A 21-year-old Goodrich man was on his way to work Monday morning, but never made it there because he got arrested for drunken driving instead. Driver Nathan Lee Wallace caused a two-vehicle crash on M-24, just north of Oakdell Road, around 7 a.m., according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report. Wallace was northbound on M-24 […]
While most kids were pretend-racing their Matchbox and Hot Wheels toy cars around little plastic tracks, 11-year-old Kevin Feeney was nurturing his addiction to acceleration by tearing up a real speedway in Waterford with his quarter midget racer. Three decades later, the now 40-year-old Oxford resident is still competing and burning rubber only in a […]
Every week, The Oxford Leader publishes numerous photos and articles featuring local young people. We highlight the good deeds they do, the fun they have at local events, the impressive feats they accomplish and the awards they win. Nine times out of ten, this paper shows our young people in a positive light. We defy […]
Between worrying about money, fretting about their jobs and worrying about their kids, most Americans consider their hectic lives very stressful. But imagine the daily stress living on a continent where disease is rampant, natural disasters are common and poverty is the norm. What kind of toll does a life like that take on the […]
School’s out for the summer, but the learning didn’t stop at Clear Lake Elementary last week as kids participated in Camp Invention. Created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, the Camp Invention program is a nationally acclaimed summer enrichment experience for children entering grades one through six. Participants get a week-long dose of […]
A gentleman who’s made a career out of turning around troubled banks was appointed president and chief executive officer of Oxford Bank and its holding company last week. C. James Bess is now leading the 125-year-old financial institution as it attempts to become profitable again. He started work Monday morning. ‘This bank needs to and […]
These young ladies listened intently to a wonderful story read to them in Centennial Park Tuesday. Dubbed ‘Storytime in the Park,? the weekly event features someone from the Oxford Public Library reading books to children. The program is a partnership between the library and the Oxford DDA. More storytimes are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on […]
When it comes to maneuvering large ships through crowded harbors or narrow channels, tugboats are known far and wide as the workhorses of waterways. But Mark Shafer’s tug, named the Wildflower, isn’t a beast of burden, it’s more like a plush yacht. ‘We basically redid the cosmetic end of it as far as carpeting, glass, […]
You would think too much water on a lake wouldn’t be a problem for boating, but apparently on Oxford Township’s Stony Lake it is. High water levels caused by the significant rainfall this area’s experienced since the end of April have left the boat launch at Stony Lake Park closed since before Memorial Day. ‘I’ve […]
Over the years I’ve written columns defending smokers? rights against the tyranny of overzealous do-gooders. I’ve also waxed poetic about the tobacco shop, Maison Edwards, I used to work at in Ann Arbor during my years at the University of Michigan. But I’ve never really written, from a philosophical standpoint, about the pure joys of […]