By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Gavin Lawrey can be seen rolling through the hallways of Oxford Middle School in his upgraded set of wheels, thanks to the Oxford Robotics team. Gavin was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease, an incurable, progressive, genetic disorder when he was 4 ½-years-old. According to the Cleveland Clinic, Mitochondrial Disease occurs […]
Officials to reconsider proposal in February A motion to allocate nearly $500,000 for the construction of a safety path along the south side of Seymour Lake Rd., from Dunlap Rd. to Sanders Rd., was shot down last week by the Oxford Township Board. It failed in a 4-2 vote not because officials are opposed to […]
Money from the federal government continues to roll in for the Oxford Fire Department. The department was recently awarded a $154,090 grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Oxford will add $15,409 to purchase two new exhaust removal systems to replace the existing ones at both […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting deputies from the Brandon Township substation with the investigation of a single motor vehicle fatal crash that occurred at 4:25 p.m. Sept. 29 on Seymour Lake Rd. at the intersection of Perry Lake Rd. A 65-year-old Oxford man was operating a 1992 Ford Mustang east on […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Hats were worn and the tea was piping hot as a group of local women got together to celebrate the newly-released film “Downton Abbey,” based on the hit television series. Oxford resident Phyllis Miskin and 10 of her fellow “Downton Abbey” fans and friends gathered for a two-day event […]
When its 2020 fiscal year begins Jan. 1, Oxford Township will be ready to roll. Last week, the township board set its millage rates and approved its budgets for next year during a short, special meeting. All of the property tax rates, which will be levied in December, are slightly lower than this year’s millage […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Most everyone can agree that literacy is an important component to a child’s educational development. It is part of the foundation that helps students succeed not only educationally, but professionally as well. When a group of local residents heard that some students in the area needed a little extra […]
BeeHive Homes of Oxford is holding a grand opening celebration on Friday, Oct. 11 and the public is invited to check out the newest assisted living community. It’s located on the west side of N. Glaspie St. in the village, just north of Powell St. and the Polly Ann Trail. “We really just want to […]
We just received word that Beaumont’s application for a certificate of need from the State of Michigan to build a 117-bed hospital on M-24 in Oxford Township, just north of the village, has been “disapproved,” in a 5-page proposed decision. A lack of population within the area that Beaumont was proposing to serve and within […]
No building in downtown Oxford is taller than three stories, but that could change. Glenn Pape, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority, confirmed he’s been talking with a development group that’s interested in potentially constructing a five-story building on a vacant piece of land in the northwest quadrant. “It’s about a $5 million building,” […]