With temperatures nearing 90 degrees last week, Oxford’s public beaches were a place to keep cool. Here at Scripter Park, little Oliver Burke, 1, decided the water wasn’t where he wanted to be. His brother, Max 4 enjoyed the water and digging in the sand. Both Mason Thompson, 10 and Silas Smith, 3, however enjoyed […]
Grant helps fire department train CPR By Don Rush The Oxford Fire Department is working to increase the number of people in the community who not only know how to perform CPR, but are confident in their ability to take action in the event of a medical emergency. To that end, they recently announced a […]
Locals preparing for Woodward Dream Cruise By Don Rush This year will mark the 28th running of the Woodward Dream Cruise, which celebrates America’s first highway and classic cars that cruised up and down the highway. This year the cruise starts at 9 a.m. on Aug. 19. Locally, two vintage car lovers will be participating. […]
The community is invited to attend a Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hana’s Garden this Sunday at Seymour Lake Township Park in Oxford Township. The garden will serve as a public space to honor Hana and three other teens— Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling—who died in a November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School. Seymour […]
By Don Rush Last week, Oxford Village Police Chief Micheal Solwold and a crew from Oxford Community TV (OCTV) taped a Public Safety Announcement (PSA) about safety and what is and is not allowed on the trail. “This has been an issue for years,” Solwold said. “It seems most perceive that pedestrians always have the […]
The community recently lost a man of integrity who donated much of his time to Oxford Village and the area youth, with the passing of B.J. “Joe” Bullen on July 29, 2023. He was 89 years old. Joe was born on June 20, 1934, on the family farm in east Tennessee. He worked hard on […]
In two weeks, two summer storms blew through the region. The last hit the Oxford/Addison late in the afternoon on July 26. While DTE Energy reported over 150,000 of their customers were without power in Southeast Michigan after the storm, fewer than 100 customers in our area were affected. Two weeks ago, a storm […]
By Don Rush Two weeks ago work commenced on repairing and reinvigorating the parking lot in Oxford Village’s Northeast quad. The new cement flatwork, stamped concrete, furniture, overhead lighting, an iron archway, sitting and play areas are all part of a Downtown Development Authority (DDA) plan to revitalize all the parking quads. DDA Executive Director […]
It’s nice to know that even little mermaids like Sea-Vannah (10-year-old Savannah Ignasiak) enjoy reading the Oxford Leader. The granddaughter of Oxford Township residents Ginger and Micheal Guindon is pictured here reading the July 12 edition where she was featured swimming in her monofin (mermaid tail) in the lake at Oxford’s Scripter Park. Thanks to […]
By Don Rush As of presstime, there is at least one more day of Miller Hearings for confessed Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, 17, in Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwame Rowe’s courtroom. The Miller Hearing, which will help Rowe decide whether or not the shooter, who was 15 at the time of the […]