Oxford Township’s Parks and Recreation Department is seeking resident input as to the direction it should take over the next five years as it updates its master plan. ‘I have ideas about what I’d like to see, but it’s not my department, it’s the community’s department,? said Parks Director Ron Davis. That’s why the department […]
A couple of small town firefighters encountered some urban drama when an Oxford ambulance was flagged down like a taxi on the streets of Pontiac to transport a gunshot victim to the hospital early Friday morning. Fire Capt. Terry Roeher and Firefighter/EMT Ben Horton were in the process of transporting an Oxford woman with a […]
Jennifer (Dipple) Craig doesn’t see herself as a hero, but it’s a safe bet the little boy she saved on Monday and his family would disagree. The 1997 Oxford High School graduate, who’s now a student teacher at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School in Ortonville, saved fifth-grader Aldair Hernandez, 11, from choking on the spring from […]
Oxford Middle School seventh-graders last week received an emotional and graphic lesson about hate from an 81-year-old Holocaust survivor. ‘Try not to use the word hate because I know what hate means,? said Martin Lowenberg, a German-born Jew who now lives in Southfield. ‘I lived with hate for 12 of my best years, from the […]
When the new KLR Splashpad opens Saturday, July 18 at Seymour Lake Township Park, it’s going to do so with a bang ? more than 731 of them to be exact. Township officials last week gave the parks and recreation department permission to have a fireworks display to be launched from the park’s southernmost soccer […]
ady a unique program at Oxford Middle School has greatly reduced the number of students earning failing grades. ‘Last year, during the third quarter, 71 students had one or more Es,? said OMS Assistant Principal Jeff Brown. ‘This semester to date, that number is down to 44.? ‘The feedback that we’ve gotten from parents has […]
‘For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels; And not the words of one who kneels.? ? ‘My Way? as sung by Frank Sinatra Americans are by nature rebels. Our country was founded by men who stood up for what […]
After months of waiting on pins and needles, it’s finally official ? Leonard and Lakeville elementaries were named Michigan Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools in an announcement issued by the state Board of Education last week. ‘To me, this shows that we have a phenomenal community which supports our kids and that we can compete with […]
Ortonville-Jennifer Craig doesn’t see herself as a hero, but it’s a safe bet the little boy she saved on Monday and his family would disagree. The 1997 Oxford High School graduate, who is now a student teacher at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School, saved fifth-grader Aldair Hernandez, 11, from choking on the spring from a mechanical […]
Firearms enthusiasts and military collectors are preparing to converge on Oxford American Legion Post 108 at 130 E. Drahner Rd. for its first ever Gun and Military Show Sunday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ‘We’re going to have roughly 40 vendor tables,? said organizer Jim Parkhurst, a past post commander. The show […]