It was almost like a scene out of the 1980s hit television series ‘MacGyver.? Teams of third-graders at Lakeville Elementary were recently given bags full of odds and ends like paper clips, rubber bands, balloons, kite string, cothes pins, straws and empty plastic film canisters. Their mission ? use the above items to transform an […]
OXFORD VILLAGE ? An Oxford man was tragically cut down in the prime of his life Saturday morning when he accidentally drown in Scripter Park’s Round Lake. Travis Carl Towsley, 23, drown while attempting to swim across the frigid lake, according to the Oxford Village Police report. Towsley, a former student of the Lake Orion […]
Thanks to a $512 donation from the Oxford/Orion Kiwanis Club, Paige Anolick will get the help she needs to speak ? for at least another month. ‘It was a relief,? said Lori Anolick, mother of the four-year-old Oxford resident, of the Kiwanis Club’s donation. ‘It’s been a struggle. This puts my mind at ease. For […]
If there’s to be a dedicated millage for the construction of additional safety paths in Oxford Township, it won’t be levied against the village. The township board last week voted 5-2 to direct its Safety Path Committee to ‘put together? a ‘suggested safety path millage proposal? for the November 2004 ballot, ‘to be placed on […]
While most college students are busy dividing their time between studying and partying, Megan Peterson is busy using her spare time to help others. In recognition of her ‘oustanding commitment to community service throughout her college career? at Saginaw Valley State University, the 2001 Oxford High School graduate received the ‘Heart and Soul Award? at […]
Being married to the president may have its privileges, but apparently serving on the Zoning Board of Appeals is not one of them. The Oxford Village Council last week voted 4-0 to rescind its March 23 appointment of Tracy Miller, husband of village President Renee Donovan, to the ZBA. Donovan abstained from the vote. Council’s […]
An Oxford Village Dispatcher has been suspended for one day without pay and received a written reprimand in his file following an internal investigation into alleged misuse of the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN). ‘I didn’t see anything criminal,? said village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski, who conducted the internal investigation, which was concluded last week. […]
THUMBS UP to the Oxford Township Board for making it clear last week that if there is to be a safety path millage proposal on the November ballot, it will not include Oxford Village. Board members voted 5-2 to direct the Safety Path Committee to put together a millage ballot proposal for the unincorporated portion […]
For the first time in my political life as a Burkean conservative and normally straight-ticket Republican voter, I will be casting a ballot for the Libertarian Party in the November elections (with the exception of the state and local elections). No, I have not converted to the libertarian philosophy. And no I’m not going to […]
Oxford Township officials last week voted unanimously to authorize Supervisor Bill Dunn to begin the process of changing the name of a portion of Granger Road to Dunlap Road. The supervisor was also charged with notifying the three residences along the one-mile stretch of Granger Road (between Seymour Lake Road and Dunlap Road) that would […]