The Oakland County Sheriff’s Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting deputies from the Brandon Township substation with the investigation of a single motor vehicle fatal crash that occurred at 4:25 p.m. Sept. 29 on Seymour Lake Rd. at the intersection of Perry Lake Rd. A 65-year-old Oxford man was operating a 1992 Ford Mustang east on […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Hats were worn and the tea was piping hot as a group of local women got together to celebrate the newly-released film “Downton Abbey,” based on the hit television series. Oxford resident Phyllis Miskin and 10 of her fellow “Downton Abbey” fans and friends gathered for a two-day event […]
When its 2020 fiscal year begins Jan. 1, Oxford Township will be ready to roll. Last week, the township board set its millage rates and approved its budgets for next year during a short, special meeting. All of the property tax rates, which will be levied in December, are slightly lower than this year’s millage […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Most everyone can agree that literacy is an important component to a child’s educational development. It is part of the foundation that helps students succeed not only educationally, but professionally as well. When a group of local residents heard that some students in the area needed a little extra […]
BeeHive Homes of Oxford is holding a grand opening celebration on Friday, Oct. 11 and the public is invited to check out the newest assisted living community. It’s located on the west side of N. Glaspie St. in the village, just north of Powell St. and the Polly Ann Trail. “We really just want to […]
We just received word that Beaumont’s application for a certificate of need from the State of Michigan to build a 117-bed hospital on M-24 in Oxford Township, just north of the village, has been “disapproved,” in a 5-page proposed decision. A lack of population within the area that Beaumont was proposing to serve and within […]
No building in downtown Oxford is taller than three stories, but that could change. Glenn Pape, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority, confirmed he’s been talking with a development group that’s interested in potentially constructing a five-story building on a vacant piece of land in the northwest quadrant. “It’s about a $5 million building,” […]
Concerned citizens and government officials are working together to help a young swan with a deformity that will most likely lead to its death if it’s not removed from the wild. Last week, the Polly Ann Trail Management Council voted unanimously to allow the Howell Nature Center or its designee to access the trail right-of-way, […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer No plane tickets to Europe were required this past weekend as local residents had their fill of brews and eats at the first ever Oxtoberfest. The action took place in Centennial Park where guests could be seen enjoying live music and local food and brew. While it was an […]
Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you. Oxford Township resident Aaron Curtis got the bear. More specifically, he bagged his first black bear while hunting on private land near Alpena on Sept. 16. Field dressed, the bear weighed 157 pounds. “I was happy with it,” said Curtis, a 1998 Oxford […]