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 […]
Oct. 3: A 40-year-old woman residing on the 200 block of Hunters Rill called Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies at 12:16 a.m. to report a suicidal subject at her home. A 19-year-old homeless man had allegedly asked the woman to stay the night. The woman offered blankets and food to the man, but said she did […]
Chaise Caswell, a third-grader at Leonard Elementary, votes in the school’s student council election using an actual voting booth on loan from Addison Twp. For the story, please see “Leonard students go to the polls like mom and dad.” Photo by CJC.
Own anything long enough and, sooner or later, it’s going to need some work. That’s true for houses, automobiles, even parks. It’s just the nature of the beast. To help fix up and enhance Oxford Township’s aging and heavily-used parks system, voters are being asked to approve a $2 million bond proposal on the Nov. […]