Calling all children with a love for coloring: Oxford Township has the perfect contest for you! To help promote the 2020 U.S. Census, youngins’ are invited to participate in a coloring contest with prizes that are sure to help motivate the artists to stay in the lines. The contest is open to children in kindergarten […]
10 years ago Feb 17, 2010 Oxford resident Nathan Engler, 12, was honored for being Michigan’s Phase 1 student winner in the Fuel Up to Play 60 national competition to fight childhood obesity. The program empowers kids to take charge of their health by spending 60 minutes a day engaged in physical activity. Hard work […]
“How many ways can a black hole kill you?” To find out, you’ll have to come out to the Seven Ponds Astronomy Club’s chili night this Saturday, Feb. 15. Physicist Dr. Rajib Ganguly will ponder this question with guests over warm chili at the nature center, 3854 Crawford Rd. in Dryden. The event begins at […]
Reconstruction work began on the 770 foot safety path bridge over the wetlands on the north side of Drahner Rd. between Pontiac Rd. and Pinecrest Apartments on Jan. 27. Joists, decking and railing will all be replaced due to corrosion and wood rot. The boardwalk will be closed for two months. The Oxford Township Board […]
Just because . . . “I want to make this very clear: we are not becoming a city. But I would like to begin to explore what that may look like,” said Oxford Village president Joe Frost at an informal strategic planning session Jan. 27 in the community room at the village offices. Frost recently […]
May 1, 2015 was NFL draft night and Brandon O’Neill had people over to hang out and play cards. When he woke up in the morning, he was on the floor and couldn’t move. He called to his roommate, who thought he was joking. But Brandon was paralyzed. He was rushed to St. Joe’s hospital […]
Long-time teacher Tucker passes Around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oxford Community Schools announced long-time teacher, coach Gayle Tucker had passed. “It is with extremely heavy hearts we share that last night our school community lost long-time teacher, colleague, coach, and friend Gayle Tucker. Gayle passed away at home in the company of her dear family […]
A lawsuit against the state of Michigan, filed in Nov. 2019 by Southfield-based Beaumont Health, was dismissed in a Court of Claims on Jan. 14. According to Beaumont, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) initially expressed a need for a facility in northern Oakland County, citing a 117-bed shortage. However, MDHHS then […]
Oxford Village Councilwoman Kate Logan made a surprise announcement at the end of a two and a half hour informal strategic planning session in the community room of the village offices on Jan. 27. “I accepted a position with the Department of Defense,” Logan said. The job is term-limited with a seven-month contract and will […]
Utility work on M-24 is wrapping up and taking a break before the actual reconstruction work begins in earnest this April. Consumers Energy has finished its gasline relocation work between Drahner Rd. and Stanton St. Consumers will finish its work between Stanton and Harriet St. from about March 2 to April 1. During this time, […]