A valuable, new piece of equipment designed to help save people’s lives will be added to two Oakland County Sheriff’s patrol cars in Oxford Township. Last week, township officials voted 6-0 to purchase a couple of defibrillators from Physio-Control, Inc., a company based in Redmond, Washington, for a total of $3,358. Sheriff’s Sgt. Frank Lenz, […]
Aug. 13: Oxford Village police received a report at 10:37 p.m. that a caller had found a medium-sized black and brown dog, possibly a black lab, with no collar on Silverbell/Lapeer Rd. Police advised the caller to post a photo of the dog on the Facebook page “For the Love of Louie.” Aug. 12: Oakland […]
Folks, particularly senior citizens, who don’t have air-conditioning and want or need to beat this terrible heat are invited to cool off at the Oxford Village municipal complex located at 22 W. Burdick St. Village Manager Joe Young said a cooling center has been set up there. Residents can enjoy the air-conditioning in either the […]
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln (Fred and Bonnie Priebe, of Belleville) were the guests of honor in Oxford’s Fourth Annual Lone Ranger Parade Saturday. The Lincolns were one of 94 entries that marched, rolled, and strolled along M-24.
There’s an old axiom in politics – if at first you don’t succeed, try again in the next election. At its Tuesday, Aug. 9 meeting, the Oxford Board of Education was expected to vote on whether or not to place a pair of millage proposals on the November ballot to make up for the narrow […]
The Oxford Board of Education voted 5-0 Aug. 9 to approve a resolution that put two millage proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot, following the defeat of a $5 million-per-year operating tax which appeared in the primary election August 2. Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Sam Barna said this move will split the previous […]
This year’s election for the Oxford Board of Education promises to be a competitive one, based on the number of candidates who filed with the Oakland County Elections Division. Nine people are vying for three open seats on the board. All board members have four-year terms. Many of the school board candidates are active members […]
You could hear a pin drop in the banquet hall as the 16th President of the United States addressed the crowd of 152 during a fund-raiser for the Lone Ranger Festival and Parade held Friday evening at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Orion Township. Equality and liberty were the themes stressed by President […]
On Friday, Aug. 5 at approximately 9:20 a.m, deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Oxford Township Substation responded to a call from the Deerwood Manor Group Home (1095 Hummer Lake Rd.) regarding a missing 63-year-old patient, who had walked away from the home while the staff was preparing breakfast. It was reported that Theresa […]
There’s a rivalry brewing within the ranks of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and there’s only one way to settle this grudge match – softball. Members of the public are invited to watch the deputies who guard the jail take on the deputies who patrol the roads in the First Annual Bars vs. Cars charity […]