It’s a big project with a big price tag, but Leonard Village President Mike McDonald feels it’s worth it because it needs to be done and the municipality is getting a great deal. ‘I think it will be a good thing in the long run,? he said. ‘I think people will see the benefits.? Apparently, […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Those seeking employment have a new tool available to them, free of charge, at the Oxford Public Library. It’s called the Job & Career Accelerator and it’s a new web resource available through the Library of Michigan’s eLibrary (MeL), which can be accessed at www.mel.org. ‘It’s very nice,? said Wendy […]
Tiny Cecilia Faith Stevens-Rivera is only a few days old and she’s already a local celebrity. She wasn’t born wearing a top hat or sporting a 2011 sash, but this sweet little girl has the distinction of being Oxford’s first baby of the New Year and the second born in Oakland County. She was born […]
Folks interested in learning all about a proposal to triple the size of the Addison Township Public Library by moving it into a local strip mall are invited to attend an informational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 13. Hosted by the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library, the meeting will start at 7 p.m. and […]
Overall, it appears that crime was on the rise in Oxford Township last year, while Addison Township experienced a number of decreases in various offenses. According to data compiled by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, when Oxford Township’s 2009 and 2010 numbers are compared, the instances of fraud increased from 35 to 47; motor vehicle […]
Oxford Township lost one of its top cops last week ? a casualty of shrinking tax revenues and budget cuts. Oakland County Sheriff’s Lt. Larry Perry bid farewell to the township substation he’s commanded with professionalism and integrity since March 2007. ‘It was an honor and a privilege to serve the citizens of this community […]
‘Catastrophic.? That’s how Addison firefighter W Rippetoe described the scene of a suspected natural gas explosion that happened Dec. 29 in the City of Wayne, located in Wayne County. ‘It was just mind-blowing ? the devastation,? he said. Rippetoe, along with Addison Fire Chief Jerry Morawski, were among the many, many firefighters from numerous departments […]
Michigan is beginning the new year with a new governor and a new crop of legislators. One of those legislators, state Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-Oxford), is wasting no time launching his ideas into the Lansing political arena. ‘I’ve got a variety of things in the works as far bills that I’m hoping to get written […]
I received a call a few weeks ago that really disturbed me for a myriad of reasons. The young man, who did not identify himself, wanted a story about him removed from our website because his criminal record had now been ‘expunged.? Apparently, he didn’t like the fact that when his name was Googled, an […]
A Dec. 27 traffic stop in Orion Township resulted in the arrest of a 42-year-old Detroit man who allegedly stole more than $74,000 in items from a manufacturing facility in the Village of Oxford. Kenneth Darnell Hall is facing five charges in connection with the alleged burglary of Master Manufacturing, Inc. located at 675 S. […]