Downtown Oxford’s popular summer concert series returned to Centennial Park last week. The concerts will continue every Thursday, beginning at 7 p.m., through Aug. 23. Get there at 6 p.m. to check out local talent during the open mic time. Waterford resident Sullivan Broecker (pictured above), 8, was one happy guy when he got to […]
Senior citizens in Oxford Township are going to have a brand-new place to call their own thanks to a loosening of the purse strings by local officials. Last week, the township board voted 6-0 to allocate $300,000 to assist with the construction of a $400,000 senior center in Seymour Lake Township Park. The money is […]
Right now, the weather outside is delightful, but the Oxford Village Council is busy preparing for when it turns frightful. To that end, council was presented last week with a draft of a proposed snow and ice removal ordinance that would impose drastically stiffer penalties for violators, including fines ranging from $150 to $500 “for […]
Attention Walmart shoppers! Products put out by an Oxford-based company could be coming to a store near you. Last week, the corporate giant made a deal with Oxford Brands LLC, located at 1785 N. Lapeer Rd., to eventually have its goods appear on store shelves. “I told my family when I got home, it was […]
A candidate was selected to fill the vacant clerk-treasurer position in Oxford Village, but the decision was not unanimous. Even one of the ‘yes’ votes was cast “with great reluctance.” At its June 12 regular meeting, council voted 4-1 to extend a contract offer to Teresa Onica, the current supervisor of Genesee County’s Atlas Township. […]
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Oxford Fire Department’s new drone! Well, not yet. But it’s coming. Last week, the township board voted 6-0 to approve the purchase an unmanned aircraft system (popularly known as a drone) and accessories from the Grand Rapids-based Alpha Consulting Group for an […]
Another fiscal year, another glowing audit report full of praise and compliments for Oxford Township. “I do have a very good report for you this evening,” said Rana Emmons, a partner in the Plymouth-based PSLZ LLP Certified Public Accountants. Last week, Emmons presented the township board with the audit report for the 2017 fiscal year, […]
Addison Township officials made it clear that if a property tax proposal to fund a regional mass transit system makes it to the ballot, they believe communities, like theirs, that would be excluded from direct service should have the ability to choose whether or not to participate and pay. On Monday evening, the township board […]
A piece of local history and American history – the log home located at 3801 Indian Lake Rd. – burned to the ground June 9 as part of a training exercise conducted by the Addison Township Fire Department. But long before it was reduced to a pile of ashes and charred debris, it was a […]
With the kids out of school and the summer vacation season upon us, it seems like everybody’s heading somewhere to take a break from their 9-5 lives. But for Oxford’s nomads, Derek Kala and Ashlee Dark, there is no daily grind to leave behind because right now, their life is one big vacation. The pair […]