As the old song goes, it’s time for “School days, school days, Dear old Golden Rule days, reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic.” For students, parents and staff of Oxford Community Schools, that means the start of the 2023-2024 school years is right around the corner. The first day of school is next Thursday, Aug. […]
First scrimmage game this Thursday By Don Rush The pop of pads and the excitement of high school football returns to Oxford tomorrow at Wildcat Stadium. Oxford High School’s varsity football team will scrimmage Sterling Heights Stephenson High School, starting at 5 p.m. “This is the third year in a row we have scrimmaged Stephenson,” […]
By Don Rush This summer two Oxford High School graduates did something no others have done. They earned a bronze medal for taking third place in the Emergency Medical Technician event at the HOSA-Future Health Professionals 46th Annual International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. “It was an amazing experience,” Mackayla McNamara, 18, said. “Unbelievable,” echoed […]
Seven members of Oxford Boy Scout Troop 366 boarded an Amtrak train in Lapeer on July 27 and headed southwest to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. Philmont Scout Ranch is one of four National High Adventure Bases operated by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It is also the world’s largest outdoor youth camp. […]
Oxford Open-Handed clothes pantry, 22 W. Burdick St., and Oxford Addison Youth Assistance are hosting a Back to School Kids Sock and Underwear Drive to help children in the community, now through the end of August. Since it was announced two weeks ago, over 700 new pairs of children’s underwear and 100 pairs of socks […]
‘Always a Wildcat’ CJ, Nita and Patti: (From left) Oxford Communications and Grant Manager C.J. Carnacchio and Helen Smith’s daughters, Nita Stevenson and Patti Colvin, took a little time to appreciate the new park and playground at the Helen Smith Park, but quickly made way for the kids to play. Post 108: Members […]
Folks who made it out to the garage in the Squaw Lake Pines Subdivision this past weekend also had the opportunity to purchase a cool cup of lemonade. Young entrepreneurs from the left are Paisley Anders, 5, Charlotte Cogan, 7, Averie Cogan, 4 and little 1-year-old Casey Cogan. According to Mom Ashley Cogan the girls […]
By David Fleet Special to the Leader Brandon Twp. — Safety improvements to the intersection of Oakwood and Hadley roads are still on schedule to be completed in early September. Senior Manager of Communications of the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), Craig Bryson said the contractor has completed the culvert replacement under the intersection, […]
On Aug. 8, a 33-year-old Ortonville woman was caught trying to exit an Oxford Township grocery store on N. Lapeer Rd., with $481 worth of merchandise she hadn’t paid for. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy report, the loss prevention officer for the store noticed the woman, accompanied by two small children and another […]
Oakland County Clerk/ Register of Deeds Lisa Brown is sounding the alarm about misleading mailings received by area residents under the guise of representing Oakland County and tax collection offices. According to a press release received Monday morning, over the past several weeks, numerous area residents contacted the Oakland County Register of Deeds office after […]