Oxford dog travels at MACH speed

Most people are pretty pleased when their dog learns to sit, stay, fetch, roll over and all the other usual canine commands and tricks. But Oxford residents Linda Brady and Riggs, her six-year-old Golden Retriever, are way beyond all that. Brady and Riggs recently attained their Master Agility Championship (MACH) title while competing in the […]

Police chief OKs outdoor service at Oxford Tap

The Oxford Tap is one step closer to adding an outdoor service area behind its 36 S. Washington St. building. Oxford Village Council members voted 4-0 to approve Police Chief Mike Neymanowski’s recommendation to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission that the Oxford Tap be allowed to operate an outdoor service area in conjunction with its […]

Addison strip mall site of 5 burglaries in one night

Five businesses in an Addison Township strip mall were burglarized late Thursday night, but instead of getting away with the loot, the suspected thief got a dog bite courtesy of the Oakland County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. Carlen Leon Skube was arraigned in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court Saturday on five felony counts of breaking and […]

Fire rips through Addison home’s roof

Fire erupted inside the attic and roof of an Addison Township home in the wee hours Monday morning. Firefighters were called to 258 Ridgemont (which runs south off Indian Lake Road) around 2:30 a.m. to extinguish a house fire. When fire personnel arrived on the scene, Addison Fire Chief George Spencer said the house was […]

Twp. approves contract with county for $17.7 million water project

Oxford Township officials last week voted 6-1 to approve a contract with Oakland County for the acquisition, construction and financing of an estimated $17,725,000 worth of improvements to the unincorporated water system. The project includes construction of a 1-million gallon elevated storage tank on N. Oxford Road, up to four water treatment plants and eight […]

Residents favor park, single family homes for village land

Residents in the northwest portion of Oxford Village turned out en masse last week for a public hearing regarding the potential development of some vacant public land. Council was considering developing 3.125 acres of village-owned property (south of Dayton St. and west of Pleasant St.) into affordable housing for senior citizens and a park/recreational area […]

Bank bake sale raise $236 for Relay for Life

Oxford Bank’s main branch held a bake sale Friday and raised $236 for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life May 14-15 at Oxford High School. The bank is a $1,000 sponsor of the 24-hour relay event which is designed to raise money for cancer research and promote cancer awareness and education. Tony Lasher, marketing […]

Scollin earns Scholar Athlete Award at Marist Academy

Oxford resident J.T. Scollin was recently selected as his school’s recipient of the Winter Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Scholar Athlete Award. An eighth-grader at the Marist Academy, a Catholic school in Pontiac, Scollin earned the award for his performance on the basketball court and in the classroom, where he maintains a grade point average above […]

Decorating the cross at Easter

A group of children from Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ spent part of their Easter morning decorating a small wooden cross outside the church with butterflies ? symbols of rebirth and new life. In photo above, we see Chase Donaldson begin the decorating while in the photo below Emily Wilder (left), Skye Donaldson (kneeling, […]

OCDA hires new director

The Main Street program is new to downtown Oxford, but to Amanda Katt Cassidy it’s a familiar old friend she met in school. Cassidy was hired earlier this week to be the new executive director of the Oxford Community Development Authority (OCDA) at an annual salary of $44,000 plus benefits. She starts in two weeks. […]