Back in 1854, the Flying Cloud was one of the fastest trade ships on the Atlantic Ocean. Famous for its speed, being one of the largest merchant ships launched in the United States and having a female navigator, a model of the clipper ship now sits inside Addison Township Clerk Pauline Bennett’s office thanks to […]
OXFORD TWP. – Work has begun renovating an existing facility on the Crossroads for Youth campus so it can house current and future female victims of abuse and neglect during their treatment and healing. “It will be more state-of-the-art,” said Karen Gully, community relations coordinator for Crossroads, a private, nonprofit treatment agency that serves at-risk […]
What could be better than curling up with a good book on a cold winter day? How about doing it with a big, furry companion who enjoys tummy rubs? On Saturday, Wendy, a 10-year-old German Shepherd, listened while kids read to her at the Oxford Public Library as part of the annual Read to a […]
Owls from the Howell Nature Center visited the Oxford Public Library on March 7 as part of a special presentation on raptors. Beth Baumgartner, the wildlife education coordinator at the center, brought four owls – a great horned owl, screech owl, barn owl and snowy owl – as visual aids. For more photos from the […]
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Oxford Village will host a corned beef dinner on Sunday, March 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults and $6 for children under the age of 12. The meal will include a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner […]
Step-sibling squabble Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from an Oxford home on March 4 after reports of possible domestic violence. Two step siblings, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, got into an argument while pushing the family car into the garage to warm up. The girl told officers the boy, her […]
Adding even more momentum to what has been a storybook season for Oxford’s boys basketball team, the Wildcats won their first district championship since the 1990s with a triumph over their cross-town rivals in Lake Orion on Friday night with a 39-32 score. The districts win marks the Wildcat’s first as a Class A school. […]
Starting later this month, folks who live in and around Lakeville will no longer be required to use Leonard as part of their address. It’s all thanks to the yearlong efforts of a group of residents and officials who are passionate about preserving local history and are sticklers when it comes to geography. Beginning March […]
The question of whether or not officials should be allowed to attend and vote at meetings through virtual means, such as on platforms like Skype, was discussed by the Oxford Board of Education for over a half hour on Feb. 26. Many of the officials had differing opinions on the issue. For now, the board […]
House of Providence was on just about everybody’s lips at the Feb. 28 Oxford Township Planning Commission meeting. Opponents and supporters of the nonprofit organization’s ongoing efforts to open facilities to house and care for foster youth in the township’s northeast quadrant – an area known as horse or hunt country – packed the meeting […]