What comes once only four years? No, not the presidential election. That’s right – the leap year, that peculiar, quadrennial, calendrical phenomenon when the shortest month of the year is a little less short. This year, there will be a February 29. Unfortunately, the Earth does not make a perfect circle around the Sun exactly […]
Part 1 in a series After noticing an old sign bearing the words ‘The Christian Slayton Public Library’ over the fireplace in the adult room of the Oxford Public Library, visitors often ask, “Who is Christian Slayton?” “Well, Christian Slayton wasn’t a person,” explained Library Director Bryan Cloutier the evening of Feb. 10 in a […]
For the fifth consecutive year, Terry Dworin and his granddaughter Tatum Wright, will take one of their classic hot rods to the Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama, at the TCF Center (formerly known as Cobo Hall) from Friday, Feb. 28-Sunday, Mar. 1. As they have each of the last three years, the pair will display Dworin’s 1953 […]
10 Years Ago March 3, 2010 Steve Porter, pastor of Leonard Community Church, announced his run for the District 1 seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Kim Warda, a 39-year-old Oxford resident and Emergency room nurse at Beaumont Hospital-Troy, spent Feb. 11-17 in Haiti helping treat injured adults and children as the tiny […]
At approximately 7 p.m. on Feb. 22, M.C. ‘Wiches served up its last sub. After 10 years, the iconic, Detroit-themed craft sandwich shop in downtown Oxford has closed its doors. But the owner, Patrick Hingst, isn’t going anywhere. In a few weeks those doors at 40 N. Washington St. will quietly reopen as Woodchips BBQ […]
The Oxford Library has already received its first dress for this year’s Hope Closet drive. “It’s one of the most unique frocks I’ve seen to date,” said Teen Services Librarian Alissa Bach, who has been doing this since 2008. “Lots of flowy layers and ruffles in different, miss-matched patterns.” Hope Closet is a nonprofit, volunteer-run […]
On Feb. 4, Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union Address. On Jan. 29, Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered the State of the State Address. On Feb. 12, Oakland County Executive David Coulter delivered the State of the County Address. And of course, last Thursday, Feb. 20 local officials from Oxford Village and Township came […]
Brave souls take the Polar Plunge in Shadow Lake
A gentle, steady hum emanates from a school bus idling outside Daniel Axford Elementary. “That’s the heater you hear running,” explained Oxford Schools’ Transportation Director Ann Weeden, “not the bus.” A moment later she turned the heaters off. Then all that could be heard was the excited chatter of DA’s Green Team. But the bus […]
Addison Twp. has some expensive homes Based on the latest data from the U.S. Cenus Bureau, Addison Township made the top 50 list of most expensive homes in Michigan. The Census released its estimates of median home values and median property tax bills last December 2019 as part of its five-year estimates for 2014-18. According […]