By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Another Eagle Scout recently emerged from Troop 366. Max Charlton just became the 43rd member of the troop to become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America program. Charlton began scouting in the first grade while attending Daniel Axford Elementary and a few […]
A four-page draft of Oxford Village’s proposed ordinance to regulate recreational, or “adult use,” marijuana businesses is heading to a legal eagle for review. After another lengthy round of discussion, questions and comments at their Sept. 17 meeting, planning commissioners agreed to send the language to village attorney Bob Davis to get his analysis and […]
Opportunities for Oxford students to participate in a sport have moved beyond bats and balls into bows and arrows. Oxford Competitive Archery, a club open to students in grades 6-12, is now meeting and shooting at the range inside Beyond The Ears (155 S. Washington St.) every Monday. Middle school members meet from 3:15 to […]
It’s hard to say what was sweeter Saturday afternoon at the Addison Twp. Public Library – the mouth-watering baked goods or the eye-popping vintage vehicles. Folks gathered in Lakeville to participate in the Sixth Annual Classic Car and Cupcake Challenge. There was no shortage of award-winners as amateur bakers and auto aficionados competed. Michele Poppe’s […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer It looks like school buses powered by fossil fuels could be going the way of the dinosaur. Oxford, along with six other school districts in the state of Michigan were awarded a grant that would allow these districts to receive electric school buses that would replace old diesel buses […]
Oxford resident Mark Skowneski had an unexpected and unwelcome late-night visitor when a massive tree fell over and crashed into his manufactured home on Hunters Rill, causing extensive and severe damage, in the wee hours of Sept. 12. “It was a shock,” said the 59-year-old. “My first thought was, ‘Did a tornado just touch down?’ […]
A 28-year-old Oxford man is facing two felony charges for allegedly hitting and killing a man with his vehicle in Detroit on Sept. 11, then leaving the scene. Matthew Christian Bockart was arraigned Saturday in 34th District Court in Romulus on one count of reckless driving causing death and one count of failure to stop […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. – Crossroads for Youth has some new hiking trails thanks to the efforts of 175 volunteers, who spent Sept. 11 toiling and sweating beneath the late-summer sun. Students and faculty from Rochester University, as well as two partnering sponsors, caravaned from the university, located in Rochester Hills, […]
After 48 minutes of opposition, questions and concerns expressed by a group of residents from what is commonly referred to as horse country, the Oxford Township Board, at its Sept. 11 meeting, decided it needed more information and voted 7-0 to postpone making a decision on whether to apply for a $1 million state grant […]
Police protection in Oxford Township is going to increase. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to amend the 2019-21 law enforcement services agreement with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office to add one deputy and one patrol investigator. The additions will take effect after the county Board of Commissioners approves the amendment. Based on the […]