More fallout from Michigan’s sinking auto industry hit Oxford this week. Due to the dire economic circumstances surrounding General Motors and Chrysler, MSP Industries, located at 45 W. Oakwood Road, is planning to lay off 168 union employees and eight non-union employees in phases between May 18 and June 21. Owned by the Detroit-based American […]
Armed with their checkbooks, art connoisseurs from around Oxford gathered at Daniel Axford Elementary to purchase some one-of-a-kind pieces of self-expression at its finest. Okay, it was actually a bunch of parents who attended a special art show in which they could buy framed pieces of their children’s work with 20 percent of the proceeds […]
Brandon Twp.-Brandon High School Senior Kayla LaLone is in a panic. LaLone, 17, has accumulated an impressive 4.0 GPA (Grade Point Average) and was accepted to Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, Oakland University, and the University of Michigan. But, while the stellar academic accomplishments are notable, with high school graduation fast approaching another […]
Courtney Hughes, 9, thought a shoe phone would be a great addition to the world’s rising cell phone addiction. Her mother thought otherwise. ‘We wanted to make a shoe phone,? says Hughes, a member of the Engineerical Miracles Too robotics team. ‘My mom said no, the shoe was too dirty.? While ‘footwear phones? may be […]
Brandon Twp.-For $2, Kayla LaLone, Brandon High School senior and National Honor Society officer, received a piece of the action. ‘I loved the thrill of pieing my good friends in the face and knowing it was for a good cause,? said LaLone. LaLone and others took aim at about 20 students and teachers at the […]
Soaking wetand freezing cold’that’s how scout James Whitton, 16, described his most memorable night of camping. ‘Camping is always fun,? says Whitton. ‘On one trip, there was a huge storm during the night. When I woke up, everything was soaking wet’my clothes, blankets, everything. I was freezing cold and I couldn’t go back to sleep, […]
Brandon Twp.-As the holidays near, one local business will give to customers, receive from customers, and give again? to the less fortunate in the community. Wojo’s Greenhouse, 2570 Oakwood Road, is welcoming donations of non-perishable food items that will be sent to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund (OCEF) food pantry. Donations at Wojo’s will be […]
A love for books and willingness to volunteer’the type of individuals the Friends of the Brandon Township Public Library is seeking. ‘We are readers who love reading and love the library,? says Judy Shirley, secretary. “We come together to do what we can to help the library and try to make it a more meaningful […]
Serving the community in style’that’s Brandon High School’s fashion club motto. Starting its second year, the fashion club is more than clothes, shoes, and jewelry. It’s charity, volunteering, and a good time for high school students. The Fashion Club will kick off this year with Halloweenfest, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., on Oct. 28, in downtown […]
Rundown and poor. Those were the impressions of Brandon High School student, Josh Dolecki, 15, when he first arrived in an impoverished section of Pittsburgh last summer. ‘I expected lots of hard work, but it was fun work,? said Dolecki, one of 16 local youths who traveled to the Pennsylvania city as part of a […]