A grant application seeking $446,648 in funding for improvements to W. Burdick St./Seymour Lake Rd. has been submitted to the Oakland County Federal Aid Committee. Now, the only question is will it be approved? ‘We should know by May or June if this project is funded,? wrote Oxford Village Manager Joe Young in a Jan. […]
It was batten-down-the-hatches-type weather Saturday night as winds that gusted to 60 miles per hour blew through the area. Although the strong winds left approximately 1,400 Oxford/Addison residents without electricity, according to DTE Energy, and knocked down some trees and branches here and there, things were pretty quiet overall. ‘I was just looking over the […]
It’s important to continue having community events in Oxford, but they need to be the product of cooperation between multiple community entities, not just left to the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to coordinate, promote and fund everything. That seemed to be the general consensus at Monday night’s DDA board meeting. Many of the folks who […]
To me, the highest and best use of any storefront in a place like downtown Oxford is a commercial enterprise that caters to shoppers, diners or folks in search of entertainment on a Friday night. That’s why I’m strongly opposed to having a third, yes third, downtown space occupied by the school district. I’m not […]
OXFORD TWP. ? A two-car garage became a three-car garage Monday morning when the driver of a pickup truck lost control and crashed into it. A 27-year-old Brandon Twp. man was eastbound on Seymour Lake Rd. in his 2006 Ford F-250 truck when he ‘blacked out? around 10:23 a.m., left the roadway and ran full […]
A group of concerned Oxford property and business owners went before the village council last week demanding some fundamental changes be made in the way the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) operates, its focus and its plans for the future. ‘The general consensus is that we have lost confidence in the directions that the boards and […]
It appears the forensic auditor hired by Oxford Village last year to investigate missing public funds has found something, but exactly what is the question. ‘A public release of my information is not recommended for this ongoing criminal investigation,? wrote Karl Haiser, co-owner of the Ann Arbor-based Michigan Forensic Accounting, Inc., in a Jan. 7 […]
The Oxford Village Council has extended an invitation to its counterpart in Lake Orion to conduct a joint, public meeting for the purpose of discussing the possibility of collaborating on police/fire dispatch services in an effort to save money. ‘It couldn’t hurt to sit down and talk with them,? said Councilman Tony Albensi. Council discussed […]
There’s an empty seat on the Oxford Village Council dais. The chair itself can easily be filled, but sadly, the man who occupied it can never be replaced. Village President Thomas Benner, who lived in Oxford for 50 years, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 after a valiant battle against cancer. He was 73. […]
Some Oxford Village property owners are one step closer to getting a discount on their monthly water, sewer and rubbish bill from the municipality. Last week, council voted 3-0 to approve the first reading of a proposed amendment to the water and sewer ordinances that would reduce the minimum bill by 43 percent (or $22.98) […]