Truckers producing excessive noise by using compression release engine brakes, commonly known as Jake brakes, could soon find themselves being ticketed by Oxford Village Police. Last week, council approved the first reading of a proposed ordinance amendment that would prohibit the use of this type of braking system in the village by classifying it as […]
It’s been years since Larry Roesner raced hydroplane power boats, but he still has the ‘need for speed.? The 77-year-old Oxford resident returned home last week after competing in the Las Vegas-13 Chump Car World Series Endurance Race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ‘The race I selected was a 13-hour endurance race,? Roesner explained. […]
It’s been 10 months since its representatives met with the Oxford Township Planning Commission, but a Bingham Farms-based company is still planning to build a 360-unit multiple family residential development just north of the village. ‘We’re working on our plans (and) expect to have them submitted to the township within the next month or two […]
By Audrey Spalding For teachers represented by the Michigan Education Association, freedom comes just once per year ? in August. That’s because the MEA says August is the only month in which they will allow teachers to choose whether to pay union dues. Under Michigan’s right to work law, teachers now have the option of […]
‘Shame on? Addison voters The voters of Addison Township did not pass the millage request for NOTA. Shame on you. We are the most rural of the townships involved and our seniors and handicapped residents need this service badly. I, myself, am 78 years old and deliver meals to people who can’t get out of […]
Work on an 8,500-square-foot addition/interior renovation project at the Oxford Township Hall (300 Dunlap Rd.) is expected to begin by Sept. 1. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to hire the Orion Township-based Dailey Company to do the construction work for the bid price of $1.019 million. The company submitted the lowest of the […]
An attempt to amend Oxford Township’s ordinance language concerning political signs so it reflects state law failed last week. Treasurer Joe Ferrari proposed the ordinance be amended so that political signs located in public right-of-ways must include the identification statements required by the Michigan Campaign Finance Act. ‘I would like to have signs in public […]
In a single stroke last week, the Oxford Township Board saved sewer customers $70,871. Officials voted 7-0 to prepay the township’s share of the cost for repairs and improvements to the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor (OMI) Drain rather than make 20 years worth of debt service payments on an estimated $8 million bond issue. The prepay amount […]
Things didn’t turn out as Evan Berofsky had hoped at the 2014 National Scrabble Championship last week. The 38-year-old Oxford resident placed 20th out of 63 competitors in his division. He won 17 games and loss 14 over the course of the five-day tournament held in Buffalo, New York. ‘People have asked me, ‘Was it […]
Oxford Leader columnist James A. Sherman, Sr. (left) is expanding his influence in local media from the pages of this newspaper to the airwaves of public access television. Sherman, who served as the Leader’s publisher from 1955-93, was interviewed last week at his kitchen table for the Oxford Community Television (OCTV) program ‘My Life,? hosted […]