Financial experience versus municipal experience was the focus of debate by the Oxford Village Council last week as officials discussed which candidate should be the municipality’s next clerk. In the end, municipal experience won out as council voted 3-1 to offer the position to Susan Nassar, who’s currently employed as clerk/treasurer for the Village of […]
It appears Oxford Village Councilwoman Maureen ‘Moe? Helmuth will be abstaining from any further votes, should there be any, relating to the village clerk position or suspended Deputy Clerk Pat Paad. Last week, Helmuth was criticized by members of the public for making a motion and voting at the Feb. 8 meeting to demote Paad […]
Still no decisions have been made regarding the fate of the old Oxford Township Hall, now owned by the village, and very little input was received from the public to help guide officials in making one. Only two citizens spoke on the issue at last week’s village council meeting. ‘I see no reason at all […]
Numbers changed, but minds did not as the Oxford Village Council last week took no further action, despite a plea from a local business owner, regarding its Feb. 8 decision to discontinue a downtown snow removal program ‘I think that this program was important and I think that it should be continued,? said Rick Williams, […]
Can there be any doubt left that Oxford Village Councilwoman Maureen ‘Moe? Helmuth needs to be removed from office? It appears her role in concealing an alleged embezzlement from 2006-07 might have helped cost the village taxpayers approximately $5,000 from this year’s property tax funds (see story on Page 1). To recap, Helmuth previously admitted […]
Glory isn’t always achieved on some athletic field or in a classroom or even on a stage. Sometimes glory is attained in an auto shop where greasy hands armed with wrenches and screwdrivers engage in the ultimate battle of man versus machine. Oxford High School sophomores Paul Strong and Robert Morawski won that battle last […]
A Valentine’s dance at Oxford Middle School Feb. 18 resulted in a drug bust, reports of multiple illnesses and a rumor that someone had spiked the pop served to students. An Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the school after it was discovered that two students, ages 13 and 14, allegedly smuggled marijuana into […]
The future of basketball in Oxford looks pretty bright thanks to a clinic program started by Shawn Regan. ‘It was a little bigger than I thought it would be,? said Regan, who teaches physical education at Daniel Axford and Clear Lake elementaries A total of 38 second-grade boys and 28 girls from Daniel Axford participated […]
OXFORD TWP. ? Suspicious circumstances in an industrial area spotted by an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol Feb. 16 led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Hadley man for allegedly possessing a concealed handgun. But it turns out the handgun was probably the least interesting of the items the deputy discovered, which included a […]
The parking lot of Oxford Elementary School (109 Pontiac St.) is normally a quiet place where parents drop off and pick up their children on a daily basis. But on Feb. 18, it became the scene of an arrest as Oxford Village Police busted a man who allegedly tried to rob a UPS delivery driver […]