These days if you’re not on-line, you’re not in-touch. Multinational corporations know it. Teenagers know it. Even small, rural public libraries know it. That’s why the Addison Township Public Library launched a brand new website and created its own page on Facebook. ‘It just felt like we needed to start over,? said Library Director Jaema […]
Thomas Robinson is so passionate about disc golf that not only did he open a business that revolves around the popular sport, he’s conducting a tournament to help repair and maintain Oxford Township’s only course. ‘I want to show that the disc golf community does care about (the course),? said the 36-year-old Clarkston resident, who […]
‘There never was, for any long time, a corrupt representative of a virtuous people; or a mean, sluggish, careless people that ever had a good government of any form.? ? Edmund Burke I must applaud Oxford Village Councilman Tony Albensi for finally speaking up last week regarding fellow Council Member Maureen Helmuth’s role in covering […]
Saying good-bye is never an easy thing in life, especially for pastors in the United Methodist Church (UMC) who are routinely moved from community to community. ‘I cried when I left town as I’ve cried each time I have moved as a pastor,? said Rev. Doug McMunn, who’s service as the pastor of Oxford UMC […]
The only thing larger than NFL player Eric Ghiaciuc’s rather imposing 6-4 frame is his heart. That’s why for the second straight year the 2000 Oxford High School graduate is putting on the Rubber & Roads motorcycle ride Saturday, July 9 to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. ‘The purpose of the ride is to […]
They came. They browsed. They bought. By all accounts, the third Girlfriends Walk event was a rousing success as hordes of enthusiastic women hit the streets of downtown Oxford to check out everything our local merchants have to offer. ? CJC
When the annual Strawberry Festival parade rolls through downtown Leonard on Saturday, July 16, it will be led by Grand Marshal John Michael Moran. ‘I guess if you stay alive long enough, they make you Grand Marshal,? said the 78-year-old, who’s lived in Leonard since 1967. ‘I told them I’d do it if I didn’t […]
There are some monster fish swimming around Oxford Township’s Davis Lake ? just ask Bryon Cunningham. On May 19, this 25-year-old master angler from Sterling Heights caught a black crappie in the private lake that weighed a whopping 3 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 14 inches in length. ‘I dropped a little 1-inch tube bait […]
Kelly Oles is the personification of that old saying, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.? The 23-year-old Oxford resident recently competed against 30 other young ladies in the Miss Michigan pageant for the second year in a row and was named first runner-up. ‘It feels great,? said the 2006 Oxford High School […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor A father is never prouder than when his son decides to follow in his footsteps or in the case of Oxford resident Kevin Feeney, his tire tracks. His son, Kyle Feeney, started racing sprint cars this year just like his old man and has quickly proved himself to be a […]