Oxford Village received good news from its auditor last week ? the general fund’s spendable cash reserves increased by $80,729 over last year. ‘One of the things that we do like to look at is the total fund balance as a measure of financial health,? explained Certified Public Accountant Aaron Stevens, a principal in the […]
An Oxford couple landed in the hospital Sunday, Dec. 1 after a suspected drunken driver slammed into their vehicle on S. Coats Rd., north of W. Drahner Rd. The victims, a 60-year-old man and his 58-year-old wife, had just pulled out of their driveway in their 2009 Saturn Vue and began heading south on S. […]
Somewhere Merle Smith was smiling this weekend. That’s because much to his delight ? and my dismay ? his Ohio State Buckeyes beat my Michigan Wolverines Saturday in a very close game in Ann Arbor. Unfortunately, Merle won’t be able to rib me about the game because the 85-year-old Oxford Village resident passed away last […]
This holiday season take a break from the overcrowded, tacky malls and congested roads and journey back to a time when Christmas was simple, yet magical. Now through mid-January, the Northeast Oakland Historical Museum (1 N. Washington St.) in downtown Oxford has a wonderful holiday display featuring vintage Christmas ornaments, timeless toys, festive nutcrackers and […]
‘A lot of hands and strong backs get things done.? Oxford Football Coach Bud Rowley’s words offered a good description of what happened on Nov. 27 when 27 of his gridiron warriors spent one of their Thanksgiving vacation days helping Merge Studio & Gallery move into its new home. ‘I really appreciate it,? said Merge […]
Leonard Elementary did its part to ensure local folks and families in need have full stomachs this holiday season by conducting a school-wide food drive for Oxford-Orion FISH. The students collected boxes and boxes of nonperishable food items. Members of Leonard’s student council (pictured left) went from classroom to classroom collecting the donations. Student council […]
Oxford Village residents could be facing increases to both their water and sewer rates in order to help pay some debts, cover increased operating costs and finance future system improvements. But before anything is decided, village officials are looking into both the amount and timing of the potential increases. How much should they go up? […]
The Nazis believed that Erna Blitzer Gorman didn’t have the right to live simply because she was Jewish. Had they caught her, she would have mostly certainly been either shot and dumped into a mass grave or sent to an extermination camp to be poisoned in a gas chamber. But Gorman wasn’t captured. Thankfully, she […]
It appears that a long-standing problem in an Oxford Twp. subdivision could finally be resolved thanks to a grant from the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). Township officials recently authorized Treasurer Joe Ferrari to sign a contract with the MDEQ that accepts a $495,410 grant to fix the drainage issues that have been plaguing […]
Disabled. Handicapped. Challenged. These are words that definitely do not apply to Nicholas Knotts, who prefers only two words to describe himself and his approach to life ? ‘No limitations.? Even though the Oxford Middle School seventh-grader is missing his left foot and part of his left leg, he is active as can be participating […]