Leonard Elementary students raised around $335 for the Children’s Hospital of Detroit. Sage Brocco, a student at Oxford Schools Early College, reached out to Leonard’s Student Council to help him gather donations for his Capstone Project. His goal was to provide a book and crayons for each of the 228 patient rooms. 100 percent of […]
Usually we reserve the front page feature photo for our best photo — and usually those photos are taken by us. Not this week. We could not help but showcase this photo of Blake Marie Shalayko, who will be two this Saturday, with her first ice creamed “brain freeze.” This photo was taken at the […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Addison Township Public Library will submit an application this week, requesting funding for a new library building, through U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin’s office. Members of Congress are allowed to submit ten qualified, local projects to the Appropriations Committee for consideration of targeted federal funds for local governments, as […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Four cheers for four beers! HomeGrown Brewing Co. bagged as many medals for its brews at the 10th annual New York International Beer Competition. Over 800 submissions from around the world were judged remotely. Located at 28 N. Washington St. in downtown Oxford, HomeGrown was also named “Michigan Belgian […]
By Don Rush Last month The Oxford Leader reported about a fire on Ora Road. The result of the fire, we reported at the time, was that the garage was totally destroyed and “west winds caused the fire to jump to the house, which was damaged mostly by water and smoke, but is structurally sound […]
Riley Hodder Parents: Cale and Teresa Hodder GPA: 4.15 Favorite Subject: I like all math classes Plans after graduation: I know I’m going to college, but I’m still applying Extracurricular Activities: I am co-captain of the Oxford High School Equestrian Team, as well as a member of the NHS chapter of Oxford high school. Outside […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Ahead of the girls’ soccer season-opener against the Fenton Tigers on April 6, a game Oxford would win, 4-0, six members of the Class of 2021 signed their National Letters of Intent (LOI) to continue their student-athlete careers at the collegiate level. In alphabetical order, here is a rundown […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer In their first game action in 670 days, the Oxford Wildcat baseball team won their first two games of the 2021 season in convincing fashion, topping the Troy Athens Red Hawks, 10-0, on April 6 and the Oakland Christian Lancers, 10-4, three days later. Against the Red Hawks, a […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Opening their campaign on April 6 against an old Flint Metro League (FML) foe Fenton Tigers, the Oxford Wildcats girls’ soccer program began their first season in two years with a 4-0 victory. Junior Carly Boyd scored Oxford’s first goal of the year with 17:30 remaining in the first […]
2020 is gone. And, Guido’s Premium Pizza is bullish in the future. “The last 12 months were difficult,” owner Shawn McGuire said. “But pizza sales have remained strong and have even surged. We are super excited to have won Best Pizza for the 12th straight year and are very proud to call the Oxford/Lake Orion […]