Those looking forward to precision drills and polished notes won’t be disappointed when the Oxford High School Marching Band takes the field this fall. ‘I was very pleased with the progress they made at camp,? said OHS Band Director Jim Gibbons. The 125-member band recently spent a week at Covenant Hills Camp in Otisville, Michigan […]
On Monday, the Brad Jacobsen campaign express to Lansing officially pulled out of the station. Family, friends and local officials packed Jacobsen’s Flowers in Lake Orion to offer their support and well wishes for the 52-year-old lifelong Oxford resident as he formally announced his candidacy for the 46th District seat in the Michigan House of […]
Friday was a field of dreams for members of the Oxford Jr. Wildcats and the Detroit Cobras. The two youth football teams attended a Detroit Lions? practice at the pro team’s headquarters in Allen Park. The pint-sized players escorted the Lions onto the field, watched the two-hour practice, then got autographs from several of them. […]
A well-known local businessman and longtime public servant, born and bred in Oxford, is hoping to bring his brand of common sense governance to the state Legislature. ‘I look at what’s going on in Lansing and government overall, and it’s really discouraging for the average person out there,? said Oakland County Commissioner Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford). […]
A well-known local businessman and longtime public servant, born and bred in Oxford, is hoping to bring his brand of common sense governance to the state Legislature. ‘I look at what’s going on in Lansing and government overall, and it’s really discouraging for the average person out there,? said Oakland County Commissioner Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford). […]
American literature’s most well-known juvenile delinquent is coming to the stage for three shows at the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center July 30-Aug. 1. The Oxford Community Theater is proud to present, as its very first production, the play ‘Tom Sawyer.? Directed by Oxford resident Kelly Brock, the play was written by Ric Averill […]
For the third time in about a year-and-a-half, Oxford Village Councilman Michael Hamilton was involved in an alcohol-related run-in with the law, the only difference was this time, he spent the night in jail as a result. A village police report alleges Hamilton, 36, was driving while intoxicated with an open beer bottle in his […]
Oxford High School showed definite improvement across the board on the Michigan Merit Exam, the results of which were released last week. The percentages of juniors who took the MME this past spring and scored either proficient or advanced in reading, science, math, writing and social studies steadily increased over those juniors who took the […]
It seems like there’s a ‘CSI? television show on almost every night of the week. Each is set somewhere different and glamourous like Las Vegas, Miami and New York. ‘I try not to watch them,? said Rob Charlton, who works as a forensic lab specialist for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. ‘David Caruso (who stars […]
Money’s tight all over in Michigan these days, but it appears Oxford’s local governments still have plenty of cash in their fund balances. It seems all of Oxford’s governments? general funds have healthy fund balances and as a result, different entities are using their extra money in different ways. Some are putting their funds toward […]