By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer When we last checked in with Oxford native and Ottawa Senators center Josh Norris, he had only just started playing in the continent’s top hockey league. Now with a full season of NHL play under his belt, Norris is getting the hang of life in the big league. “It’s […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oxford High School varsity Wildcats kept their away-game winning streak alive last week with a 49-42 win over the Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors. The victory improved Oxford’s record to 2-4 overall, and 2-2 in the Oakland Athletic Association (OAA) Red Division. “It’s a tale of two halves,” […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Northeast Oakland Historical Society celebrated the grand re-opening of their downtown Oxford museum this past Sunday. “It is a great feeling to have all these smiling faces back in this building,” society president Bryan Cloutier said in his opening remarks. “It’s been a long time, it’s been a […]
Gavin Green and Claire Spindler were crowned Homecoming King and Queen during Friday’s football game against Clarkston. Photo by D. Vaglia
This is our 77th week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw an increase in recent and total cases. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 3,013 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 3,054. Recent cases, which “… are the positive confirmed cases […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Charter Township of Oxford Board of Trustees had a special meeting to determine the 2022 township budgets on Wednesday, Sept. 22. The final budget came out to around $16.93 million, an increase from last year’s budget which was about $15.07 million. Divided into several sections, the meeting combined […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Charlene “Char” Sutherby is moving to Houghton Lake with her husband, Dan, to be closer to family. She was appointed a Leonard trustee in March 1991, and has served on the village council ever since. “It’s bittersweet in many ways,” Char said. “It feels like there’s more I should […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Are you happy with your trash service, or would you prefer a single waste hauler for the entire township? Addison Township officials want to know. Reports have it some residents are having a hard time getting their trash picked up because the garbage companies prioritize larger contracts with other […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer A severe storm rattled Oxford and Addison townships on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 22, knocking out power for approximately 2,000 area residents according to a DTE Energy outage tracker. The storm came in late Wednesday and damaged utilities with heavy wind. “We had some gusts of at least […]
Garbage trucks no longer able to cross the bridge By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Residents of a peninsula on the Stringy Lakes were surprised earlier this month when a sign went up reducing to nine tons the load limit of the bridge. That bridge is the only access to their homes on the dead-end […]