In March, 2019 Oxford High School graduate Alyssa Schefke was awarded the James B. Angell Scholar award from the University of Michigan. The award is for 3 consecutive terms of all A’s. She is the daughter of Jeff and Kristina Schefke majoring in History (pre-law) with hopes to attend Law School at the University of […]
Dear Editor, While running errands on Saturday, April 10, in Lake Orion, I noticed about 20 people gathered in front of the Bank of America branch on Lapeer Road. They were pretty disturbed about something, so I stopped to find out why. It turns out that major news media reported Bank of America had voluntarily […]
Dear Editor, A warm and heartfelt Thank You to all of my dear friends and wonderful family who helped make my 90th birthday celebration an awesome and magical day! A special thank you to Don Rush of The Oxford Leader for his terrific article covering my Special Day and the Oxford Police and Fire departments […]
Dear Editor: Your readers deserve to know that efforts in Michigan and across the nation by Republicans to strengthen practices around the ballot box will not create roadblocks for voters. As I read the March 21 letter to the Detroit News and Free Press editor written by an attorney making such claims, I was shocked […]
This might be a little late, but hey, it was a COVID-19 world and things happen. Grandparents Anita and Rick Smith, of Oxford introduce their grandson, Wade Richard Boreo, who was born on March 30, 2020. The second son of Stacy and Jason Boreo of Lake Orion was born at Troy Beaumont Hospital, weighing six […]
Dear Editor, The Oxford Village Council, Manager, Attorney, Police Chief, Clerk/Treasurer, and Department heads have diligently spent a long time, a year and a half, working on an ordinance to grant marijuana-business permits for adult-recreation use. It is my hope that the Council will see fit to disallow the marijuana industry in our small, safe, […]
Dear Oxford community, As we near the end of our current pandemic crisis, we are still left with another environmental crisis that needs to be addressed. As a young girl, I spent my summers at my grandparents’ home on eastern Long Island, NY, jumping off a large rock just off shore. But over the years […]
I am grateful for this opportunity to update our community on all the activity in the Student Services Department. This is, without a doubt, our busiest time of year as we prepare to welcome new Wildcats to Oxford and open our enrollment period! This season brings us the honor of interacting with parents—both new and […]
Dear Village of Oxford Councilpersons: I, Ron Renaud of Addison Township, would like to encourage you to VOTE NO on granting any marijuana business licenses anywhere in the Oxford community. It does not help the community and would be a burden to the Village’s financial well-being as the Fees and Excise tax that would be […]
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Oxford Scrapbookers, we would like to publicly acknowledge and thank all who participated in and contributed to our 8th Crafting For Our Community (CFOC) Crop. With the challenges of in-person gatherings this past fall, our 4th annual Thanksgiving Saturday Crop was transferred to a virtual party on Facebook. We […]