Ice cream and goody bags ended the 2019 Summer Reading Program at the Oxford Public Library on Aug. 7. That’s what the kids who read for at least 25 days since June received during a celebration to honor their efforts. A total of 709 kids, ages 3-11, registered for the program, which ran from June […]
Folks who haven’t checked out Oxford Township’s new senior center are invited to do so during a special event on Tuesday, Aug. 20 There will be an open house, complete with refreshments and free gifts, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the 3,126-square-foot facility inside Seymour Lake Park. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at […]
Oxford resident Levi Herrick, 4, chills in the children’s department at the Oxford Public Library with a teddy bear that’s his size. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Four Oxford Middle School students recently spent some time learning what it’s like to work in the clouds and among the stars. Seventh-graders Cody and Sierra Musial, Madilyn Krozek and Grant Arundale attended Space Academy and Aviation Challenge Mach II at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Both are week-long educational programs […]
Operating millage proposals to continue funding police protection and parks/recreation services in Oxford Township were approved by voters in the Aug. 6 special election. The five-year, 3.9152-mill police tax proposal was approved 2,124 to 933. Revenue generated by it will continue paying for law enforcement services provided by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. The approved […]
LakePoint Community Church’s Veterans Ministry hosted its annual picnic and barbecue for veterans, both local and homeless, and their family members on Saturday. Paying their respects to the flag and singing along to the National Anthem are World War II veteran Bud Abbott (left), of Orion Township, and Rev. Bob Holt, associate pastor of LakePoint […]
OXFORD VILLAGE – On Friday morning, an accident that encompassed both the southbound and northbound lanes of M-24, just north of Lincoln St., rendered all three of the involved vehicles undriveable and sent one driver to the hospital. According to the village police report, a 70-year-old Addison man was stopped in the left southbound lane, […]
Rochester Hills resident Suzanne Zeitman, 69, atop her horse Elgassi, a 31-year-old Swedish Warmblood, passed a dressage test Saturday morning at Ashley Oaks Farm on Oakwood Rd. in Oxford Township and secured her place in The Dressage Foundation’s elite Century Club. Holding the reins is farm owner Sue Ashley, of Oxford. For the full story, […]
Operating millage proposals to continue funding police protection and parks/recreation services in Oxford Township were approved by voters in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 special election. The five-year, 3.9152-mill police tax proposal was approved 2,124 to 933, based on the unofficial results posted by the Oakland County Elections Division. The revenue generated by it will continue […]
Reaction on Facebook mixed A new logo to represent high school athletics was unveiled by Oxford Community Schools on Aug. 2, but that doesn’t mean the circular Wildcat logo that people are familiar with is being scrapped. It will still be used at other levels within the district. “It’s just an additional logo,” said Athletic […]