Despite the fact that property tax revenues are expected to continue decreasing, the Oxford Village Council is going to keep four full-time police officers on the payroll and on the streets at least through the end of the current fiscal year. Council last week voted 4-1 to fill a full-time officer position vacant since September […]
Beneath a soft blanket of snow they peacefully slumbered in Oxford’s Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery as a shivering crowd of about 60 people gathered there Saturday to lay Christmas wreaths by their graves and remember their sacrifices. ‘Today, each of us is privileged and free to come here and be the hands of Oxford,? said village […]
A 22-year veteran of the Oxford Fire Department is retiring next year and township officials have already got the replacement picked out. Last week, the township board authorized the department to spend $522,243 on a new Pierce pumper truck with a 1,000-gallon tank and the capability of pumping 1,500 gallons of water per minute. When […]
I wish to respond to Chris Glass? letter to the editor regarding last week’s column about my support for dissolving the Michigan State Senate. First of all, it is absolutely false that changing to a unicameral legislature would require a state constitutional convention.. All that is required is for state residents to vote on a […]
Sometimes long shots do come in. After five years of hard work and one disheartening denial, the Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund board last week awarded Addison Township a $428,000 grant to purchase 80 acres of land ? located one mile west of Leonard Village at the northeast corner of Leonard and Haven roads ? […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor If everyone had just blindly accepted the medical community’s diagnosis and basically ignored her, Phyllis K. Klenk would probably still be lying in a bed somewhere, trapped in her body and living out her days as a nonperson. She might even be dead. But thanks to her husband and a […]
Between the troubled economy and the push to make our lives more environmentally-friendly, the old saying ‘waste not, want not? is definitely in fashion right now as virtually everything’s getting reused including houses. On Tuesday morning, the old two-story house at the northeast corner of N. Washington and Center streets in downtown Oxford came crashing […]
Dating back to some 400,000 years ago, the spear is the oldest known weapon crafted by human hands. Long before the invention of the bow and arrow, the spear was Stone Age man’s killer of choice when it came to hunting animals to secure meat for himself and his community. Compared to today’s technology, it’s […]
Equestrians who ride the Polly Ann Trail (PAT) in Addison Township will be pleased to learn they’re finally getting their very own side path this summer. ‘I’m very excited about it,? said township Trustee Ed Brakefield, who sits on the PAT Management Council. ‘It’s no longer a hope, it’s going to happen.? The Michigan Department […]
Her background’s in Detroit radio, but she’s found a home here in Oxford delivering community news for the local cable access television station. Meet Ginger McGuire, one of the lead anchors for Channel 97’s ‘Oxford News This Week,? which airs at 6 a.m., 6 p.m. and midnight Monday through Friday. ‘I absolutely fell in love […]