Oxford Village is moving its office, but the address will remain 22 W. Burdick St. That’s because it’s being relocated to another space within the same building. During a special 7 a.m. meeting on April 16, council voted 4-0 to move the manager, clerk/treasurer and other staff members into the vacant space previously occupied by […]
Several new big-ticket items will soon outfit the Addison Township Fire Department. A new ambulance, a thermal imaging camera and 10 sets of turnout gear were unanimously approved for purchase, bypassing Addison’s purchasing ordinance for the gear and camera, by the Addison Township Board at its April 15 meeting. The fire board did not vote […]
Over the years, local scouts working to attain the rank of Eagle have made numerous improvements to the Polly Ann Trail. They’ve added map boxes, donation poles, rest areas, bat nurseries and dog waste bag dispensers to the 16.9-mile non-motorized, recreational trail that runs through Addison, Oxford and Orion townships as well as the villages […]
Talk of art, history and literature will fill the Oxford Public Library on April 29 as local author Iris Underwood and illustrator Joyce Harlukowicz visit to speak on “The Mantle.” Underwood penned the novel last fall and Harlukowicz illustrated it. In telling the story of the fictional Mahari people, Underwood did a great deal of […]
On Saturday morning, bags filled with 10,000 colorful, plastic Easter eggs were dumped from atop the Oxford Fire Department’s aerial truck. Once they hit the ground at LakePoint Community Church, more than 200 children armed with baskets, bags and buckets scrambled to collect as many as they could. For many more photos from the event, […]
Just over four months after being violently shaken by her father and suffering a severe brain injury, Emily Paige Williams’ brief time on Earth came to an end. The infant passed away shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, April 12. She had been removed from a ventilator earlier that day. “We all miss her dearly,” […]
Over $500,000 will be put toward security initiatives in Oxford Schools thanks to a grant from the Michigan State Police (MSP). At the April 9 board of education meeting, Superintendent Tim Throne announced the district had received a $442,773 reimbursement grant from the MSP. As part of the grant, the district must match 25 percent, […]
“You’re listening to Jack Attack Facts, where I attack you with facts about science and more.” Jack Collins, a second-grader at Daniel Axford Elementary, is a talkative eight-year-old who will enthusiastically tell you about whatever is on his mind. True to his personality, the talkative little guy hosts his own podcast focusing on what piques […]
Less dust, smoother roads for vehicles and safer conditions for pedestrians – that’s what a group of concerned residents who live along gravel roads in Oxford Township is asking their local government to give them. Speaking during the public comment segment at last week’s township board meeting, eight residents living on Coats and Sanders roads […]
Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz is hoping to temporarily remove a barrier that separates two portions of a residential street so as to provide first-responders with quicker and better access to the western and northern parts of the community during the M-24 construction project next year. Last week, Scholz approached the village council about the […]