A lesson in civic consciousness led the Oxford High School DECA Club last Wednesday to donate $2,500 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help one special child’s dream come true. DECA raised the money through three special events, each of which were organized and conducted by marketing students. The club raised $1,400 from its annual Bowl […]
Keith Judson Curtis, founder, owner and operator of Curtis Floor Covering in Oxford, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19. He was 77. “He was a great person to work for,” said son Harry Curtis, who worked side-by-side with his father for 38 years in the family business. “It was an extreme pleasure working with my father.” […]
ADDISON TWP. ? A garbage truck and delivery van were involved in a head-on collision on Indian Lake Rd, a quarter-mile east of Barr Rd, shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. According to the sheriff’s report, the driver of a Promed Delivery Inc. van, a 34-year-old Detroit man, was traveling westbound on Indian Lake Rd. when […]
An investigation into the alleged misuse of $136,677 in federal COPS grant funds awarded to the now-defunct Oxford Police Department in the 1990s turned up no criminal wrongdoing, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. However, Bill Dunn, chairman of the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission, said he was not satisfied with that conclusion […]
Concern over the possibility of losing their benefits, and maybe even their jobs, prompted Oxford’s full-time firefighters to go looking for the “Union Label.” “We just want some representation,” said Fire Lt. Terry Roeher. “We want some protection. That’s the biggest thing.” Roeher and the department’s three other full-time firefighters are in the process of […]
Steve Drakos said goodbye to the Oxford Board of Education last week, but not to the Oxford/Orion area. “My new house is only two blocks from Oxford,” he said. Drakos recently announced his resignation from the school board effective Feb. 20. The local attorney and his wife of one and a half years, Teresa, purchased […]
I hate to admit it but I must agree with Governor Jennifer Granholm and even applaud her actions. In light of the state’s $2 billion budget shortfall and the large number of spending cuts ahead, Granholm said she will cut her own $177,000 annual salary by 10 percent to lead by example, according to the […]
It’s often said that people are judged by the friends they keep. If that’s true, than the Oxford Public Library is in very good company and most fortunate to have such generous friends as Don and Colette Chadwick. The Chadwicks were recently selected by the Oxford Public Library Friends (OPLF) to be co-recipients of the […]
A consent judgement calling for the straightening and paving of a portion of E. Drahner Road, the creation of a small park on Tullamore Lake and the building of some safety paths was approved by the Oxford Township Board last week. Under the agreement between the township and Trident Crest Properties, Inc. ? developer of […]
Donations to put a new traffic signal at the intersection of East Burdick St. (Lakeville Road) and Glaspie (North Oxford Road) are being solicited by the Oxford Township Supervisor and Oxford Village President. “Because of the existing and continued development in the northeast quadrant of Oxford Township, and the increased traffic from your development, the […]