This is our 74th week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw an increase in recent and total cases and no additional COVID-related deaths. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 2,886 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 2,925. Recent cases, which “… […]
By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach Oxford resident Senior Chief Petty Officer Darwin King is serving as a Navy reservist with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command in D.C. and supports exercise Cutlass Express 2021 in Mombasa, Kenya. The exercise is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Oxford Village resident Joshua Schriver announced he is running as a Republican for the Michigan House District 46 seat. Officially forming his committee on Feb. 4 and holding a kick off event Aug. 29 at Rochester Christian Church, Schriver is one of three Republicans registered for the HD-46 race […]
Adrian Schirr Special to The Leader By now, most of us know we must keep our bodies healthy to prevent diseases like cancer, kidney failure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. What only a small percentage know is the brain is very much part of the package. Even less know, like other […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer A nearly 90-year-old windmill was brought down from Willow Hill Farm on Noble Rd. on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 3. Taken down to be moved to Stacy Simms’ Columbiaville residence, the 1934 Aermotor Model 702 was once used to pump water on Ralph “Bud” Hickmott’s farm. “The windmill […]
With temperatures hot and humid last week, these young entrepreneurs, Faythe Trapp (back) and Jillian Williams, both 10, set up a lemonade and beaded bracelete stand on Teelin Dr. in Oxford Township. Pictured getting ready to make a purchase are Scott MacDonald and Donna Purcell. Readers will be happy to know this week we will […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oxford Community Schools had to switch its mask policy at the last minute after Oakland County Health Division issued an emergency order afternoon Aug. 24, the day before school started. The district had planned to start the school year with a mask-optional policy. The new health order requires all […]
Several ordinance violation cases regarding dock dimension violations on Lakeville Lake were dismissed in court on the morning of Monday, Aug. 23. 10 dock ordinance violation cases were brought before judge Lisa Asadoorian in the Rochester Hills 52nd District court. The violated ordinance in question is article 13 section 13.03 which states single-family homes can […]
This is our 73rd week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw an increase in recent and total cases and one additional COVID-related death. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 2,843 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 2,886. Recent cases, which “… […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) issued Emergency Health Order 2021-1 requiring the use of facial coverings inside K-12 schools, daycares and vocational schools on Tuesday, Aug. 24 – a day before Oxford kids were expected to start the 2021-22 school year. The mandate is based on reports and […]