Contaminated soil at potential deli site

The site of a proposed deli and coffee shop has yet to be cleared of contamination from years of leaking underground gasoline tanks. Terri Golla, a geologist with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in charge of the case, said the owner of the property, Larry Trepek of GL Investments, has not complied with MDEQ orders […]

A prom of their own

Pure joy. That’s the most accurate way to describe the prom held for Oxford’s special education students and members of the LOFT program Saturday evening at Merge Studio and Gallery located at 33 Pleasant St. Approximately 40 young people with various mental and physical disabilities, including some from Lake Orion High School, came together to […]

Village wants loan, but twp. says it can’t legally give it

It appears funding the fix for pothole hill has hit another roadblock ? a legal roadblock. Last week, the Oxford Village Council voted 3-2 to authorize Manager Joe Young to enter into preliminary negotiations with the township to borrow up to $500,000 for five years in order to reconstruct the badly-deteriorated, pothole-ridden stretch of W. […]

OHS auto students are state champs!

For the second straight year, students from Oxford High School’s automotive program have won a state championship and secured a spot in the national competition in June. Last week, OHS seniors Mike Smith and Alan LaBarge won the state finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition held at the Macomb Community College Expo Center […]

Turning jeans into shoes, hope for African kids

To many folks, an old pair of jeans is something to wear while doing yardwork or donate to charity. But at Christ the King Church in Oxford Township, an old pair of jeans took on a whole new and much deeper meaning on Sunday. Piles of old jeans were transformed into shoes, jobs and hope […]

OHS senior heading for pharmacy school

Only 36 high school seniors from around the country received contingent admission offers from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. And Oxford High School senior Kathryn Flanagan is one of them. ‘It’s such an honor,? she said. ‘You work so hard in high school that you wonder if this is ever […]

Church blesses quilts for mothers-to-be

Twenty quilts that will be given to women with unplanned pregnancies in the hopes they will choose to either keep their babies or put them up for adoption were blessed Sunday morning at the Oxford Free Methodist Church. Known as Loving Lamb quilts, they were made by the church’s Quilters for Life group for the […]

Wolves win in overtime

Connor Dziewit swung the ball to teammate Andrew Williamson as the seconds counted down in the overtime period against St. Michael’s College School on Sunday. Williamson shot it into the net with 2:38 remaining to win the game for the Wolves against the Toronto team, 12-11. ‘He was in the right place at the right […]

Athletes of the Week

During Paige and Dana Olsen’s first tennis lesson when they were young they swung their rackets for 30 minutes. They didn’t hit a single ball. ‘It was okay they were told,? said mom, Deanna Olsen. She added they were taught the first day it wasn’t about how many times they hit the ball but their […]

Lady Wolves use wins, losses to prepare for Michigan Stars

Lady Hitters had a winning week as they faced a league foe and played in a tournament on Saturday. They began the week splitting a double header against OAA Red foe Troy as they lost the first game, 9-6. The Lady Wolves were behind in the seventh inning until they scored four runs to close […]