Nearly 60 people showed up to Boulder Pointe on Sept. 29 for the Oxford School Board Candidate Forum hosted by Rod Charles. The format for the evening included minute and a half opening statements by candidates and one minute each to answer questions provided by the audience. Present at the forum were candidates Tom Donnelly, […]
Sandboxes are where childhood memories are made. And now, thanks to Life Scout Joe Legault, Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township has a brand new one for little ones to dig around in and build castles like they’re at the beach. On Saturday morning, the Oxford High School junior led a group of fellow […]
While other kids his age may ask for toys or gadgets for their birthday, Oxford resident Dylan Warren requested only one thing of his guests – kindness. Dylan held his 9th birthday party last weekend and asked his classmates to bring gifts, not for him, but for the K-9 Stray Rescue League in Oxford. Among […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary McClure was recently honored by The Hundred Club of Detroit with a valor award for the courage he exhibited in helping to save the life of a woman who was shot multiple times by her husband last year. Receiving this prestigious award was “bittersweet” for McClure, who will celebrate 30 […]
In the Nov. 8 general election, Oxford Village voters are being asked to do something that hasn’t been done since Jimmy Carter occupied the White House – amend the municipality’s charter. Six proposed amendments are on the two-page, two-sided ballot. Village attorney Bob Davis, who’s been working closely with council on revising the charter since […]
Due to the threat of rain over the weekend, the Oxford Fire Department cancelled its open house and moved it to Sunday, Oct. 9 from noon to 4 p.m. It will take place at Station #1 (96 N. Washington St.).
Sign up for John and Virginia Hubbard’s One Club Scramble on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Oxford Hills Golf and Country Club (300 E. Drahner Rd.). Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Oxford, the event starts at noon. The cost is $40 per person and includes nine holes of golf, a cart, lunch and live […]
Oxford’s Homecoming parade will hit the streets at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7. As usual, it will start on East St., then head north on N. Glaspie St./N. Oxford Rd. and end at the high school. Game time is 7 p.m. as the Wildcats take on the Troy Athens Red Hawks, who have an […]
When Oxford resident Helen Barwig received a phone call from her grandson last week requesting money because he supposedly had a run-in with the law in another state, she didn’t send him a penny. Instead, she reported it to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and called the Leader. That’s because the person on the line […]
The Oxford Public Library Friends will conduct its largest book sale ever on Oct. 6-8. Thousands of books (adult, children, fiction and nonfiction, gardening and cooking), CDs, DVDs, jigsaw puzzles and much more. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 7; and from 10 […]