Cancer claimed victory over Mark Terrian’s body last week, but it never defeated the man’s spirit, according to family and friends. The 53-year-old Oxford Village resident didn’t let his disease stop him from bringing home a paycheck to support his loved ones. He didn’t let it stop him from living life on his terms and […]
While celebrating the “state of the community,” Oxford Village officials looked toward the upcoming M-24 reconstruction project and the anticipated growth it will bring to the downtown area during the Oxford Chamber of Commerce’s community breakfast on Jan. 22. The audience included the community leaders, business owners and officials that will experience the project’s effects […]
Devona Wassil and her husband Mike sold many of their possessions and moved out to Australia when they were younger so Mike could take a new job for a few years. While they were gone, they rented out their Oxford home. When they returned, they had a house mostly vacant of any furniture and in […]
Honoring their years of service to Oxford, village Police Chief Mike Solwold and township Parks and Recreation Director Ron Davis were given leadership accolades by the chamber of commerce on Jan. 22 during a breakfast at Independence Village of Waterstone. Both men spoke of the community as a family, with Davis noting that family and […]
2018 was a banner year for Oxford-Orion FISH in terms of feeding folks in need. The all-volunteer, nonprofit group provided 186,953 pounds of free food to individuals living in Oxford, Addison and Orion townships and their respective villages. That’s 5,063 pounds more than in 2017. “It’s the most we’ve ever distributed in the history of […]
Oxford can continue to count itself among the nationally-recognized Main Street communities following a successful Jan. 17 evaluation. “We did get reaccredited for our performance last year,” announced Glenn Pape, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), at his governing board’s Jan. 21 meeting. During the evaluation, the DDA received credit for all of […]
When American men marched off to fight in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, the 16 million women they left behind went to work in factories and shipyards making the tools needed to defeat the Axis powers. Their contributions on the home front were embodied by the cultural icon known as Rosie the […]
Oh, the temperature outside was frightful, but the fermented beverages inside were delightful. Instead of hiding in their homes from the freezing weather Sunday afternoon, 105 folks attended the Oxford Women’s Club’s 15th Annual Wine and Beer Tasting held at the Buhl Estate in Addison Oaks County Park. The fund-raiser netted nearly $2,600 for the […]
Now 11 games strong, the Wildcat boys’ winning streak on the basketball court is breaking records. Facing two tough teams last week, the boys proved they could be in it for the long haul. Pontiac and Lake Orion proved no match for the Wildcats this season, and the boys now hold the record for the […]
Downtown Oxford took a big step toward potentially securing a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. On Jan. 18, the State Historic Preservation Review Board in Lansing nominated the historic part of town for the official federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that have significance in terms of American history, […]