After a season full of making their presence known in their new league, five athletes from the ladies’ swim and dive teams competed at the state level. The girls’ efforts garnered them 29th place accolades. Utica Eisenhower and Livonia Stevenson tied with Oxford in placement. The Wildcats’ A Relay team for the 200 Medley and […]
Excited to take the court later this month, Oxford’s boys’ basketball team has a feeling this season will be one for the books. “This is the deepest team I’ve seen at Oxford,” Head Coach Steve Laidlaw said. “And I’ve been involved in Oxford basketball for roughly 20 years.” The team, playing in the OAA blue […]
In their first five games this season, Oxford’s girls’ basketball team will be taking on some tougher teams up front. Though the competition will be fierce, Head Coach Rachel Bryer thinks the schedule this year is only going to help her girls grow into a powerhouse squad. “It’s going to be more difficult in the […]
Though their roster is smaller than usual this year, the Wildcat hockey players are determined to stay competitive. Welcoming 12 skaters and three goalies back to the ice, they’re ready to take on the OAA white division. “It’s going to be a learning season,” Head Coach Derek Billis said. “We just want to be competitive […]
Get off the lawn! A 99-year-old Addison woman called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies on the afternoon of Nov. 6 to report an allegedly repeated trespasser on her property. The caretaker who looks after the woman’s property found a 56-year-old Lake Orion man roaming the property and had asked him to leave, which he reportedly refused […]
Best known for his motivational speaking at grade schools, Jim “Basketball” Jones paid a visit to Leonard Elementary on Tuesday, Nov. 13 to encourage students to stand up against bullying. In his anti-bullying assemblies, Jones tells students to be “upstanders” rather than bystanders and apply the golden rule by treating others the way they want […]
After five contentious years, Energex Petroleum Inc. and its production well are heading out of Addison Township. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contacted township Supervisor Bruce Pearson on Friday to inform him that Energex had withdrawn its proposal. “As of Oct. 29, 2018, Energex Petroleum Inc. has withdrawn its application for the proposed Lanphar #1-12 […]
Bringing a familiar tale about characters who feel like family, Oxford High theater students are taking the story of “Little Women” to the stage this week. The play follows the March sisters as they trek through life and love over the years. The main characters of the March sisters will be played by MacKenzie Finley […]
They didn’t expect it, but Oxford Middle School’s seventh-grade gold girls turned out to be a powerhouse this basketball season. “I anticipated that we would have a decent season, but I did not go into it thinking we would go undefeated,” Head Coach Jake Trotter said. “These girls ended up being one of the most […]
Adding the third of four installments to her “Swept Into Destiny” book series, Addison-based author Catherine Brakefield is looking forward to introducing readers to how a family found hope and strength within the throes of World War I and the Great Depression. “We can learn a lot from our ancestors and what America went through […]