Senior center keeping COVID at bay

Senior center keeping COVID at bay

As the number of COVID-19 increases across the state, one local company is proud of their efforts to keep the virus at bay. Opened this past September, Grace Senior Living (which spans both Oxford and Orion townships) is employing multiple hi-tech solutions for virus, bacteria, mold, and other pathogen control within its brand new 55,000 […]

Leader welcomes new student contributor

Leader welcomes new student contributor

My name is Amanda Wayne. I am 17 years old, and I go to school at the Oxford Virtual Academy as a senior this year. I started taking online classes in my freshman year because online courses help me pace better, not get distracted quickly, etc. I currently live with my mom and brother. My […]

Six Wildcat gridders named to All-OAA Red Team

Six Wildcat gridders named to All-OAA Red Team

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Announced on November 5, six Oxford Wildcat football players were named to the All-Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Red Division Team. Seniors Carter Gilbert, Brennan Mielnicki, Jack Wandrie and John Valvo, junior Gavin Green and sophomore Tate Myre were the players who received the honor. Three of these players were […]

Weekly COVID Update

In our 31st week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw big jumps in recent cases, and in total cases. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last we reported there were a total of 305 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 372 cases, nearly a 22 percent increase. Recent cases increased […]

Youth nominated for Caring Award

Youth nominated for Caring Award

By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Out of thousands of nominees nationwide, Alex VanHaren, 14, is one of five finalists for the Caring Institute’s Young Adult Caring Award, a national service recognition. The young Oxford philanthropist needs votes from the public to win the award. When he was only nine years old, VanHaren founded Scarves […]

Democracy in action

Democracy in action

Despite record numbers of absentee ballots delivered to Oxford Township, all over town yesterday, voters lined up early to cast their votes. Here, voters in the early morning sun wait outside Oxford Public Library. Results from the Nov. 3 election will be in next week’s Oxford Leader. Photo by J. Hanlon.

M-24 W. Burdick intersection torn up (again)

M-24 W. Burdick intersection torn up (again)

By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The west half of the Burdick St./M-24 intersection in downtown Oxford was closed for another three days from Friday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1. The closure was to allow crews to remove and replace a faulty leveling course (second layer of asphalt) that had just been laid. This […]

Weekly COVID Update

In our 30th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw big jumps in recent cases, and in total cases. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last week we reported there were a total of 255 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 305 cases, nearly a 20 percent increase. Recent cases […]

They didn’t whistle while they worked.

They didn’t whistle while they worked.

While not exactly the cast of a Walt Disney movie, the dwarfs of Country Coney, on S. Lapeer Road, with names like Bossy, Sassy and Sudsy worked hard to keep customers happy, well fed and entertained. Too, bad Halloween only comes once a year. Photo by J. Sherman

Oxford 7 reopens after bankruptcy, executive orders

Oxford 7 reopens after bankruptcy, executive orders

By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer After seven and a half months, Oxford’s movie theater is screening films again. The iconic Oxford 7 at 48 S. Washington reopened Friday, Oct. 30. The seven-plex theater will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to give the road construction downtown a chance to wrap up. “Our plan is […]