One thin dime. That’s the amount by which the garbage bill is increasing for the 1,087 residential customers in Oxford Village. Last week, council voted 4-0 to tack on a 10-cent administration fee, which means customers will now pay $10.60 per month for rubbish and recycling services provided by Green for Life (GFL) Environmental, Inc. […]
Oxford Township gave the green light to Treasurer Joe Ferrari last week to apply for a grant to fund a walking/biking audit of M-24 in the hopes of using the results to expand the community’s safety path network. “I think it’s a win-win for everybody,” said Ferrari, who chairs the township’s safety path committee. The […]
Metamora Township resident Bob Mattila helped affix a new cross to the front of the Oxford Free Methodist Church (790 S. Lapeer Rd.) last week. The fiberglass cross is 12 feet high and 7½ feet wide. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Oxford High students took a much-needed break from their normal routines May 9 to enjoy the school’s annual Spring Carnival. The students played all sorts of fun games, enjoyed hot dogs straight from the grill and grooved to some fantastic live music.
Oxford United Methodist Church is inviting the community to a royal celebration tea fund-raiser on Saturday, May 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. Highlights of this event will include a viewing of the royal wedding on the “big screen,” musical entertainment and a silent auction with more than $2,000 worth of unique items. Food and […]
A total of 58,828 pounds of food was collected Saturday for Oxford-Orion FISH during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) 26th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Carriers from the Oxford Post Office collected 28,220 pounds of canned goods and other nonperishable food items, while the carriers at the Lake Orion Post Office brought […]
Oxford-Orion FISH Vice President Julie Howald (left) and Vicky Haist, food drive coordinator for the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 320, are encouraging residents to participate in the 26th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 12 by leaving canned goods and other non-perishable food items by their mailboxes. The plaques […]
OXFORD TWP. – An agency that’s been serving and saving youth in need for generations is looking to continue its mission, but on half the land it has now. Crossroads for Youth has up to 160 acres of its 320-acre campus, located at 930 E. Drahner Rd., listed for sale through Signature Associates, a commercial […]
After more than three decades of saving lives and protecting property, Lt. Brad Horton is retiring this month from the Oxford Fire Department. “It’s time for me to move on and (embark) on a new adventure,” said the 55-year-old. Horton, a 1981 Oxford High School graduate, has been a member of the department since 1985. […]
Jennifer Lewis was recently honored as the 2018 Youth Sports Staff Member of the Year by the Michigan Recreation and Park Association (mParks). Lewis started her involvement with the department at just 6-years-old, when she began running in its former track club program. At 14-years-old, after spending eight years in the program as an athlete, […]