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 […]
An Oxford Village teen is hoping to earn the rank of Eagle Scout by helping others fight the same enemy he’s been battling for almost three years now – cancer. With some help from his fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 366, Gibson Underwood recently filled 120 bottles with 10 milliliters each of a special […]
Four generations of women came together Sunday afternoon for a National Grandparents Day celebration at Independence Village of Waterstone in Oxford Township. Pictured above are Gunny Haefner (center, seated) with her granddaughter Ortonville resident Kathy Sowles (from left), great-granddaughters Izzy and Sophia Sowles, and daughter Linda Lamphere, of Clarkston. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Now might be a good time to corner the market on straw as downtown Oxford prepares for the return of the annual Scarecrow Festival on Saturday, Oct. 6. Organized by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the fun fall festival will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include a whole slew of activities, games, […]
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, […]