Nearly every weekday year-round, folks in the 65 and over crowd in Addison Township head to the senior center housed in the Addison Twp. Hall for classes, friends and events. Addison has kept a senior center program for years, and it never seems to lose its popularity. “Seniors need (a place for them),” said Seniors […]
A runaway and a trashcan fire Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Crossroads for Youth in Oxford on the evening on Sept. 9 to help locate a runaway teenager. A 14-year-old resident of Crossroads had run away, and was later found by an employee without incident. While searching for the girl, deputies found a […]
OXFORD TWP. – If you’re a millionaire who has ever dreamed of owning a private airport in a country setting, today is your lucky day. Sky Ranch, a 155-acre piece of property at 4173 Noble Rd., is for sale. It’s bordered by Noble Rd. to the north, Delano Rd. to the west and Addison Township […]
Harper Murphy, 2, of Commerce Twp., celebrated National Grandparents Day on Sept. 9 by visiting her great-grandmother Gail Ruff at Independence Village of Waterstone in Oxford. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
She said it’s all still a blur, sitting just a few steps away from national giants like former U.S. President Bill Clinton and pop singer Ariana Grande, and looking down at the body of the ‘Queen of Soul’ during Aretha Franklin’s funeral on Aug. 31 at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple. Music and Detroit mean a […]
In the iconic Peanuts comic strip, little Linus never went anywhere without his trusty blanket to protect him from the world. Thanks to the folks at Independence Village of Waterstone, located at 701 Market St. in Oxford Township, other children will have the same type of soft, fuzzy companion to curl up in and carry […]
A person riding a bicycle through an art museum will at best, be asked to leave, and at worst, be arrested. That’s why the Polly Ann Trail Management Council, in conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), is offering the public a unique opportunity to appreciate and learn about some of history’s greatest masterpieces […]
A portion of the Polly Ann Trail in Oxford will be closed for some general maintenance on Friday, Oct. 12. The asphalt section between W. Drahner Rd. and Pleasant St., near the bridge, will be closed for a period of eight hours, according to Trail Manager Linda Moran. She doesn’t know the exact times yet. […]
“Human trafficking is something we’ve never been without in the United States. We even fought a war, everybody knows that, and there was an assumption that it indeed ended slavery. “It did not.” The trailer for “Break the Chain,” a Michigan-made documentary, makes no bones about human trafficking’s enduring presence in American society. The film’s […]
Two pedestrian alleys in downtown Oxford’s southeast quadrant are poised to receive makeovers thanks to a placemaking grant from Flagstar Bank and Main Street Oakland County. The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) was awarded $2,500 to spruce up the public space between the Acheson Building (28 S. Washington St.) and Lori’s Pet Paradise (24 S. Washington […]