Oxford Village residents hoping to one day enjoy fresh eggs laid by fowl raised in their own backyards are one step closer to realizing their dream. Last week, council voted 5-0 to direct village attorney Bob Davis to draft an ordinance allowing for the keeping of chickens and bring it back for review at the […]
Oxford Township officials are no strangers to glowing audit reports and the one delivered at last week’s board meeting was no exception. “The township did receive the highest level audit opinion possible, which is an unmodified opinion,” said Rana Emmons, a partner in the Plymouth-based PSLZ LLP Certified Public Accountants. “You have no disclaimers, exceptions, […]
Municipal water is coming to the southeast corner of Oxford Township. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to award a $595,856 contract to the Wixom-based Stante Excavating for a project that involves extending a water main from Oxford Middle School southward, across the Crossroads for Youth campus, to the site of a proposed residential […]
Two big decisions were made during a July 8 special meeting of the Addison Township Library Board of Trustees. One, officials selected the shape of the footprint for the new 5,000-square-foot facility they’re working toward constructing. In a 4-1 vote, the board chose the Y-shaped concept, which includes an uncovered patio area, on a 3.8-acre […]
Oxford Village took its first step toward banning recreational marijuana businesses while its planning commission creates ordinance language to regulate them. Last week, council voted 4-1 to approve the first reading of an ordinance that “prohibits all marijuana establishments” within the village’s boundaries. Councilwoman Kate Logan cast the lone dissenting vote. If approved, the prohibition […]
There will be no delaying the M-24 construction project. It’s still on for next year. That was the word from Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz during last week’s township board meeting. Scholz attended a July 10 meeting between officials from Oxford, Orion, Road Commission for Oakland County and Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The purpose […]
It appears a combination of alcohol consumption and late-night kayaking resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man on Lakeville Lake in Addison Township. At 9:21 a.m. on July 16, the body of Steven E. Giron was found in 7 feet of water about 200 yards from shore between Annandale Rd. and Peninsula Dr., according […]
What could be better than a summer parade downtown? How about a summer parade on a lake? On Saturday, 14 boats got all gussied up to participate in the annual parade and decorating contest on Squaw and Clear lakes in Oxford Township.
Excessive debris jams lift station pumps in Lake Villa, leads to private system overflow OXFORD TWP. – The bad news is some raw sewage from the privately-owned-and-operated sanitary system in the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community flowed into Parker Lake on Friday morning after two pumps in a lift station got clogged with debris and […]
Oxford Community Schools is considering adding someone with a keen sense of smell to its security staff. This week, Superintendent Tim Throne is scheduled to meet with representatives from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and Oxford Township to iron out the details regarding a proposed $25,000 mini-contract through which the district would receive 360 hours […]