By View Newspaper Group staff Sunday, Oct. 6 marked the start of the 84th celebration of National Newspaper Week. Since 1940, Newspaper Association Managers has sponsored and supported National Newspaper Week, a week-long promotion of the newspaper industry in the United States and Canada. Each year the group develops a theme, and this year’s is Telling Our […]
Class of 1995’s Mike Hendrix and his son, 2026’s Jack Hendrix By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — “Just for the record, he’s way better than I was,” former Oxford Wildcat quarterback Mike Hendrix said about his son Jack – an Oxford High School junior and the Wildcat’s starting quarterback. “I think at […]
Partial road closures scheduled for festival By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com Oxford’s Scarecrow Festival will return to Washington Square and Burdick Street for its third consecutive year on Sept. 29 from 10-3 p.m., and the DDA is preparing for its biggest year yet, said DDA Executive Director Kelly Westbrook. The day will be packed […]
Fundraiser Sept. 6 at Opa Food & Spirits By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com For Nathaniel Langlie, representing the United States runs in the family. This October, just over 40 years after his mother, Mary, competed as a race walker during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Langlie, who works at Main Street Bicycles in […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com AKRON, OHIO — From the Olympics to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world has a long history of bringing its most-talented together to celebrate their abilities and craft. Oxford and Lake Orion have their own world-class talent: 11-year-old soapbox racer Katie Scotti. Katie began racing about one […]
Trolley Express reflects villages’ history By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — More than a century before Oxford and Lake Orion’s downtown trolley express began shuttling people between the two villages, Detroit had more interurban rail miles than any other city in the country. Riders could not only a trolley by rail between […]
(From left) Clara Umscheid, Zofia Williams, Catherine Willoughby, Ana Ambrosio and Alexandria Firth. Clara, Zofia, Ana and Alexandria helped fold more than 300 paper cranes for Oxford Middle School librarian Catherine Willoughby to take with her to Hiroshima, Japan and place on the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park. Photos by Jim Newell. Oxford […]
Team 2137, The Oxford RoboCats, won the FIRST Impact Award at the Troy District Event 2 last weekend. The team now qualifies for the FIRST in Michigan State Championship this weekend. Photos provided by Team 2137. RoboCats win prestigious Impact Award By Morgan Kindermann Special Contributor to the Leader TROY, Mich. – Oxford High School’s […]
PLYMOUTH — During its Salute to Journalism ceremony held March 14 at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth, the Michigan Press Association (MPA) announced the winners of their 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. View Newspaper Group received recognition with 124 awards and honorable mentions in categories for news and sports reporting and photography, column writing, advertising and […]
Avery G., Neil H, and Noah G. show kids this seasons competition robot. Photos provided By Morgan Kindermann Special to the Leader OXFORD – Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137, The Oxford RoboCats, hosted their annual FLL Explore Expo on March 16 at Oxford Elementary. At the event, 187 students across all […]