the boys? team, […]
Facing stiff competition from Royal Oak, the Oxford Wildcat swim and dive team came up on the shallow end, losing 110-75. Oxford managed three first-place finishes at the event. Anna Daves finished first with a time of 28.96 seconds in the 50-Yard Freestyle. In the 500-Yard Freestyle, Jenna Mallard finished first with a time of […]
All good things must come to an end, including a soccer season that ended strong and with promise despite a slow start. On a cold and windy Oct. 21 day at Flint-Kearsley High School, the Oxford Wildcats soccer team’s state tournament run concluded as they lost to Laingsburg-Bath 1-0. ‘Play was sluggish due to the […]
Running in the Oct. 25 Regionals in Algonac–their final race of the season–everyone on the Oxford High School Cross Country team went home happy. Each runner had personal-best runs while Shannon Seeley moved up on the Cross Country Girls All-Time list. Seeley’s time of 20:27 moved her down to sixth fastest girls? run in school […]
Margaret Sullivan Keely, the former Oxford High School Special Education Teacher already facing misdemeanor charges for failing to report her husband’s alleged sexual abuse of an Oxford teenager, now is facing contempt of court charges. On Oct. 30, Keely was in Clarkston 52-2 District Court for a pretrial hearing before Judge Dana Fortinberry while her […]
Another traffic accident involving failure to yield in the Oxford area, this one occurring in the village. On Oct. 27 around 3:35 p.m., a 2005 Dodge truck traveling west from Stanton Street to Dennison Street collided with a 2008 Saab wagon traveling southbound on South Washington Street. The Saab then rolled over once and came […]
The last few years have been tough on the Burton family. Three years ago, Shelly Burton, of Oxford, who had worked at Meijer as a manager, lost her job and health benefits. She went to work at a home daycare center so that she and her husband Jim’s daughter, Nicole (or ‘Colie?, as she is […]
Retired after working 33 years at General Motors, Larry Shepherd and a friend used their love for riding motorcycles to give them something to do. Not wanting to work for a company, Shepherd and his friend, Jim Davis, decided to open up a business that made a special type of motorcycle. Aging means that, for […]
While U2 lead singer Bono likes to rock, Pat Bono likes rocks. In fact, taking a visit to the home of the Oxford Schools administrative assistant to the superintendent is like visiting a miniature rock quarry. Among the rocks in her home, in front of her home, along the side and in the back yard […]