On Sunday, Oct. 29 from 12:30 to 1 p.m., the Sunday School kids from Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ (1 Hovey St.) will go door-to-door handing out candy as a random act of kindness. Three blocks surrounding Immanuel Church will be involved, including Dennison from Washington St. to Pontiac St., Hovey St. from Dennison […]
Developer Dave Weckle is one approval away from being able to have a third story on the building he’s planning to construct on an empty lot located at 32 E. Burdick St. in downtown Oxford. Last week, the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) voted to amend the original Planned Unit Development (PUD) agreement to allow […]
Do you like to sing? Oxford/Orion Classic Chorale is a group of women who would welcome you to come sing with them! No auditions are required. The group, formerly known as Classic Creations, was founded back in the 60s by Faith Dippold and led by Lew Wilson, who was a band director at Oxford Schools. […]
Voters will be asked to approve two proposals – a $28.28 million bond and a 5-year, 0.75-mill sinking fund – on the November ballot, both of which would be used to fund a variety of capital improvement projects throughout the Oxford school district. Should the proposals be approved, officials are looking to invest a total […]
If voters approve the school district’s proposals for both a $28.28 million bond and a 5-year 0.75-mill sinking fund, the proceeds would go towards one thing and one thing only, according to Superintendent Tim Throne: capital improvement projects for the district’s already-existing buildings. Should the two proposals be approved, officials are looking to invest a […]
Ben Varner, a Metamora resident and senior at Oxford high School, won the East Lansing Kart Track Season Championship race for the second consecutive time last Sunday. It was a tight battle with 10 time season champion Tom Collins, but Ben prevailed. Ken and Diane Matheis, from the Complete Companies in Lake Orion provided support […]
Oct. 22: A 35-year-old Metamora man called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies to the 3000 block of Bayliss Dr. at 6:23 p.m. to request the presence of a peace officer as he went to check whether his ex-wife, a 37-year-old Oxford woman, had been drinking and to check on their shared children, who are 3 and […]
Oxford High School seniors Trent Evans and Hope Watson were crowned the 2017 Homecoming King and Queen during halftime at Friday night’s big game. Photo by Matt Johnson.
The audience sentiment was unanimous during a public hearing last week for a proposed Class II injection well in Addison Township: “We don’t want it.” Around 100 attended the three-hour long meeting held at Oxford High School by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among those in attendance were Addison Township officials, activists and […]
Oxford Village officials formally put all of their eggs in the streetscape basket on Monday evening. During a joint meeting held at the Oxford Public Library, the village council and Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board voted unanimously to submit a grant application to the state’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and move forward with the streetscape […]