CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS N O T I C E A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Oxford Zoning Board of Appeals will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the evening, at the Oxford Veterans? Memorial Civic Center (2nd Floor), 28 N. Washington, Oxford, MI […]
This will be another Jim’s Jottings probably not worth remembering. In fact I can’t think of any memorable ones I’ve written since starting them in 1955. 1 was born in 1926, soon after the beginning of THE GREAT depression. I remember my father telling me several times before he died in 1984, at age 93, […]
So, I ran across a ‘ranking? on-line this weekend. Nothing so funny as David Letterman’s Top 10, nor was it interesting in any shallow, ‘I want to be entertained? kind of way. Nope. This list had to do with a concept near and dear to my heart: freedom of the press, or should I say, […]
Warmer temperatures and sunshine made for good sledding weather over the weekend as families flocked to the hill at Seymour Lake Township Park. Smiles were big and spirits were high as parents and kids raced down the hill without a care in the world.
At a special meeting on Jan. 13, Oxford Board of Education approved the hiring of Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI) as the search firm to find the next superintendent of Oxford Schools with a price tag of $5,500. The vote was 6-1. Trustee Joyce Brasington was absent, but did send an e-mail to President Jim Reis, […]
Effective March 1, building fees and permits will increase in Oxford Village to prevent the municipality from continuing to lose money while providing these services. Council voted 5-0 to increase them at last week’s meeting. ‘Our permit fees are significantly less than our costs,? explained village Manager Joe Young. ‘We’re losing money.? Village permit fees […]
When Trustee Joyce Brasington saw a $1,700 entry in Oxford Schools? accounts payable for limousine services on December 22, 2014, it raised a question. When she inquired about the transaction at the Jan. 7 meeting, she was told that it was more than likely for driving Weiming students to the airport for Christmas break, which […]
The U.S. Constitution says a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. But that only applies to American citizens, not fairy tale characters. Once again, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch (alias: The Evil Queen) will stand trial for all the fictional havoc they’ve wreaked during storytime as the Oxford Middle […]
It appears that Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery might finally get another entrance/exit to its 11-acre property along W. Burdick St. Last week, the Oxford Village Council voted 5-0 to pursue licensing, maintenance and road construction agreements that would allow a piece of municipal-owned land at Dayton and Willow streets to be transformed into a secondary ingress/egress […]
An Oxford Village ordinance concerning truck traffic that’s barely three months old is already facing the prospect of being scrapped. Last week, council voted 5-0 to schedule a public hearing for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 regarding the proposed deletion of an ordinance amendment that prohibits ‘all truck traffic,? with the exception of local deliveries, […]