Spaghetti dinner to help beautify cemetary

The Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary will conduct a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser on Thursday, April 20 at 1447 Milmine Rd. in Lakeville. There will be two seatings. One at 5 p.m. and a second at 6 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for youth ages 4-12. Kids age 3 and under eat for free. Takeout […]

Eat some Mexican and feel the love

Casa Real in downtown Oxford is hosting a fund-raiser for Love INC of North Oakland County on Thursday, April 20 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The 21 S. Washington St. Mexican restaurant will donate 20 percent of any customer’s bill who brings in the flyer shown here.  

DECA sending 27 students to intl. competition

The Oxford High School DECA team had a fantastic showing at the state DECA competition held at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit last month, which resulted in 27 of its members moving on to the international competition. DECA is a student organization that is designed to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in […]

Twp. awards $163K contract for safety path, cemetary work

Last week was a good week for Birmingham Sealcoat. In a 5-0 vote by the Oxford Township Board, the Oxford-based company was awarded a $163,223 contract to make repairs to the community’s safety path network and pave gravel roads in two of its cemeteries. The project includes making 42 repairs to portions of safety path […]

12 OHS athletes make it to the next level

Eleven Oxford athletes made their commitment to play sports beyond high school official at a letter of intent ceremony held Tuesday, April 11. A total of 12 Wildcats were invited to attend the ceremony. The athletes, students who had high achievements in Oxford athletics, committed to attending colleges of their choice during the ceremony. After […]

Strawberry festival to feature soapbox derby for kids

Get out your measuring tape and tools for the Leonard Strawberry Festival’s First Annual Strawberry Derby. Kids, ages 7-17, are invited to build their own soapbox cars (non-motorized) and race them at the Strawberry Festival on Saturday, July 15 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The derby is being organized by Leonard residents Lauren LoCascio […]

Next stop – the world!: OHS robotics team to compete in St. Louis

By Mary Reynolds Special to the Leader Team TORC, the Oxford High School robotics team, had a great showing at the state championship last week at Saginaw Valley State University. The state championship was played on four competition fields, with TORC competing on the Ford Field. After finishing in 11th place out of 40 teams […]

Public Safety

April 15: A man living near the 50 block of Moyers St. called Oxford Village Police to report that he had seen three children, between 3 and 5-years-old playing in the street at 6:31 p.m. Village Police were unable to locate the children upon arrival. April 15: Oxford Village Police were called to the 100 […]

Clear Lake team wins Battle of the Books

A group of fourth-graders from Clear Lake Elementary won the annual Battle of the Books competition held at the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center last week. The winning team, Super Sticky Notes, represented Clear Lake Elementary and scored 70 points out of a possible 75. The team consisted of students Kaylee Henke, Rowan Spear, […]

What a bonanza!

It’s a rite of spring in Oxford. Every year, a throng of children gather in Seymour Lake Township Park for the popular Easter Bunny Bonanza. This year was no exception. Bearing baskets, bags and buckets, 300 kids filled the park to scoop up colorful plastic eggs, then gather ping-pong balls dropped from a helicopter hovering […]