By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer “Even stop lights blink a bright red and green,” goes a line from the classic Christmas song “Silver Bells.” In that spirit, the Michigan Department of Transportation effectively gave Oxford an early Christmas gift this year, saving the village $80,000. Since the M-24 construction project began, Oxford Village Manager […]
In our 37th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw a decrease in recent cases, but an increase in total number of cases. There were no new COVID related deaths reported. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last week we reported there were a total of 919 cases from Leonard, west to […]
By Don Rush It’s been a hard nine months for the Collier family, of Oxford. For much of this year the state of Michigan has put the hurt on their family business which has spanned over three generations and 70 years, Collier Lanes. Covid-19 restrictions has kept the lanes closed totally for most of the […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oakland County Commissioner Michael Spisz, R-Oxford Twp., joined Oakland County Executive David Coulter in launching a public education campaign this month to reinforce safety guidelines and control the spread of COVID-19 until a vaccine is widely available. The goal of the effort, entitled “The Only Way To Beat It […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer An important aspect of the Christmas season is helping those less fortunate. One local young man, 17-year-old Ian Davidson, exemplified this by building an outdoor container for Oxford-Orion FISH, allowing food donations to be accepted after hours and securely protected from inclement weather. The wooden container, which measures, five-by-three-by-two-feet, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer In four days, the students of Oxford Community Schools brought in 11,128 cans of food for Oxford/Orion FISH Food Pantry. The canned food items filled not one, but five school buses. Students wanted to stay connected for a common cause during the week of remote learning before the holiday […]
70 homes in the Oxford, Addison and Orion township area received a little extra this week for their regular Meals on Wheels delivery — beside their meals, little Christmas presents. According to Meals on Wheels area coordinator Mary Reynolds, for the first time her group teamed up with Lake Point Church in Oxford Township, […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer A vandal, or group of vandals, utilized bright blue spray paint to deface several areas of Oakwood Lake Township Park, located at 550 East Oakwood Road. Much of the graffiti, which was applied to parking spaces, two park signs, two benches, two disc golf tee pads, a picnic table, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer When Harvest Time Market & Pet Stuff had to close temporarily at the height of Christmas tree season, a former employee and some volunteers stepped up to keep the small business open. The market at 1125 N. Lapeer Rd closed Dec. 3, after a number of the market’s workers […]
In our 36th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw an increase in the number of deaths — the first jump since our Sept. 21 report. The number of deaths for our area doubled, from six to 12. While there was a decrease in recent cases this week, there was an almost 11 […]