Using a sport he is passionate about, an Addison Township resident is trying to make life a little easier for children who have lost someone essential to growing up – a parent. Brian Evans has long been a disc golf enthusiast and has a close group of friends he plays a course with every week. […]
Summer campers at the Oxford Early Learning Center got a welcome interruption to their day on Friday, Aug. 17 when volunteers from K9 Stray Rescue League and Scruffy the dog stopped by to say thank you for the work the summer campers had done on their behalf. Over the summer, these summer campers raised $575 […]
Do you take credit cards? An Oxford Village police officer was on patrol when he noticed a black Chevy Silverado speed through an intersection. He followed the vehicle to see if the truck was speeding. Indeed, it was speeding and swerving in and out of its lane, according to the police report. When the officer […]
Brothers in brown united in their fight against crime and devotion to protecting the law-abiding public. That’s how Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies view themselves 364 days a year. But there’s one day when they allow a friendly rivalry to divide them, so they can raise money for charity and earn bragging rights. This year, that […]
In the Waterstone neighborhood, a group of parents’ active lifestyle have inspired their children to do the same. Hillary Jacobson, an Oxford resident, and several of her neighbors enjoy competing in triathlons in the warmer months. She said her children and those of the other triathlon enthusiasts wanted to give the rigorous race their parents […]
Devil’s Ridge Golf Club in Oxford Township hosted the Fourth Annual Putts for Paws outing on Sunday. The event raised about $12,500 to be split between the K9 Stray Rescue League in Oxford and the Canine Companions Rescue Center. Some of the available pooches from both groups attended.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Oxford Schools is taking that old maxim to heart as teachers and staff at all five of the district’s elementary schools underwent active shooter response training on Aug. 17 and Aug. 21. “This is not paranoia. This is not a reaction to something that is a […]
A retired pastor reached quite the milestone Saturday in Oxford Township. Bob Service officiated his 1,000th wedding ceremony at the Oakwood Wedding Chapel on N. Baldwin Rd., just south of Oakwood Rd. “There’s probably nobody else in Michigan that’s done 1,000 weddings,” he said. “Maybe in Las Vegas, but not in Michigan.” In a very […]
A fire erupted at an Addison Township home in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, but fortunately, the family of four slumbering inside was able to escape without injury after it was discovered by a mother who’s a light sleeper. Located on Farm Brook Trail, just east of Hosner Rd. and north of Lakeville Rd., […]
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and the anticipation, or perhaps, for students, indifference, of the coming school year is in the air. With just days standing between summer vacation and fall semester, Oxford Community Schools is getting its new staffers acclimated. Coming from colleges and careers across the mitten state […]