Kim Shumaker, a member of the Oxford Board of Education, resigned at the Nov. 15 meeting because she’s moving out of the district. Shumaker was elected in 2009. She was the board’s vice president and had previously served as secretary. Shumaker said her resignation from the board would be effective immediately. According to board bylaws, […]
Downtown Oxford is finally going to get its shot at being listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the state is going to pay for it. At Monday night’s meeting of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board, Executive Director Joe Frost announced Oxford was selected by the State Historic Preservation Office to receive […]
An 85-foot setback variance that will allow for the constuction of a cell tower in Seymour Lake Township Park was granted last week in a 4-0 vote by the Oxford Township Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). Verizon Wireless is planning to place a 195-foot monopole on a 2,475-square-foot piece of land in the northwest corner […]
Lakeville Elementary first-grader Hanna Przybylski flashed a big smile for the camera while enjoying her pre-Thanksgiving turkey feast on Monday. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. That was certainly true in the case of George William (Bill) Van Wagoner. Back in the 1940s, he met his future bride, Roselyn (Ro) Hettie Francis, at the soda fountain inside Van Wagoner Drug Store (now Patterson Pharmacy) in downtown Oxford. She worked […]
The North Oakland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 334 and VFW Auxiliary donated 30 bags filled with Thanksgiving meals to Meals on Wheels Nov. 14. Each bag contained nearly 27 pounds of holiday foods, such as canned ham and sweet potatoes, along with other snacks such as granola bars, soups, fresh fruit and canned […]
Duane Salswedel called the meeting of the Oxford Public Library Board of Trustees to order for the very last time on the evening of Nov. 16. Salswedel served on the board for nearly four decades. He spent the majority of those years running the meetings as chairman. According to library Director Bryan Cloutier, Salswedel has […]
Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants, a Saginaw-based firm, presented a positive audit report to the Oxford Board of Education at its Nov. 15 meeting. The audit covered the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended June 30. “There were no findings, no significant differences and no material weaknesses. It’s the highest level of assurance that […]
Being a father is never easy, especially when your son is diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. That’s the situation National Journal columnist Ron Fournier faced with his son Tyler and documented in his second book, “Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations.” Fournier spoke about […]
Big-box stores and shopping malls have Black Friday. Online retailers have Cyber Monday. But what about all those little mom-and-pop shops that serve as the bedrock of the local economy? They have Small Business Saturday. Observed on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the event encourages people to shop and support locally-owned businesses. This year, Small Business […]