It’s an epic tale that encompasses all the essential elements of human experience ? true love, friendship, a perilous journey, seemingly insurmountable obstacles and of course, a fantastic pizza pie. But it’s not the plot to some Hollywood blockbuster or New York Times bestselling novel. It’s the true story of how Shawn McGuire, founder and […]
When it comes to eating healthy and exercising, Lakeville Elementary’s looking to kick it up a few notches in the fight to help overweight and undernourished students. The school recently received a $2,219 grant to aid in the achievement of those goals, courtesy of the Detroit Lions, United Dairy Industry of Michigan, Michigan Department of […]
Paved portions of three Oxford Twp. roads will undergo some badly-needed resurfacing beginning the week of Oct. 12-16. A contractor hired by the Road Commission for Oakland County will be applying a fresh layer of asphalt to 1.73 miles of W. Drahner Rd. between M-24 and Newman Rd.; 0.07 mile of Oakwood Rd. just east […]
Oxford Township officials last week approved the municipality’s 2010 budgets and the property tax rates that will support them. All of the millage rates, with the exception of the ones to help pay off the fire and library bond debts, remained the same as the 2009 levies. Once again, the township will be levying 0.95 […]
I’d like to respond to a few things stated in the letter to the editor submitted by Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Peruski. I agree it made perfect sense economically, given the current financial state, to move a teacher from Leonard to Daniel Axford. In fact, the news article I penned on Page 3 of the […]
Oxford High School can always be proud of the fact that it consistently sends graduates into the world who truly care about others and try to help out whenever they can. Mark Alan Willar is certainly no exception. The 2006 OHS graduate recently chaired a fund-raising event in Ann Arbor that generated about $900 for […]
A proposal to place a three-year, 0.50-mill tax request to fund a countywide public bus service on the August 2010 ballot is expected to go before the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at its 9:30 am. Thursday, Sept. 24 meeting. During this meeting, the 25 commissioners will decide which committees to send the tax proposal […]
Local officials are not thrilled with the possibility of a half-mill countywide tax to support and expand the SMART bus system, especially when there’s an existing local transportation system that works just fine in their opinion. ‘That is absolutely astronomical,? said Pat Fitchena, director of the North Oakland Transportation Authority, referring to the proposed millage […]
Christmas came early for 150 Oxford and Lake Orion elementary students in need who were treated to a free shopping spree last week courtesy of the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan. Thanks to the Rochester Hills-based nonprofit group’s ‘Operation School Bell? program, each child received a brand new winter coat, knit-hat, gloves, underwear, socks, two […]
Twice before William Short’s had something of value go missing and both times he placed an ad in The Oxford Leader hoping some good samaritan would return his property. In both cases, the 67-year-old Oxford Village resident got what he was looking for and then some, so he decided to try it a third time […]