Oxford Leader Editor C.J. Carnacchio brought home four more awards April 17 from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The 37-year-old Oxford resident earned first place in the Best Consumer/Watchdog reporting category for his Dec. 26, 2012 story ‘Taking on the phone company.? This piece reported on how AT&T continued charging […]
A part-time Oxford Village police officer who recently made controversial remarks to a citizen requesting his help will have quite a while to think about what he did and his future with the department. Police Chief Mike Neymanowski said Officer Todd Barraco is taking a voluntary three-month leave of absence following an April 19 meeting […]
A scam artist met his match when he called Donna Zastrow last week and tried to con her out of some personal financial information. Not only did the 73-year-old Oxford Township resident not give him anything, she’s sounding the alarm so other senior citizens don’t get taken advantage of. ‘We need to warn our little […]
Everybody needs a guardian angel, especially a three-legged dog who likes to go wandering across a frozen lake. Fortunately, Cooper, a 5-year-old Border Collie, had a whole bunch of guardian angels when she fell through the ice on Lakeville Lake in Addison Township March 29. Her owner, Tim Wilkins, is extremely grateful to them and […]
April showers bring May flowers, but it looks like April winds bring fallen trees and power outages. That was the result of a severe storm that blew through the Oxford/Addison area late Thursday (April 18) afternoon. Winds gusting in the 50 and 60-mile-per-hour range brought down a number of trees, branches and electrical lines. Following […]
Two pieces of Lone Ranger memorabilia were added to the Northeast Oakland Historical Museum’s collection Saturday thanks to the generosity of Diane Flis-Schneider. The Lapeer resident donated two vintage statuettes depicting the Lone Ranger and his majestic horse Silver. ‘I think it’s important that people preserve the history of Brace Beemer and the Lone Ranger […]
A lot of significant things were created in 1913. The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified giving the federal government the authority to impose and collect income taxes. Stainless steel was invented by Harry Brearley, of Sheffield, England. The Ford Motor Company introduced the world’s first moving assembly line. Amazingly, all of those […]
Mixed messages give me a headache. On the one hand, we’ve got all these folks telling us our nation is just too darn fat and we need to incorporate more physical activity into our daily routines so we don’t lose a foot to Type 2 Diabetes. We’re constantly encouraged to wear pedometers and count our […]
Folks who think the only way to improve on Girl Scout cookies is to accompany them with an ice-cold glass of milk have obviously never tasted one of the Sweet & Savory Bake Shop’s cookie-based creations. Once again, the downtown Oxford bakery’s talent and inventiveness earned an award at the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan’s […]
Whoever said there’s no such thing as great free entertainment has obviously never attended a Leonard Elementary School talent show. A total of 40 dynamic acts took center stage Thursday, April 18 as students performed for their parents and siblings. Acts included singing, dancing, rapping, instrumental solos, comedy routines and hula-hooping.