As a hospice care nurse, Cookie Devine faces death on a daily basis as she helps patients make the transition from this life to the next. While the job can be difficult and emotionally stressful at times, the Addison resident considers her work to be an honor, not a burden. ‘If you’ve ever been present […]
Back in the 1950s, when right-wingers wanted to silence, discredit or blacklist their opponents on the Left, all they had to do was scream ‘Communist!? and the shunning began. Whether they were in reality Soviet agents or sympathizers mattered very little. Paint them Red and society will ostracize them. Later on, left-wingers used the same […]
Exuberant members of nine communities, including Oxford, gathered Feb. 18 at the Crofoot Ballroom in downtown Pontiac to celebrate a national accomplishment and prove you’re never too old for a high school-style pep rally. The event was designed to promote two things ? Main Street Oakland County’s (MSOC) 10th anniversary and the fact that Oxford […]
Dawn Warner didn’t care for the way Keyon Timmons smiled last week in Oakland County Circuit Court as he was being tried for shooting her 6-year-old granddaughter, Jordayna Barrett, of Oxford, in the face. ‘He has no remorse for what he did. In his mind, it’s a joke,? she said. ‘It makes you sick to […]
A monk and the Catholic monastery he resides at in Addison Township are being sued by a woman who alleges he repeatedly sexually assaulted her over a four-year period. Father Daniel Homan and the St. Benedict Monastery, located at 2711 E. Drahner Rd., are the defendants in a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court […]
It appears that censorship in the name of positivity has cost the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) the writing services of one of its volunteers. Betty Young, a downtown merchant and property owner, informed the DDA board during its Feb. 15 meeting that she will no longer be writing for the organization’s monthly newsletter because […]
Take a good look at Kevin Lynch as he is now in all his hairy glory because in a few weeks the Oxford resident is going to be bald and beardless. Lynch, whose family owns and operates Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors Bossardet Chapel at 39 W. Burdick St., is planning to make his entire […]
Homeless birds now have a place to rest their weary wings thanks to a group of caring students at Lakeville Elementary. Last week, fourth-grade members of the school’s Earth Club constructed 11 birdhouses, which will be used to establish two bird sanctuaries at Lakeville. ‘We’re going to have food, shelter and water for the birds,? […]
I really didn’t want to write this column. In fact, I put off writing it for three days. I wanted to write about other things, more important things. But the more I read and re-read Don Sherman’s letter to the editor (see left), the more I felt I had to respond to the inaccuracies and […]
Even though William Arthur Keely’s been dead for nearly 10 months, the specter of the sexual things he allegedly did to an Oxford High School student while she was a minor continues to haunt the school district. On Feb. 5, the victim, now an 18-year-old OHS senior, filed a civil lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit […]