By Don Rush It’s yellow. It’s rusting. It’s metal and the roof needs repairing. It’s 50 years old and Oxford Village is looking to bring life back to the old Oxford Fire Hall. “Last fall (the village) Council toured the building and they would like to see what it would take to bring it up […]
By Don Rush Two of the top three sheriff’s substations in Oakland County – as far as clearance rates from 2022 – are in Oxford and Addison townships. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has 12 substations in the county. “Looks like Oxford is Number One with a clearance rate of 79 percent,” Addison Township […]
Randy Vesper comes with 33 years experiences By Don Rush On Jan. 1, when Matt Majestic was promoted from Assistant Oxford Fire Chief to Fire Chief (replacing the retired Pete Scholz) a little personnel vacuum was created. In a little under two weeks that void will be filled. Randy Vesper, 50, will officially start as […]
Addison Township Clerk Pauline Bennett is asking every resident in both Addison and Oxford Township to send her letters – not about her, just to her. She is seeking “letters of support” from residents, non-profit groups and business people alike in regards to the Spectrum cable company’s attempt to get a grant to improve broadband […]
Folk singer Watroba in Dryden Folk singer Matt Watroba will perform at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dryden on March 11, at 7 p.m. There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will support St. John’s community work. “Many know Matt Watroba as the voice of folk music in Michigan for his work […]
By Morgan Kindermann Special to The Leader Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137 The Oxford RoboCats, returned to hosting their annual Week Zero event the weekend of Feb 18 and 19, at Oxford High School. Teams from across the state were provided robot assistance and could try out their robots on the […]
Their paths were different, but both the Girls and Boys Varsity Bowling teams are heading to Allen Park this weekend to bowl in the state finals. The teams bowl on Friday at Thunderbowl Lanes and singles competition is on Saturday. “As good a season as both the boys and girls bowling teams had,” Wildcat Coach […]
School closed for two days Old Man Winter blew in his second ice storm in as many weeks last week, making driving difficult, causing Oxford Community Schools to close and knocking out power. (Editor’s note: as we prepare to send this week’s Leader to press on Monday afternoon, another freezing rain has commenced.) Last Tuesday […]
A ‘Fancy’ day at DA! Who says fashion is a thing of the past? Certainly not the first graders in Jessica Bull’s at Daniel Axford Elementary School. According to Mrs. Bull, about 15 years ago she read one of author Jane O’Connor’s Fancy Nancy books to her students and then an idea formed in head. […]
Community responds By Don Rush Fifteen months have gone by since the tragedy that befell Oxford in 2021. And, last week when the news that a gunman had slain three Michigan State University students and injured five others the Oxford community was saddened, but went into action. On Monday, Feb. 13, an “active shooter” alarm […]