Oxford’s Board of Education unanimously approved the purchase of a 13.2 KV electrical switch gear at Oxford Middle School and Lakeville Elementary at its Dec. 12 meeting. According to Director of Maintenance Tony Sarkins, the current switch gear has had many issues in the past with its reliability due to age. The switch feeds electricity […]
Who wants to be stuck in the house playing video games when there’s so much snow to play in? With approximately 9 inches of the white stuff coating the ground and school closed, many kids headed to the sled hill at Seymour Lake Twp. Park for hours of fun.
Final site plan approval for the Oxford Commons strip mall project was granted last week in a 7-0 vote by the township planning commission. The Birmingham-based PELJ Properties, LLC is going to build an 11,120-square-foot retail center at 595 N. Lapeer Rd. on the north side of the Tractor Supply Co. store and south of […]
Dear Santa, I love Christmas! And for Christmas, I might be wanting a lot of things. I would like a guitar and a butterfly chair. Cooper would like a Transformer. Aedith would like cute Santa slippers. My sisters Hanna and Lauren need a shirt that says “I love my sister.” I want everyone to have […]
Fifty-four deserving children, representing 36 families, went shopping for Christmas gifts with approximately 51 local police officers and firefighters Dec. 14 at the Oxford Meijer store as part of the annual Shop with a Hero event. The kids bought items for themselves along with their parents, siblings and other family members. Participating agencies included the […]
Kylie Lennox, 3, of Oxford, puts the finishing touches on her gingerbread house. There was a lot of holiday construction happening Saturday at the Oxford Public Library. A total of 148 kids and adults showed up to build little gingerbread houses made of graham crackers, milk cartons and candy.
A development company that builds small residential communities designed to include individuals with developmental disabilities is considering doing a project in Oxford. Three Oaks Communities, based in Ann Arbor, has reached out to the township government regarding a 13.61-acre piece of vacant land located at 209 N. Oxford Rd., on the west side of the […]
If at first you don’t succeed, go to the village. An assisted living development rejected by Oxford Township’s planning commission earlier this year was accepted by the village planning commission last week. Commissioners voted unanimously to grant special land use approval and site plan approval for phase one to BeeHive Homes, a Boise, Idaho-based franchisor […]
There’s no need to drive miles and miles in a hot, stuffy car to some congested urban area to view a massive, animated Christmas light display. That’s because there’s one right in your own backyard thanks to Jason Hickmott. The 1996 Oxford High School graduate is once again inviting folks to bathe in the warm, […]
Ashley Ganey, owner of Eternal Hedgehogs in Oxford, considers herself a hedgehog enthusiast. As a little girl, Ganey always wanted her own hedgehog after having one as a classroom pet in sixth-grade. She was fascinated by them and learned that not only do they make great pets, but that many need to be rescued and […]