Only in Oxford Township does the Fourth of July holiday play second fiddle to one of the area’s largest and most spectacular celebrations of the year. Get ready because the Seymour Celebration is slated to return to the 132-acre Seymour Lake Township Park and run from Thursday, July 7 to Saturday, July 9. This year’s […]
When the Strawberry Festival parade rolls through downtown Leonard on Saturday, July 16, it will be led by Addison Township Trustee Ed Brakefield and his wife Catherine. The pair was selected to serve as parade grand marshals for the 64th annual Strawberry Festival. Ed has served on the Addison Township Board for 20 years and […]
Downtown Oxford’s Girlfriends Walk hosted its wildly-popular Girls Night Out event last week. Shopping, music, raffles, giveaways, sweet treats and massages were all part of the fun as hundreds of ladies explored the downtown area and made donations to Career Dress of Oakland County, an organization that helps women in need who are looking to […]
A $52.3 million district budget for 2016-17 was approved last week by the Oxford Board of Education. The district is projected to end the upcoming fiscal year in the black with an excess of $215,546 An overall fund equity of $6.3 million – approximately 12 percent of the district’s total expenditures for the coming year […]
Oxford now has its first-ever indoor trampoline park as Urban Air opened to the public Saturday morning. Located inside the new 208,000-square-foot Legacy Center at 925 N. Lapeer Rd., just south of Ray Rd., this is the first Urban Air location in Michigan. The opening generated quite a buzz as a line containing an estimated […]
Local kids got to learn about and interact with a variety of exotic animals last week when Science Alive, a hands-on educational program based in Waterford Township, brought some critters to the Oxford Public Library. Program Coordinator Terri Neill introduced the kids to a two-toed sloth, chinchilla, alligator, python, armadillo, wallaby and tortoise.
Josie and Andy DiMeglio, of Oxford Township, tied the knot (again) on Saturday, June 25 during the Unicorn Festival held on the spacious, enchanted grounds of Treetop Lodge in Dryden Township. The couple was originally married in April during a civil ceremony, but they wanted to do something more fun and memorable. That’s where Treetop […]
Lake Orion resident Charlotte Heit, 2, really enjoys her popcorn. She happily munched away during last week’s concert in downtown Oxford’s Centennial Park, which was the kick-off for the summer series. Who needs a bag when you have a perfectly good lap? Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
After years of on-and-off discussion, numerous meetings, emotional pleas, presentations, failed motions and an endless stream of facts and figures, it all came down to a special meeting Monday afternoon. Members of the Oxford Village Council voted 3-2 to “begin the process” of transitioning police dispatch services to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and “eliminate” […]
Every now and then, government does something right and deserves a pat on the back for it. We’d like to give Oxford Village Council members Erik Dolan, Tom Kennis and Sue Bossardet that pat, along with a hearty handshake and a bit of applause. Hell, who are we kidding? We’d also like to buy them […]