For property owners who don’t agree with their 2009 tax assessment, next week is your opportunity to appeal it. The Boards of Review in Oxford and Addison townships will convene next week to meet with residents face-to-face and hear them state their cases. ‘By statute, the assessment is presumed accurate and correct,? said Dave Hieber, […]
It may sound hard to believe, but students at Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township are helping protect the environment and conserve resources every time they use the restroom. A couple weeks ago, Kingsbury had two Kohler waterless urinals installed in the boys restroom at the main school, which serves grades 3-8. ‘It’s pretty […]
We’ve got a lot of big dreamers in government. Every time they see an empty building or a vacant piece of land, they automatically start dreaming about turning it into things like youth centers, senior centers, parks, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, etc. But we often forget that every piece of property government purchases or has […]
It’s been three months since former Addison Supervisor Robert Koski left office, but records indicate that hasn’t stopped him from using a township credit card. According to a billing statement and receipts obtained from the township under the Freedom of Information Act, Koski, his son, Andrew, and a local carpenter named Stanley Wojes charged a […]
Good news for drivers who hate traveling the bumpy, gravel stretch of Ray Rd. between Meijer and N. Oxford Rd. ? federal funds are on the way to pave it! After attending a meeting of the Oakland County Federal Aid Task Force Funding Committee on Tuesday, Oxford Township Treasurer Joe Ferrari was pleased to report […]
Chocolatier Will Cole doesn’t have an army of Oompa-Loompas at his beck and call, but he is out to give Willy Wonka a run for his money when it comes to making candy. Last month, the 2004 Oxford High graduate launched Will Cole Chocolates, an upscale line of hand-molded milk and dark chocolate truffles sold […]
Oxford’s McDonald’s restaurant could be moving a little bit to the north and to the other side of the road. At its Thursday, Feb. 26 meeting, the planning commission is slated to discuss the possibility of McDonald’s moving from its current location at 280 N. Washington St. to a 1.21-acre vacant site on the west […]
Is there anything sweeter than the idea of a candy red 1969 Chevy Camaro? Not to Oxford resident Jeff Hanson. Local car buffs are invited to get an up close and personal view of Hanson’s Camaro at the 57th Annual Murray’s/O’Reilly’s Autorama March 6-8 at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. Hanson’s Camaro will be […]
A local pie shop recently put a new spin on a traditional Fat Tuesday delicacy. For the past few weeks, Achatz Handmade Pie Company in downtown Oxford was selling Paczki pies. ‘So far, it’s been a big hit,? said store manager Andrea Malone, noting the Oxford location sold about 35 pies. Weighing in at 2.5 […]
Fourth-graders at Clear Lake got a firsthand perspective of what it’s like to serve in the military and the war in Iraq when U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Gable visited them last week. ‘Everybody looks forward to everything you guys send,? said Gable, who once attended school at Daniel Axford and Oxford elementaries. ‘Almost every day […]