By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Addison Township Public Library’s request for federal funding was approved as part of a $1.5 trillion appropriations bill signed into law by US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, March 15. “I am STOKED,” James Baldiga, library president, said. “It has been a lot of hard work. I cannot […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Extra! Extra! The Oxford High School theater is back in action with the musical “Newsies.” Originally a 1992 movie musical and later making its Broadway debut in 2012, the Tony winning musical tells the story of newsies in 1890s New York City striking against Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World […]
By Don Rush Members of the community and the Oxford Community School Board spent four hours together Monday night for a special board meeting. The meeting included a two-hour closed meeting discussion of the board. Of note from the meeting came from the Unscheduled Audience Participation agenda item at the meeting’s end. For about an […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Addison Township Public Library’s request for federal funding was approved as part of a $1.5 trillion appropriations bill passed on Wednesday, March 9. “I am STOKED,” James Baldiga, library president, said. “It has been a lot of hard work. I cannot believe it is happening. I am in […]
This is our 101st week of reporting local COVID numbers. Our area saw a decrease in recent cases and only a slight increase in total cases. COVID-related deaths stayed at 62. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 6,157 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer Three members of the Oxford community made the Oakland County 40 Under 40 list for their achievements in Oxford and around the state. Kelly Westbrook, Ashley Ross and Kyle Hagan were recognized for their efforts with the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the Michigan Humanities Council and the Orion […]
By Don Rush On a cold, drizzly and somewhat icy March morning last week, about 100 folks warmed up for the fifth annual Oxford Chamber of Commerce State of the Community and Leadership awards program. Breakfast was served, speeches given and awards presented on March 7 at Independence Village, just north of Oxford Village in […]
By Don Rush It’s mid March and in the Oxford community that means one thing: time to tap the maple trees. We put out an alert on social media for local families who make maple syrup and received about 20 responses naming individuals, families and businesses who make the deliciously sweet syrup. We decided to […]
By Dean Vaglia Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Village Council met for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8. Topics discussed included a rental registration ordinance, a firearms access resolution and police officer recognition. All votes are unanimous unless otherwise stated. Rental registration discussion The council postponed the second reading of the rental registration ordinance […]
By Morgan Kindermann Student Writer Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137 The Oxford RoboCats competed last Friday and Saturday at the FIRST in Michigan Rochester District Event at Stoney Creek High School. Two students, Alexsandra Foster and Wyatt Ashley, won the Dean’s List Award and the team made it to the quarterfinals […]