By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Crumbley family returned to court last week, Jennifer and James appearing before Judge Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, April 19 and Ethan before Judge Kwame Rowe on Thursday, April 21. Matthews rejected a motion from Crumbley attorneys Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman to lower their bonds to $100,000. Matthews […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The community garden at Seymour Lake Township Park received a donation of raspberry and asparagus plants on Tuesday, April 5. “Our neighbor, Dusko [Marinkovski,] has a garden of his own and has a lot of crops that he was willing to donate to us,” Dawn Medici, Oxford Township Parks […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer United Kingdom authorities arrested the 16-year-old boy behind three threatening phone calls to Oxford High School, according to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) statement. The 16-year-old threatened to commit a shooting in two calls and threatened to slap the detective that answered the third call on Fridady, April […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of slain student Hana St. Juliana’s family on Thursday, April 14 accuses Oxford Community Schools of perpetrating a cover-up in the aftermath of the Nov. 30 Oxford High School shooting. Filed by Attorney Michael Pitt, the lawsuit argues OHS staff knew the shooter […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Aerial spraying for spongy moth caterpillar suppression is set to begin around mid or late May. Funded in part by the Oakland County 2022 Moth Suppression Reimbursement Grant and by local townships, pesticide application will occur in three spray blocks across 446 acres in Oxford Township and nine spray […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer A series of burglaries occurred between April 15 and 16 in a neighborhood off of W. Drahner Rd. in Oxford Township, according to reports by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO). At least three calls were made regarding the burglaries. One incident on Dakota Court involved a burglar entering […]
Legionnaires from American Legion Post 108 will be at intersections around Oxford on April 28, 29 and 30 to raise money and hand out poppies. Money raised through poppy donations will go to the various programs put on by American Legion Post 108 including annual eye clinics, the post’s annual police and fire appreciation dinner, […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Village Council discussed plans for a memorial to the four Oxford High School students killed in the Nov. 30, 2021 shooting at a budget workshop on Wednesday, April 20. The council set aside $7,000-8,000 in the parks budget for a memorial to be installed in Scripter Park. […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Oxford Township Parks and Recreation secured a $100,000 Oakland County grant for a farmers market at Seymour Lake Township Park. Awarded on Wednesday, April 6, the grant will be used to cover about a third of the cost to build a 4,000 square-foot open-air pavilion for a farmers market […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer HomeGrown Brewing Company is hosting a fundraiser for Ukrainian emergency services later this month. Happening on April 25 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., “Brew for Ukraine” will feature Ukrainian foods, a Ukrainian beer and other Ukraine-themed items. “As a Ukrainian-American I had to do something to help the […]