At 12:59 p.m., July 15, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies, along with the Brandon Township Fire Department, responded to a motorcycle-automobile crash on North Ortonville Road near Wolfe Road. A 2002 Honda VT750 motorcycle was traveling southbound on N. Ortonville Road when the operator, a 38-year-old Oxford Township resident, collided with a Buick Enclave, driven by […]
How many officials does it take to grant a variance from the zoning ordinance? Don’t answer yet. Save it for the hearing. The Oxford Village Planning Commission scheduled a public hearing for its 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21 meeting to receive input regarding the possibility of reducing the size of the zoning board of appeals […]
Joseph “Paleo Joe” Kchodl, an award-winning paleontologist, author and storyteller, visited the Addison Township Public Library on July 16 to share his extensive knowledge of dinosaurs and fossils. He’s shown here displaying a replica of a pachycephalosaurus skull. Its skull was dome-shaped and quite dense – the roof of it could be up to 10 […]
Oxford High School senior Paige Palmer is putting on two free anxiety workshops for girls ages 12-18 as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award. Registration is not required. The workshops will be held on Saturday, July 28 at the Oxford Public Library (530 Pontiac Rd.) from 10:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to […]
Jeff Kinasz helps his granddaughter Lily Kinasz, 3, land a fish while dunking worms off the dock at Stony Lake Township Park during a July 12 “Pop Up in the Park” event. For more fun photos, please see Page 13. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio. Stony Lake Park hosted the Oxford Twp. Parks and Recreation Department’s […]
OXFORD TWP. – A 40-year-old local law that prohibits the door-to-door sale of goods and services by classifying the practice as a “nuisance” could be amended to allow it as long as salespeople file with the local government and follow a set of rules. Proposed ordinance language that would regulate the activities of peddlers, solicitors […]
A service that provides rides to those living in Oxford, Addison and Orion townships who are unable to drive themselves due to age, health or economic circumstances is asking voters to lend it a helping hand when they go to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) has millage renewal […]
A millage request to continue funding the Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department is headed for the November general election. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to move forward with placing a 15-year, 1-mill request on the ballot. One mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value. “Our current millage expires […]
Voters in Addison Township are being asked to support a millage proposal on the Aug. 7 primary ballot to continue funding police services provided by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. “All we’re asking for is to renew (it and reset it at) the previously-approved millage (rate),” said Sgt. Keith Weir, commander of the township substation. […]
Oxford Township added its voice to the growing chorus of communities proclaiming they do not wish to help fund the creation of a regional mass transit system to which they won’t be connected. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to approve a resolution that “opposes” the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan’s (RTA) current […]