Judith Ingles helped save three lives last week. But that’s nothing considering the 62-year-old Oxford resident has to date helped save 210 lives. Ingles isn’t a doctor or a nurse. She’s a blood donor. Ingles donated a pint of blood Friday during an American Red Cross blood drive held at American Legion Post 108 in […]
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin Oxford’s business owners are in dire need of a united voice in their community. My experiences fighting against the school district’s failed attempts in 2000 and 2002 to increase the non-homestead millage rate – a tax which has a large […]
Elementary school is a time to learn your ABCs and your CDVs. CDVs stands for “Core Democratic Values,” the principles upon which the Founding Founders built this great Republic 227 years ago. Clear Lake Elementary fourth-graders in teacher Suzanne Rosevelt’s class recently created posters depicting their favorite CDV. Using a combination of words and illustrations, […]
Wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour whipped through the Oxford-Addison area last Wednesday night and Thursday morning causing numerous downed wires and trees and depriving 1,100 DTE Energy customers of their electricity. On Thursday, National Weather Service offices in Pontiac and White Lake Township recorded respective “peak wind gusts” of 57 mph […]
Part of Susan Tucker’s new job is to make as many friends as possible. No, she’s not a social director. The Oxford resident was elected president of the Oxford Public Library Friends last week. Tucker, an active member of the Friends since spring 2001, is employed as a vice president and human resources director for […]
Wet road conditions combined with speed caused a rollover accident Tuesday afternoon on Ray Road between M-24 and N. Oxford Rd. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, a 35-year-old Oxford woman was eastbound in her 2001 Chevy minivan when she “lost control of her vehicle and struck the embankment” on the north side of […]
The first reading of a proposed ordinance regulating the development, construction, maintenance and signage of safety paths and sidewalks was approved last week by Oxford Township officials. Under the proposed “Safety Path and Sidewalk Regulation Ordinance,” developers would be required to either construct or pay for the construction of safety paths along public roads. Township […]
When Bob Godkin’s best friend Sam recently passed away, he was laid to rest in a casket and vault built specially for him by the Addison resident. “He was a member of the family,” said Godkin of his 14-year-old Golden Retriever. Sam was laid to rest in a special casket made of walnut and cherry […]
Most Americans think of Thanksgiving as not only a national holiday, but a family tradition. But what if your family tradition included holding the first ever Thanksgiving some 400 years ago? Four residents from Oxford, Addison and Brandon townships can trace their roots back to the historic feast that started it all. Long before televised […]
If a skate park is ever going to be constructed in Scripter Park, it’s going to require a high level of public interest and involvement. Residents are being asked to attend the 7 p.m. Dec. 1 meeting of the Oxford Village Parks and Recreation Committee at the administration building on W. Burdick St. and give […]