For the first time in nearly three years, Oxford’s Groundhog Day Festival will feature a real, live, honest-to-goodness, furry, weather-predicting marmot. And the community has Oxford Leader reporter and village resident Teri Stiles to thank for it. After reading this editor’s column last week complaining about the festival’s continued lack of a real groundhog since […]
Home. It’s the place we come from. The place we live. The place we’re instinctively drawn to in times of crisis, tragedy and uncertainty. Home is the place we all want to be. The place we all need to be. For Karin Rivest and her two children, Hunter, 7, and Rachel, 9, home is a […]
They say everybody in the world has a double somewhere ? a doppelganger as the Germans call it. Well, it appears actor/comedian Robin Williams? twin lives right here in Oxford in the form of a 7?-month-old baby named Tanner Eubanks. A photo of little Tanner (shown above) was featured on the Jan. 6 episode of […]
Keeping taxes low and the roads in good shape are two of Bill Patterson’s primary goals as he begins his fourth term as Oakland County Commissioner for District #1. Patterson (R-Oxford), along with 24 other county commissioners, was sworn into office Thursday during a special inaugural ceremony held in Pontiac. First elected in 1998, Patterson […]
As one of the last real conservatives who truly believes in extremely limited government, I’ve of two minds when it comes to the issue of local government. On the one hand, I strongly believe in the idea that local government is best because it’s supposed to be small, financially restrained, close to the people and […]
Oxford High School students in teacher Catherine DePasquale’s World Studies class are doing more than just learning about southeast Asia, they’re lending a helping hand by raising money to aid survivors of the recent tsunami. ‘Instead of just studying the history of these islands, I proposed they find a way to make a difference,? DePasquale […]
Former Oxford Police Chief Gary Ford is $1 richer now that he’s settled his lawsuit against the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission. But it’s far, far cry from the approximately $190,000 he originally sued the taxpayers of Oxford for. A $10,000 settlement agreement was reached between Ford and OPFEC, which resulted in Oxford paying […]
Those wishing to vote in next year’s Oxford Village election will have to wait until September to do so. Council voted 4-0 last week begin holding village elections in September of odd-numbered years. Officials also voted to change the length of council terms so ultimately each seat would carry with it a four-year term as […]
Oxford Village officials last week expressed their desire to review and approve any changes to the proposed Polly Ann Trail pedestrian bridge over M-24. Council last week voted 4-0 that ‘any scope changes? to the proposed bridge plans, such as dimensions and the addition of stairways, be ‘resubmitted to the village (both planning commission and […]
Public hearings will be held at the 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 Oxford Village Council meeting regarding proposed ordinance amendments prohibiting loitering and improper use of skateboards, scooters, mopeds, rollerblades and bikes. First readings for each of these proposed ordinances were mistakenly held Dec. 14 without public hearings preceding them, according to village Manager Joe […]