In 1941, Mary Alice Jesse was 10-years-old and living in the rural central Michigan community of Harrison. ‘Mom operated a party store on Bud Lake,? said Mary Alice. ‘I used to go down there and help her. The ice cream came in metal tubs and I was too short to reach the bottom, so I […]
Ortonville- CreekFest has gone from nearly being cancelled two years ago to an event that is experiencing a rebirth. CreekFest began as an educational half-day event 11 years ago, focusing on the importance of water quality and the care of local waterways including Kearsley Creek. While the event still features educational exhibits, a carnival was […]
Goodrich-Lynne Adams had absolutely no intention of becoming a teacher. Plans change. Now after 43 years and more than 1,000 students she’s pretty satisfied with her change in career. ‘My mother and grandmother were elementary school teachers? actually I was going to be a Methodist minister,? laughed Adams, who on Wednesday retired after more than […]
June 16, 1864’Pvt. Thomas Tucker is on guard duty at a Union headquarters near Chattaooga, Tenn. ‘My the cannons have been roaring out in front a little ways,? wrote Tucker. ‘They are having a big fight out there. Quite a lot of rebel prisnors was brought in this eavning and our regiment is guarding them. […]
eader Editor What used to look like ‘the back of a factory,? as one owner put it, now looks like a ‘courtyard setting? in downtown Oxford. As a result, Williams Art Glass Studio/Sunset Antiques, owned by Rick and Karen Williams, was honored June 13 with an ‘Outstanding Investment? award from Main Street Oakland County. ‘We’re […]
‘Great victory for Pat Paad.? That’s how Flint attorney Tom Pabst summed up U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh’s June 10 order denying the majority of Oxford Village’s motion for summary judgment with regard to former Deputy Clerk Marion Patricia Paad’s lawsuit against the municipality, Councilwoman Maureen Helmuth and Manager Joe Young. As a result, […]
Two local businessmen, formerly connected with the Orion-based Odyssey Industries, learned that scrap metal pays, but crime does not. Randal Bellestri, 57, formerly of Oxford, and Paul Michajlyszyn, of Leonard, could be facing prison time for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by failing to report large sums of cash income derived from scrap metal […]
‘My official spin on this is we’re better than half the people that were there.? That’s how Oxford High School Auto Instructor Dan Balsley cheerfully described the 24th place finish of Alan LaBarge and Mike Smith at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills national finals held June 10 in Dearborn. ‘I was obviously hoping for a […]
Oxford School’s proposed $48.9 million budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year contains no layoffs and no pay cuts, according to Assistant Superintenent of Business & Finance Pamela Anstey. All staff will receive a 1 percent pay increase, with the exception of executive salaries, which will remain at their negotiated contract level. ‘We know that’s not […]
Politics is not an appropriate part of a community event like Oxford Village’s Concerts in the Park series. That was the message the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board sent Monday night when it voted 4-3 that it ‘not allow any political announcements, pro or con, for issues or candidates? at events. ‘We’re there to provide […]