Police protection in Oxford Township is going to increase. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to amend the 2019-21 law enforcement services agreement with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office to add one deputy and one patrol investigator. The additions will take effect after the county Board of Commissioners approves the amendment. Based on the […]
Oxford Village residents are one step closer to being able to raise chickens in their backyards. Last week, council voted 5-0 to approve the first reading of a proposed, three-page ordinance that would allow for the keeping of chickens on residential properties (for the text, see below). The next step is a second reading and […]
Oxford Village offers a number of services to its residents and it appears that childcare could soon be one of them. Last week, officials continued discussing the idea of using the village’s community room as a space to make free, supervised childcare available to the public during council meetings. The hope is this will potentially […]
Councilwoman challenges twp. to ‘match’ contribution Oxford Village’s council has agreed to help sponsor this year’s Christmas parade and one council member issued a challenge to the township government to do the same. Last week, council voted 4-1 to approve giving the Oxford Chamber of Commerce $1,500 for the Christmas parade, which is scheduled to […]
Butterburgers are coming to Oxford. Last week, township planning commissioners voted 6-0 to grant special land use approval, along with preliminary and final site plan approvals, for a 4,105-square-foot Culver’s restaurant with 55 parking spaces. “It’s a good plan,” said Commissioner Jack Curtis. It will be constructed on a 3.46-acre piece of vacant land located […]
Final site plan approval for a residential development along E. Drahner Rd. was granted in a 6-0 vote by the Oxford Township Planning Commission last week. Trident-Crest III, in partnership with the Rochester-based Silverado Custom Homes, will be constructing a site condominium development consisting of 49 single-family, detached units on 32 acres on the south […]
By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Oxford resident Jeff Morrison has been a graphic artist for over 30 years and one project he started four years ago, is finally paying off. Morrison, author of “Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture in the Motor City,” recently found out that he is one of three winners for the […]
Members of the public are being asked to complete surveys to help Oxford Community Television (OCTV) secure funding that’s needed to keep the local public access station and its programming on the air. Between now and Nov. 1, residents of Oxford and Addison townships, along with the villages of Oxford and Leonard, can participate in […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Oxford Fire Department hosted its annual open house at Station #1 on M-24. There was plenty to see and do as kids and parents toured the facility, used equipment, chatted with firefighters and got to check out a medical helicopter that landed behind the station.
Justin Zaccagnini is bothered by how the general public’s perception of people with mental illness is often colored by media reports of them committing “atrocious crimes.” To the 26-year-old Oxford resident, these depictions do not represent him or his fellow members of Clubhouse Inspiration in the Oxford Mills shopping center. “Most of us are just […]