Oxford wine shop moves

If you’re looking for the Oxford Wine & Beverage Company, the shop moved ? across the street. Downtown Oxford’s only place to buy fine wines, premium beers and hand-rolled cigars recently moved from 24 to 11 S. Washington Street, the southwest quadrant building formerly occupied by the now-defunct Meadowbrook Interiors ‘It’s a good story because […]

‘Black Widow’ corn maze opens Saturday

There’s a giant spider lurking in Oxford, waiting for parents and kids to get lost in its evil web of . . . corn? Beginning Saturday, Oct. 1 and running every weekend through the end of the month, Oxford Township Parks and Recreation is operating a corn maze at 2067 N. Oxford Road (about two […]

Leader Editorial

With all that’s going on politically in Oxford and economically throughout the state and nation, we don’t believe that now is the right time for the township to move ahead with building new municipal offices. Oxford’s biggest problem has always been that it’s one community divided by two governments. It seems to us that moving […]

Katrina’s four-legged victims not forgotten

Not all of Hurricane Katrina’s victims are people. Some are furry, four-legged and can’t ask for help. That’s where Catherine Theisen comes in. A doctor at the Oxford Veterinary Hospital on Lincoln Street ? and the clinic’s former owner of 14 years ? Theisen recently spent two weeks in Louisiana with a Veterinary Medical Assistance […]

OAYA votes to cut Addison

If Addison doesn’t contribute its share of funding to Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance next year, its children and families will not receive local services. Youth Assistance’s Board of Directors voted Sept. 6 ‘to eliminate services to? Addison’s youth as of Dec. 31, 2005 ‘unless the municipality notifies OAYA of its intention to provide funding for OAYA’s […]

Public hearing Sept. 22 for shopping center

Concept plans for a proposed 99,951-square-foot retail shopping center next door to Meijer are the subject of a 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 22 public hearing before the Oxford Township Planning Commission. Located on the east side of M-24 on an 11.47-acre parcel between Meijer and East Market Street, the proposed shopping center is meant to […]

Car lands on bank’s front lawn

Drive-through took on a whole new meaning Sept. 17 when a car ended up on the front lawn of Oxford Bank shortly after 12 p.m. A 1990 Oldsmobile driven by a 20-year-old Oxford woman landed on the bank’s lawn as a result of a collision with another vehicle on M-24. According to the Oxford Village […]

Police chief suggests better ways to slow drivers down

As the Oxford area continues to grow by leaps and bounds, so does the number of vehicles on the road and the number of traffic violations. Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski told council last week that as of Sept. 1 his officers have issued an additional 1,245 traffic violations this year compared to all […]

Pins raise $271 for Katrina relief

A combination of safety pins, colorful beads and the desire to help others allowed students at Lakeville Elementary to raise $271 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Fifth-graders in teachers Rob Murray, Krista Faison and Jill Stuk’s classes recently made and sold Mardi Gras-inspired pins to raise money for the American Red Cross. Fifth-grader Bradley Mitchell […]

New booster group ‘strictly’ for athletics

There’s a new booster group in Oxford and its sole purpose is to increase funding for school sports. Dubbed the ‘Oxford Athletic Boosters and Foundation,? the new group replaces the longtime Oxford Wildcat Booster Club, which chose to dissolve earlier this summer due to waning membership, according to Oxford Athletic Director Patrick Ball. ‘It ended […]