By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard joined Oxford Township officials in thanking donors for a flag pole and carport installed at the township Oakland County Sheriff’s Office substation on Thursday, Nov. 4. Oxford-based company Carport Structures Corporation donated and built a carport valued at $70,000 while Oxford residents Clark Harris, […]
It’s a Wonderful Life – a live radio play By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Hee-Haw! Kick off the holiday season with a beloved Christmas classic, as a radio show. Oxford High School Theater will perform three showings of It’s a Wonderful Life: Radio Play this week at the performing arts center. “The show is […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oakland County Health Division and the governor’s office both responded to Oxford School Board’s request to reconcile a conflict over the OCHD’s school mask mandate, but their responses were unsatisfactory to Board President Tom Donnelly. “We are awaiting something declarative (legal/constitutional) on this issue,” Donnelly wrote in a letter […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Public Library bond vote failed, according to unofficial results from Oakland County. 3,302 “no” votes outnumbered 1,533 “yes” votes, shooting down the $9.1 million capital improvement bond for the second year in a row. 4,835 people voted overall with precinct 5 having the least number of voters […]
This is our 83rd week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw a decrease in recent cases, and an increase in total cases. COVID-related deaths increased by one to 41. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 3,470 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer 30 new somerset maple trees were planted in Seymour Lake Township Park on Tuesday, Nov. 2 as part of the memorial maples program. The new trees bring the total number of maples in the park up to about 120, expanding the memorial program into the back of the park. […]
A total of 88 people participated in the annual Turkey Trot – running five kilometers, or walking two – at Seymour Lake Township Park on Saturday, Nov. 6. The event was organized by Oxford Township Parks and Rec., and sponsored by Oxford Meijer and Agent Liz Scott of Community Insurance Center. The first-place winners of […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Longtime member of the Oxford community Gregory Brooks is the Detroit Lions’ 2021 Fan of the Year. Now living in Metamora, Brooks is a 35-years season ticket holder, regularly hosts tailgates at Ford Field and has only ever missed three home games. “I bleed Lions,” Brooks said. “When my […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Adult booster and youth COVID-19 vaccines are approved and available for free in Oxford. Adults ages 18 and older are able to get boosters at least six months after their second Pfizer or Moderna dose, or two months after a Johnson & Johnson dose. So long as a full […]
By Dean Vaglia and James Hanlon Leader Staff Writers Staff discovered a series of graffiti and the severed head of a deer inside a courtyard at Oxford High School before school began Nov. 4. “Before school began this morning we identified graffiti on the cement outside our pool entrance doors,” according to an email Principal […]