The Oxford High School varsity soccer team dominated their home-opener against Ferndale, beating the visiting Eagles 6-1. The Wildcats presented a balanced attack, sharing the scoring among six different players. Juniors Travis Simat, Chase Garavaglia and Jake Champion handled the scoring for the first half. Second half scoring came from sophomores Tommy Downs and Francisco […]
Leland ‘Pug? Laurence, of Leonard, entered into eternal life Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. He was 84. He was born July 17, 1928 to Albert C. and Pansy M. Laurence in Oxford. Best known as ‘Pug?, he was a life-long resident of Oxford who served in the Korean War and upon discharge returned to working in […]
There are many theories on how to best honor fallen soldiers. Historian James Woon, of Addison, may have devised one of the best ways yet. Woon, a historian for the Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary Society, has just donated a photo database to Addison Township identifying every American veteran buried in the historic Lakeville Cemetery. Veterans from […]
Oxford Community Television wants you! Ken LaPlace, the new manager of Oxford’s public access cable station, is calling on all able-minded Oxford-area residents to help him produce television shows this fall. LaPlace said that about ten new shows are slated for the fall, and his studios are in need of people to power them. Many […]
The Oxford High School Girls Golf team is set for a successful 2012-13 season. Coach Terry Kelley has many goals for this year’s squad and has rounded up many talented players to meet them. Beginning with an Aug. 15 warm-up scramble against Holly and Lapeer East, the OHS golf season had an early tee time […]
Monday, August 20 *Caller complains about neighbor’s loud radio on Pleasant St. *Pit bull chased woman and her dog all the way home on Bay Pointe Dr. *Bicycle stolen from Lakes Edge Dr. *Juvenile harassment on Glaspie St. *Caller returned home on Thornehill Trail to find three teens in her driveway. *Drunk driving female apprehended […]
Oxford’s alternative education program, Crossing Bridges, has two major changes in store for the 2012-13 school year, which begins next month. First, the name will be changed. The school will now be known as Oxford Bridges. The second change is a new location. Previously housed at Echo Grove Salvation Army camp, Oxford Bridges (OB) will […]
Oxford Community Schools recently announced a new partnership with Alternative Revenue Development (ARD) to ‘monetize assets for the school.? According to the district’s Communications Director Linda Lewis, ‘ARD has the exclusive right to market, sell and collect fees for sponsorship agreements with sponsors in connection with (the district’s) internet based programs only, for the purpose […]
You better have a seat if you ask Oxford Elementary students Isabelle and Adelle Freschette what they did this summer. Hearing them explain how they took home the gold from the Michigan Home Brew Festival may strain your imagination. Held annually at the Groveland Oaks Campground just outside of Holly, this year’s Home Brew festival […]
Driving out by Lakeville on Aug. 17, you probably heard the Haulin? Ellis band playing at the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library Music in the Park event. Pickin? and a-grinnin? at Labodie Park, the Haulin? Ellis family tradition kept everybody warm despite temperatures dipping into the 50s soon after sundown. Haulin? Ellis played […]