Downtown Oxford lost 15 parking spaces Monday when a privately-owned section of the northwest quadrant was closed off. The lot’s owner, local developer Charles Schneider, closed his property off to free public use following the Oxford Village Council’s rejection of a lease agreement it originally proposed. The property in question is located between Sister’s Hair […]
Despite the rain, gray skies and chilly temperatures, 313 hearty souls participated in the 22nd Annual Lake Orion/Oxford Area CROP Walk held Sunday afternoon. Sporting a mixture of winter attire and rain-gear, participants started at Oxford United Methodist Church (UMC) on E. Burdick St. and had their choice of two routes ? a 10-kilometer (6.2 […]
A man comes to town offering better roads and less traffic congestion. The people rejoice! There’s dancing in the streets! Wine, women and song abound! During the revelry, the man says there’s one catch ? to accomplish all this, we need to enact five new local taxes on you. The joyful people quickly become an […]
A Lakeville Elementary class received a lesson in math and environmentalism last week as they collected and counted money to help save the rainforest. Teacher Melissa Douglas? first and second graders raised an impressive $147.40 over a one-week period to put toward adopting and preserving acres of endangered rainforest. Douglas? class raised enough to adopt […]
Oxford Village Manager Mark Slown called it quits at last night’s council meeting. Council voted 4-1 to accept Slown’s resignation effective July 1. However, as part of the motion, Slown will continue to receive his regular bi-weekly pay of $2,311 until July 1 with the expressed understanding that beginning immediately he’s to no longer to […]
A two-truck collision on the morning of April 22 resulted in a trip to the hospital and ticket for one local driver. A 61-year-old Oxford woman travelling south on M-24 in a 2002 Chevy truck struck the rear of a 2002 Dodge truck stopped in the southbound right-lane of M-24, just north of Drahner Road. […]
Three eighth-graders at Oxford Middle School were named the local winners of the 35th annual ‘America and Me Essay Contest.? Sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, the topic of the 2003-04 essay contest was ‘My American Hero.? Shalyn Weemaes earned first place with her touching essay about best friend Jared Sturgess, who’s battle with cancer inspired […]
What’s it going to take to alleviate Oakland County’s road problems? Lots and lots of additional money, according to Brent O. Bair, managing director of the Road Commission for Oakland County. Possibly five new local taxes. Bair addressed the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce last week about the county’s road problems, primarily congestion and the […]
Teacher Julie Cote’s first-grade class at Lakeville Elementary wants to make sure U.S. troops overseas are not forgotten ? and they’ve got the dirty hands and smiling faces to prove it. Students got very messy (and had a lot of fun) Monday making 500 special Earth Day necklaces which will be sold for 25 cents […]
Oxford Village Manager Mark Slown did not deserve the blame and criticism that was heaped upon him at the April 13 council meeting by resident Tracy Miller. What happened with Miller’s appointment was the fault of council, more specifically Councilman Steve Allen. Miller, husband of village President Renee Donovan, was appointed to the village Zoning […]