After a hard-fought meet on Sept. 6, Oxford’s varsity girls’ swim and dive team fell to fellow Oakland Activities Association (OAA) white division swimmers, the Stoney Creek Cougars. The Cougars took the meet 107-76. “The girls had some great swims and dives, but the Cougars had more depth than the Wildcats,” head coach Jackie Rank […]
A total of 101 people – 77 walkers and 24 volunteers – participated in the Third Annual Ruck for the Fallen fund-raiser on Saturday. Starting at the Orion War Memorial, participants walked 23 miles along M-24 until they reached Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4139 in Lapeer. The walk raised approximately $5,500 for Project Brotherhood […]
OXFORD TWP. – An attached condominium on Stony Lake Ct., just west of M-24, suffered an estimated $110,000 in structural damage as a result of a fire that erupted inside it on Friday, Sept. 7. “It did a substantial amount of damage,” said Oxford Assistant Fire Chief Dave Creech, who’s been with the department since […]
Let the children learn Sitting out in front of her home and intoxicated, a 36-year-old Oxford mother called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies to report her son’s wanting to go to school on Sept. 5. When officers arrived at about 10 a.m., two hours after her call, she was still outside the home and visibly drunk, […]
Wyatt Milkovie just started the fifth grade at Leonard Elementary School and he’s already a champion race car driver. Sitting behind the wheel of his classic-looking, black-and-red soapbox racer named “The Squishmobile,” the young man took on all comers and in the end, was crowned champion of the Second Annual Strawberry Derby held Saturday morning […]
Folks who fail to shovel the snow on their sidewalks this winter could find themselves shoveling cash out of their wallets under a new ordinance in Oxford Village. Following months of discussion, drafts and revisions, council approved, in a 4-0 vote last week, a new snow/ice removal ordinance with some last-minute changes adjusting the fines […]
Going into the new year with a renewed desire to make Oxford an exceptional school district, the board of education, at its Aug. 28 meeting, reviewed the highs and lows from last year’s climate survey issued to staff and parents. Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Ken Weaver explained how the district can improve based on […]
ADDISON TWP. – Family members, friends and a neighbor with medical training worked together to save a 3-year-old girl who nearly drowned Sept. 2 in Lakeville Lake The incident happened in the 100 block of Annandale Rd., just east of Rochester Rd., near the shoreline of her grandparents’ home. According to witness statements in the […]
Lots of folks walk for different reasons. Some do it for exercise. Some do it for relaxation and recreation. Some do it just to get where they’re going. And some walk for a good cause. On Saturday, Sept. 8, people are invited to take a 23-mile walk along M-24 as part of the Third Annual […]
Editor’s Note: After this story was published, FISH President Laurene Baldwin called to inform us that due to some delays in the new pantry project, all of the dates contained in the below story will be changing. She will advise us what the new dates are when they’ve been determined and we will share them with our readers. […]