Contrary to popular belief, we did not break the back of winter last week. The reports of Old Man Winter’s demise were greatly exaggerated. Approximately 9? inches of snow fell on the Oxford area during April 23-25 winter storm, according to the National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac Office. Ironic, considering temperatures broke the 80-degree mark April […]
On May 3, Oxford school district voters will go to the polls to decide the fate of a two-year, 2.3549-mill increase on non-homestead property. Non-homestead property includes businesses, commercial properties, second homes, vacation homes and rental properties. Excluded are principal residential and qualified agricultural properties. State law allows districts to levy up to 18 mills […]
Alan Willar has worked hard and sacrificed much to overcome his learning and listening disabilities. Now, the Oxford High School junior wants to help others with disabilities and himself by attending the 2005 Michigan Youth Leadership Forum in June. Willar was selected to be a delegate at the five-day educational and motivation forum in Lansing. […]
The last time Addison residents voted on the township’s operating millage rate Jimmy Carter was president of the United States. On May 3, Addison voters will go the polls to decide whether to increase the township’s operating tax by 0.3164 mill for 10 years. The increase would raise the property tax back to its original […]
Oxford and Addison voters will trek to the polls between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 to vote on school board candidates and local millages. Since school elections are now being run by the local townships, school district voters now cast their ballots at the same polling sites they voted at in the […]
Larissa Krueger, 11, of Oxford visits the offices of The Oxford Leader where her dad Editor C.J. Carnacchio works. Larissa learned how the newspaper is placed on-line.
Whether Oxford Schools? upcoming millage request passes or fails will mean the difference between approximately $600,000 and $1.3 million in budget cuts. School officials last week unveiled two plans calling for numerous cuts aimed at producing a balanced budget for 2005-06 ? one plan if the millage passes, one if it fails. On May 3, […]
A Disability Awareness Workshop was held at Oxford Elementary School April 14. Sponsored by Oakland Schools, the workshop is designed to foster understanding and empathy for disabled individuals by having students participate in hands-on exercises that allow them to experience what it’s like to be handicapped. Students learned about everything from physical and learning disabilities […]
Disc golfers were once again able to hit the links in Oxford as the Seymour Lake Park course was reopened April 16 after a nearly ten-month hiatus. ‘I love it. For me, really that’s the only course I can go play,? said Mike Stechshulte, a member of the Oxford High School Disc Golf Club. ‘When […]
Downtown Oxford has a parking problem ? the fact that officials place too much emphasis on it and have based what’s actually needed on a flawed study. That was one of Nicholas Kalogeresis? main messages to the Oxford Community Development Authority (OCDA) as he presented the preliminary findings of a needs assessment performed April 12-13. […]