Who needs Old MacDonald when you’ve got Farmer Nate? Author Nathan Perkins, one of the owners of Upland Hills Farm in Addison, visited the Oxford Public Library Saturday morning. Perkins read from his 2012 book “A Day with the Animals at Upland Hills Farm” and his yet-to-be-published book “Moose the Goose.” He also taught the […]
Oxford-Orion FISH’s pantry is overflowing with groceries for the needy thanks to the National Association of Letter Carriers 24th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive conducted Saturday. Locally, the drive yielded a total of 26,371 pounds of nonperishable food items for FISH. Of that, 10,000 pounds were collected by the Oxford Post Office and […]
Oxford High’s student body enjoyed a fun spring carnival held at the football stadium on May 11. They played a variety of games, threw cream pies at staff members and stuffed themselves silly with spicy chicken wings during a messy eating contest. For the graduating seniors, it was their last day.
Seven-month-old Gus Rheaume, of Addison Township, is already tired of baby food, so he decided to make a play for his mother’s muffin while visiting Leonard Elementary Friday morning. Candice Rheaume was one of many mothers at the school for the annual “Muffins for Mom” event. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
More than $5 million in annual revenue will be lost by the Oxford school district beginning next year unless voters approve an operating millage proposal on the Aug. 2 primary election ballot. “It would impact every student, every family,” said Superintendent Tim Throne. “We would have to make unprecedented cuts in this district to (equal) […]
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? That’s the issue the Oxford Village Council is currently trying to decide. Last week, council listened to presentations regarding police dispatch services from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and the Oxford Village Police Department (for the latter, see story “Village dispatcher center offers ‘intangibles’ […]
“Intangibles.” That was the word used over and over again by representatives of the Oxford Village Police Department as they made a presentation to council last week regarding all the services currently provided by its in-house dispatch center. Council is considering the idea of contracting with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office for police dispatch services […]
For the second time in about a month, the press box at the Oxford High School football stadium was broken into and trashed by an unknown vandal or vandals. “It’s disappointing,” said Athletic Director Cole Andrews. “You never want this stuff to happen to your facility.” The damage was discovered Monday by Jim Rourke, the […]
North Oakland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 334 has a heavenly new home in Oxford Township. On Tuesday, post members, along with their auxiliary members, started gathering for their monthly meetings at Christ the King Church, located at 1550 W. Drahner Rd., almost 2 miles west of M-24. “Everything about it seems to fit […]
Residents of Addison Township can look forward to an expansion of Watershed Preserve Park thanks to a donation from James Fitzpatrick, of Lake Orion. Fitzpatrick sold his property, which is next to the park, to the township at a greatly reduced rate. The 2.5-acre site is located on the west end of Haven Rd. and […]