By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oxford’s annual remembrance of those in the armed services who died serving our country returns Monday morning. Forced to cancel the traditional ceremony and parade last year, American Legion Walter Fraser Post 108 has a full slate of events planned this Memorial Day weekend. The service is Monday morning, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Township Planning Commission approved a resolution to recommend the township board amend the township zoning ordinance to regulate medical marijuana grow operations under special land use in the industrial zoning of I-1 and I-2. The motion passed 6-0 at the commission’s May 13 meeting held at LakePoint […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Being able to call Wildcat Stadium and the Ian Smith Gymnasium home, Oxford student-athletes are fortunate. It is clear Oxford High School places tremendous emphasis on providing exceptional facilities for their students to compete in, and accessible sightlines, state-of-the-art scoreboards, and a game day experience fans and the community […]
Every year a Teacher of the Year and Support Person of the Year is selected for their outstanding work and service at each of the Oxford Community Schools. From those nominations one teacher is chosen for each school level- elementary, middle, and high school and one support person is chosen for the overall district to […]
Local road reconstruction In the last couple of weeks you may have tooled up or down Seymour Lake Road from about the Village limits, west to Baldwin Road and noticed some road work happening (not to mention some pretty aggressive, car-jolting bumps). According to Craig Bryson, Senior Communications Manager of the Road Commission for Oakland […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Wrapping up their 2021 regular season at 5-6 (1-1 Oakland Activities Association White Division), the Oxford Wildcats boys’ lacrosse team began postseason play on May 21 by squaring off with the Saginaw Heritage Hawks, a member of the Saginaw Valley League, in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) […]
Continuing a two-week trend, this week, our 59th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area again saw decreases in recent cases and a small up-tick in total cases. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 2,654 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 2,678. […]
Oxford Lion Charlie Garrard and other club members hit the streets of town last week for their annual White Cane Sale fundraiser. The Club did not do their fundraiser last year due to COVID-19. Funds raised go to various Lions International charities like Leader Dogs for the Blind, and to help out local families in […]
About 20 volunteers chipped in Sunday, May 23 for the Downtown Development Authority’s Spring Clean-up Day. DDA board members, Village Council, fire department, police department, girl scouts and families planted flowers, weeded, painted, mulched and spruced up the downtown. “It was a great day with so much community effort!” said DDA Executive Director Kelly Westbrook. […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Members of the class of 2021 gathered in the high school Performing Arts Center the evening of May 17 to received awards recognizing their academic achievements throughout their high school careers. “You have worked very, very hard across the board, and I don’t just mean your academic achievements,” Principal […]