A special meeting of the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission on Thursday, April 8 was cancelled due to the lack of a quorum among the board’s village council members. All seven township board members were present, but only one village councilman, Dave Bailey, was in attendance. According to OPFEC’s by-laws a quorum of both […]
A quick stop for a pack of cigarettes at a local gas station last week cost a man his pickup truck. A 1994 Ford pickup truck belonging to a 33-year-old Orion man was reported stolen April 6 from the parking lot of Uncle Boomba’s Marathon gas station on the southwest corner of M-24 and Drahner […]
A public hearing is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 regarding the updating and extension of the Oxford Community Development Authority’s (OCDA) Downtown Development and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan. The original OCDA plan ‘sunsets,? or expires, on July 1, 2005. The authority was formed in 1982. OCDA officials wish to extend the plan […]
Leonard Elementary School Principal Sue Hannant sported a Mohawk hairdo Thursday as a reward for her students? prolific reading abilities. During the month of March, Leonard Elementary’s 319 kindergarten through fifth-grade students read an impressive total of 3,709 books. Hannant originally challenged the student body to read 1,500 books as part of ‘March is Reading […]
A total of 400 guys and gals attended the Daddy Daughter Dances held Friday and Saturday nights at Devil’s Ridge Golf Club in Oxford Township. The events were organized by Oxford Twp. Parks and Recreation.
ROCHESTER HILLS ? Sylvia Marie Majewska, the Addison Township woman accused of slaying both her son and her infant granddaughter in November 2014, was found competent to stand trial. That was the ruling of 52-3 District Court Judge Lisa Asadoorian following a brief competency hearing Monday morning. The decision was based on a Jan. 27 […]
‘I’m as broke as you are. You stole from the wrong kind of person.? That was Jenni Lynn Williams? message to the person or persons who recently pilfered her older brother’s high-end bicycle from the Park Villa Apartments property off Pontiac St. in Oxford. Williams, 25, who is staying at her grandparents? home on N. […]
Old Man Winter has been fairly tame this season. But it wouldn’t be Michigan if he didn’t deliver at least one or two big snow storms as spring draws near. Heavy, wet snow began burying Oxford on the morning of Feb. 24 and didn’t stop until the following morning. The National Weather Service (NWS) website […]
Watching Itty Bitty roll around in her little doggie wheelchair, it’s hard not to fall in love with her. Those expressive eyes. Those attentive ears. That tail wagging away at a mile a minute. She’s so eager to meet new people. Hard to believe this 2 ?-year-old pit bull started her life so horribly abused […]
OXFORD TWP. ? A young woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash that occurred at about 10 p.m. Feb. 29 and the young man suspected of being responsible for it is currently in the Oakland County Jail, pending review of potential charges from the prosecutor’s office. (Update from the sheriff’s office: The suspect was released […]