LAKEVILLE ? Members of the Oakland Township Historical Society and the general public visited the Lakeville Mill, located on Millimine Street, over the weekend to tour the historic building and admire the handy work of owner Todd Elder. Since purchasing the mill in 2004, Elder has spent the last 11 years restoring the four-story, 9,000-square-foot […]
When Lora Baker, Debbie Hickmott and Amy Swanson showed up at the Ludington home of their former Oxford music teacher, Lewis Wilson, on Oct. 18, they came with a surprise. A college music scholarship bearing his name has been established. ‘It’s awesome,? Wilson told this reporter in a phone interview. ‘I’m very appreciative, (not only […]
The Wildcat Booters started district playoffs strong last week when they beat the Lake Orion Dragons 1-0. It was their first win against Orion after having tied them twice earlier in the season. ‘I guess the old saying is true, that ‘a third time’s a charm,?? said Coach John Thaler. “The Wildcats played a great […]
Earlier in the year, it was projected Oxford Schools may end the 2014-15 fiscal year with a $362,000 deficit. That projection turned out to be wrong as the district actually ended up with an excess of more than $317,000 in its general fund. In addition to that good news, the district once again revceived a […]
‘We’ll match you up to $30,000.? Those were not the words Melissa Williams and Holly Bennion were expecting to hear from Oxford Superintendent Tim Throne when they attended the Oct. 28 school board meeting. Williams and Bennion were representing the Daniel Axford (DA) Elementary and Oxford Elementary School (OES) Playground Committee, which has been working […]
The Oxford-Avondale United Varsity Hockey team is back for another season. Tryouts are 3:45 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Troy Sports Center, located at 1819 E. Big Beaver Rd. ‘If you’re interested in coming to skate with the team and you can’t make (the) tryouts, just get in touch with me and […]
Oxford Village Police officers were present at Oxford Elementary School Nov. 6 as staff members searched students? backpacks as they entered the building. According OES Principal Jeff Brown, this was done because many students have received notes of a threatening nature in their desks and/or lockers. ‘The kids have been making some pretty serious threats,? […]
Every soldier knows that war comes with a price, but what the men and women who fought in Vietnam didn’t know was that price could possibly cost their children and grandchildren. Such was the case for Bob Cummings, who served in the Army from 1970-1972. Cummings was one of the six panel speakers at the […]
The Lady Cat spikers had a full week of post season this last week. Oxford played Waterford Mott in the district quarter finals on Nov. 2 where they won all games. The first game was 25-6 win, which was due to a 16 point serving run by senior libero Hailey Hartwick. Game two was a […]
Oxford Community Schools is kicking off its first Safety Committee meeting for the 2015-16 school year on Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. in the Board of Education meeting room at the administration building, located at 10 N. Washington Street. Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations and Chairman of the committee Sam Barna said the committee […]