Issuance of a capital improvement bond series totalling $3.3 million for upcoming street and downtown parking projects was approved 4-0 by the Oxford Village Council May 24. The bonds are scheduled to be sold June 14 and paid off over the next 15 years, according to village Manager Joe Young. The street improvement share of […]
Melody Bailey isn’t your stereotypical teenage girl. Her world doesn’t revolve around shopping at the mall and the never-ending quest for popularity. Bailey’s too busy restoring her low-rider pickup truck ? she rebuilt the transmission just last month ? and dreaming of a future as a master auto mechanic. That’s why the 18-year-old Oxford High […]
A man who educated Oxford students in the classroom and on the golf course for four decades passed away over the weekend. Donald M. Lovell, of Oxford, died Saturday, May 21, 2005 at the age of 62. From September 1964 to June 2002, Lovell taught social studies, history, government and law in the Oxford school […]
Oxford Township resident George Spencer leads a pretty active life-style. As chief of the Addison Township Fire Department, the 43-year-old is on-call virtually 24 hours a day to serve his 6,000-plus residents. In his spare time, the husband and father cycles an average of 50 to 75 miles a week. Just by looking at Spencer […]
Oxford High School held its annual Senior Honors and Awards Program on Thursday, May 19. From department and military awards to scholarships both local and national, the Class of 2005 proved itself to be hardworking, successful and a credit to the proud Wildcat tradition of excellence. Approximately $650,000 in scholarships were awarded to the Class […]
A tree was planted in Seymour Lake Township Park Sunday to memorialize a woman who dedicated 80 years of her life to the Girl Scouts. Members of the Oxford Girls Scouts Service Unit planted a small lilac tree in the Kids Kingdom area to honor the late Lucinda Hargrave, who was an active Girl Scout […]
Oxford got a taste of the Blues Friday as musicians Sweet Claudette and Howard Glazer performed during a press conference announcing plans for the community’s June 25 festival dubbed ‘Hot Blues and BBQ.? ‘It’s going to be a hot day in Oxford,? said Suzanne Ardelan, chair of the Oxford Downtown Development Authority’s Promotions Committee, who […]
A stone bridge that’s linked Oxford and Orion townships for 114 years will be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places at a May 20 meeting of the Michigan Historic Preservation Review Board in Lansing. The single-span arch bridge that extends over Indian Lake Road along the east side of M-24 once […]
Time machines, space ships and tribbles ? lots of tribbles ? invaded the Devil’s Ridge Golf Club Friday night as the Oxford Public Library Friends hosted its 9th Annual Storybook Gala. Science Fiction was the theme and Connie Miller was the guest of honor. The Oxford Village resident was selected as this year’s ‘Friend of […]
They walked in the rain, the cold and brief periods of sunshine. They walked in the dead of night and the wee hours of the morning. They walked to honor those who survived and those who lost their fight. They walked nonstop for 24 hours to help find a cure for a killer named cancer. […]