He freely admits he’s no Michael Phelps, but Jim Brzezinski is also no slouch when it comes to competitive swimming. Back in January, the 37-year-old Oxford resident qualified during a Michigan Master Swim Meet at Lake Orion High School to compete in the U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championships May 20-23 in Atlanta, Georgia. […]
While most people were celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by using their livers as storage tanks for green beer, Oxford mortician Kevin Lynch was busy getting a shave and a haircut for a lot more than two bits. Lynch, whose family owns and operates Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors Bossardet Chapel at 39 W. Burdick St., […]
Oxford Township and Village taxpayers are going to save nearly $500,000 over the next six years as they continue to pay off outstanding debt related to the public library and fire department, but at much lower interest rates. Last week, the township board voted 7-0 to award the sale of $5.465 million in refunding bonds […]
Another law firm was put on the Oxford Township payroll as officials last week hired an attorney to negotiate the first-ever labor agreement with the now-unionized firefighters. The township board voted 4-3 to hire attorney Malcolm Brown, who’s with the 156-year-old firm of Butzel Long, which has offices Michigan, New York, Florida and Washington D.C. […]
Members of an Oxford family have opened their home and their hearts to a Haitian family that runs an orphanage damaged-beyond-repair during the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island nation Jan. 12. ‘It’s a blessing for me because the people here are very understanding,? said Haitian native Leonie Izidor. She, along with her small […]
There are plenty of rumors swirling around town concerning Oxford Bank and its future. ‘It’s unfortunate, but it’s not unusual,? said C. James Bess, the bank’s president and Chief Executive Officer since June 2009. ‘It’s the risk you take when you have people with a little bit of information and a lot of imagination.? In […]
People could always trust Oxford resident Richard Megahan to do two things ? keep the school district’s finances in pristine order and make them laugh with his sharp wit and ever-present smile. ‘He was very serious about his job, but he could tell a joke or a story like no one else,? said Carol Micol, […]
Faced with the prospect of declining property tax revenues for the next three years, Oxford Township is preparing to batten down the spending hatches by coming up with general fund, police and fire budgets that extend beyond the usual one-year time frame. ‘Ultimately, what I would project seeing happen is that this board would adopt […]
Jack Curtis believes, to paraphrase an old song, Oxford ought to be in pictures. That’s why he’s encouraging the owners of homes, businesses and vacant land within the township and village to post digital photos of their properties on a website offering locations for filming movies throughout the state. ‘This could bring many people here […]
A piece of Oxford history is crumbling and the township board wants to find out what it would take to fix it. The township’s cemetery committee is seeking bids from structural engineers to examine the 116-year-old mausoleum, located on the north side of W. Burdick St., to determine what’s wrong with it, how to best […]