St. Francis of Assisi gave humankind the wise words now regarded as The Serenity Prayer ? ‘Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.? In light of the tragic death of Daryne Gailey, the man […]
Tim Throne, Deputy Superintendent of Oxford Schools, has earned an advanced endorsement on his school administrator certification. Mr. Throne earned the credential over a two-year period through a professional leadership program offered by the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA). In the voluntary program, called Courageous Journey TM, public school administrators engage in classes, forums, […]
The Shop, Small, Shop Local Raffle rewards people for shopping in Oxford. The Oxford Chamber of Commerce and the Oxford Downtown Development Authority have partnered together to offer outstanding raffle prizes that put a little extra cash in your pocket during the holiday season! There are two ways to enter: 1) Small Business Saturday on […]
First Baptist Church of Oxford, located at 150 Pontiac Street, is proud to announce Dr. Claude B. Wiggins is its new senior pastor. He assumed the full-time position earlier this month. ‘We love the church people, we love the community,? Wiggins said. ‘This reminds us a lot of some of the places (where) we’ve ministered […]
Fresh off their league leading record (15-1) and overall Top Defense award in the Michigan Youth Flag Football Flight Zone League, the Oxford Wildcats 8U Flag Football Team ran the table’at the 2014 Midwest Regional Flag Football Championships in Walled Lakefor the second straight year ? securing back-to-back Regional Titles. The Wildcat team competed in […]
Oxford fifth-graders, Gavin Marsden, Evan Rehandorf, Eddie Bieniasz, Carl Bailey, Ben Cruz and Jack Brown played in the Midwestern Classic which is a multi-state Championship. This group of boys scored 161 points over the weekend and their superior defense did not give up one point the entire weekend. More impressive, they only gave up one […]
The 7U Lions won their first 5 games earning a spot in the championship game VS the Oak Harbor Rockets (Ohio). The Rockets also unbeaten cruised to the finals shutting out 4 of the 5 teams they played. The Lions scored on the opening drive with a TD run from Cameron Dawood, followed by a […]
The 12U Wildcats entered the tournament in the competitive division. They finished 6-0-1 in the regular season and 5th in the state in the tournament. “These kids are all great athletes, they were able to grow together as a team throughout the season even though we only had a full team for two of the […]
Congratulations to the Mavericks, St. Joseph School/church 5th and 6th grade football team located in Lake Orion, on winning the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Division D Championship. They completed an undefeated divisional season with a 6-0 victory over cross-county rival Marist Academy. The Mavericks defended their 2013 Divisional Crown with a high speed offense and […]
With snow already falling, the possibility of power outages becomes increasingly likely, especially in Addison Township, but with DTE currently installing new power lines and poles along parts of Rochester Road and other roads around the township, Supervisor Bruce Pearson is hoping this year will be different. After numerous outages last winter, Pearson called upon […]