No sooner did the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) vote to recommend someone to fill a vacancy than another board member announced her resignation. At its Dec. 17 meeting, the DDA board voted 7-0 to recommend to the village council that Michelle Klein be appointed to the seat vacated by Nancy Rosentrater. Klein is part […]
Visiting with Santa Claus at Daniel Axford Elementary are sisters Addison (left) and Maggie Bull. Maggie is a kindergartner at Daniel Axford. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio. Check out a copy of this week’s Oxford Leader for all kinds of holiday photos.
Anger and frustration from horse country residents who believe they’re being ignored bubbled over during the Dec. 12 Oxford Township Board meeting following a vote to replace a longtime planning commissioner. They disrupted the proceedings leading officers from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office to ask people to leave after they failed to heed the same […]
Protest and ye shall receive. In response to citizen complaints regarding the 60 tickets the municipality issued on Nov. 27 and 28 for failure to clear snow from sidewalks, the Oxford Village Council last week voted 3-1 to begin the process of amending the three-month-old ordinance that prompted those citations. “Many of our residents, I […]
As it does every year, the Rotary Club of Oxford invaded the high school’s performing arts center for a few hours on Dec. 11 to celebrate the Christmas season with a luncheon. Ninety-eight people showed up to enjoy lunch and dessert made by the Oxford Schools nutrition team. Plenty of students from Oxford High School […]
Jeff Morrison loves visiting Detroit. Its reputation is steeped in history and the never failing resilience it’s become famous for. He loves walking the city and seeing downtown’s rebirth firsthand. But, amidst all the modernism that has invaded the city in the last decade, Morrison, an Oxford resident and 1977 graduate of Oxford High School, […]
Three votes is all it will take to become the newest member of the Oxford Village Council now that there’s a vacancy. Last week, council voted 4-0 to accept the immediate resignation of Councilman Erik Dolan, who did not attend the meeting. Dolan, who was appointed to council in April 2016 and elected in November […]
An attorney representing landowners in the agricultural and suburban farms zoning districts of northeastern Oxford presented a petition from them requesting zoning ordinance text amendments to the township board at its Dec. 12 meeting. Located in what is commonly referred to as horse, or hunt, country, the property owners believe these proposed amendments are necessary […]
Accusations that a member of the planning commission is ineligible to serve under state law arose during last week’s Oxford Township Board meeting. Officials voted 7-0 to reappoint Tom Berger to the planning commission for a three-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2019 and ending Dec, 31, 2021. He’s served on the board since 2004. But […]
For the second straight meeting, the Oxford Village Council last week held off on making a decision as to whether marijuana-related businesses would be prohibited or allowed in light of the drug’s Dec. 6 legalization. “The good news is that there’s no hurry because nobody can open one or even apply yet to open one […]