A modern classic that’s delighted audiences for more than 20 years with both its stage and screen versions is coming to Oxford thanks to the new Leonard Elementary Theatre Club. Folks of all ages are invited to enjoy Disney’s The Lion King KIDS on Saturday, May 13 at the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center. […]
Another group of goats will be heading to Africa to help improve the lives of impoverished people thanks to Leonard Elementary. Led by the school’s We Can Make a Difference group, the students raised a total of $760, enough to send 10 goats through World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization that works with children, families […]
A total of 155 kids from the Oxford Early Learning Center put on their annual spring concert Friday evening at the high school’s Performing Arts Center. The students performed five songs that incorporated things they’ve been learning, including cultural diversity, language and literacy, alliteration, sign language and the importance of unity.
On Saturday, Banbury Cross Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Metamora Twp. hosted its 27th Annual Derby Day Celebration, a local fund-raiser held in conjunction with the 143rd Annual Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. A total of 250 stylishly-dressed ladies and dapperly-attired gentlemen came to watch the Kentucky Derby on a big screen, enjoy dinner […]
May 6: A 37-year-old man from Oxford called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies to his home in the 2000 block of Trinity Ct. at 9:39 a.m. to report that his wife had found a street sign and mailbox underneath one of the pine trees in their yard. While deputies were speaking with the man, a neighbor […]
It’s the end of an era for the Oxford Village Police Department. At a special meeting held the morning of Friday, Feb. 3, council voted 4-1 to accept Police Chief Michael Neymanowski’s resignation. “I agree with a lot of people here – it’s time for a change,” he told council. “I’ve been in this position, […]
They grow up so fast, that’s why it’s important for fathers to hold on to their daughters for as long as they can before college, career, marriage and kids of their own take them away. Here we see Marc Musial sharing a tender moment with his daughter Sierra Musial Friday night during the Daddy-Daughter Dance […]
A young Oxford woman’s life almost came to an abrupt and tragic end following a devastating crash with an alleged drunk driver headed the wrong way on M-24 in the wee hours of Dec. 31, 2016. But thanks to some Good Samaritans, who acted selflessly, quickly and bravely at the scene, and a very powerful […]
A 54-year-old Oxford Twp. man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threatened his daughter with a semiautomatic rifle in a video she recorded and posted on Facebook. Thomas Charles Klovski was arraigned via video May 1 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court before Magistrate Marie Soma on the charge of assault with a dangerous […]
Many things cause the buildings and homes that help define a small town’s past to disappear over the years. Fires, natural disasters, neglect, building codes, the wrecking ball, economic decline and the march of progress all take their toll on the local history that’s written not in words, but in lumber, glass, brick and mortar. […]