Strawmen must be up by Oct. 1 Can you feel it? The air is getting cooler. The kids are back in school. The days are getting shorter, while the nights are growing longer. Football fans are busy cheering their teams on to victory. No doubt about it, autumn is coming. In downtown Oxford that can […]
Here’s a bit of irony for you – checking for a possible natural gas leak created one at 2 S. Glaspie St. in Oxford Village on Friday. According to Debra Dodd, spokesperson for Consumers Energy, one of their contractor was using a “pin bar” to poke holes in the ground as part of the leak […]
The Oxford Fire Department will host its annual open house on Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. It will be held at Fire Station #1, located at 96 N. Washington St. in the village. Activities will include a smoke house, exploring the fire trucks and ambulances, meeting firefighters, spraying a fire hose, fire […]
On Monday morning, Oxford Community Schools students returned to the classroom to begin another year of learning, exploring, growing and making new friends. Good luck, everyone!
Lakeville husband keeps vow to wife as they prepare to celebrate 50 years “To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.” When brides and grooms recite these traditional wedding vows, they’re […]
A 19-year-old Metamora woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on E. Oakwood Rd., near Gardner Rd., in Oxford Township at 10:08 p.m. on Aug. 21. Keara Belle Obrzut was driving a 2018 BMW X4 and headed east on E. Oakwood Rd. when she lost control of her vehicle, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s […]
Thanks to a local nonprofit group, some Oxford and Lake Orion students are starting the new school year with the tools necessary to help them succeed academically. On Friday, Oxford-Orion FISH distributed brand-new backpacks brimming with a variety of school supplies to 115 students from low-income families. An additional 33 backpacks were handed out on […]
A 2018 Oxford High School graduate spent some time in Africa this summer working with and learning about a big cat that many experts claim is dangerously close to extinction in the wild. For two weeks, Jordyn Hughes, 18, volunteered at Feracare Wildlife Centre, a reserve located in Bela-Bela, a town in South Africa’s Limpopo […]
Even though they’ve been in place for eight years now, apparently, some people are still confused about what to do when they encounter the pedestrian crossing signals located where the Polly Ann Trail intersects W. Burdick St. and W. Drahner Rd. in Oxford. In light of this, officials are reminding people to obey the laws […]
Senior citizens flocked to Oxford Township’s new senior center in Seymour Lake Park on Aug. 20 for an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony. “It’s your facility, so I hope you like it,” said Parks and Rec. Director Ron Davis as he addressed the crowd. According to Dawn Medici, recreation specialist and senior coordinator, 150 of […]