Six Oxford High School Band and Orchestra students were selected to participate in the prestigious 2018 Michigan Youth Arts Festival (MYAF) which will be held May 10-12 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Students invited to attend the MYAF include Oxford High School senior oboist Hayden Franke, senior clarinetist Trent Evans, senior guitarist Luke […]
With boating season kicking off in just a few short weeks, boaters and swimmers on Addison Township’s Lakeville Lake can expect to feel safe and secure as they take to the lake. Township officials voted last week to continue the township’s 2016-18 agreement with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol (OCSMP), which will allow deputies […]
Oxford Leader Editor C.J. Carnacchio’s opinion writing and photography skills earned him two Excellence in Journalism awards last week from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). “As always, I have to give credit where credit is due and thank my lovely wife, Connie Miller, and the newspaper’s ownership, the Sherman family, […]
Oxford High School junior Amanda Heuser, who’s also enrolled in the cosmetology program at Oakland Schools Technical Campus- Northeast (OSTC-NE) in Pontiac, recently won sixth place in Esthetics-Cosmetology at the SkillsUSA regional competition. The win qualified Heuser to compete at the SkillsUSA state conference last weekend. Although Heuser did not receive any prizes at the […]
A ground-breaking ceremony was held April 19 for a new assisted living facility being constructed off N. Glaspie St. in Oxford Village. Wielding shovels big and small, Bloomfield Hills residents Matt and Marie Kopmeyer, the owners and operators of BeeHive Homes of Oxford, along with their five children, smiled big for the cameras as they […]
An Independence Township scout’s thoughtful project will soon be nourishing the minds, bodies and spirits of rescue dogs in Oxford as they eagerly await adoption. Life Scout Evan Raddatz, a member of Troop 185 sponsored by Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, built three pieces of agility training equipment for […]
By Jim Newell Lake Orion Review Editor Orion Township businessman and Oxford resident Donald Milosch built a used car dealership into one of the top 100 Chrysler dealerships in the world. He was known for his entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to family and friends and community involvement. Milosch passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018. He […]
Addison Township’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) affirmed its July 31, 2017 decision to approve a dimensional variance for a proposed cell tower near Kingsbury Country Day School last week in a 4-1 vote. This approval was granted despite public opposition voiced during a second court-ordered hearing held March 8. For background information on that […]
An Oxford club dedicated to community service is honoring a local man who literally has ‘service’ in his name. William Service was named the 2018 recipient of the Rotary Club of Oxford’s prestigious G.E. Meads Award. He will receive it during a Tuesday, April 24 luncheon at the Oxford Public Library. It begins at noon. […]
There are usually plenty of empty seats in the audience at Oxford Village’s various government meetings and unfortunately, there’s going to be one more from now on. Ronald Rolando, a downtown merchant who was a regular fixture at those meetings, died unexpectedly at his Addison Township home on April 12, 2018. He was 76. “He […]