Oxford Village Dispatch once again found itself without power and running on a generator – and this one couldn’t be blamed on Old Man Winter. Around 9:10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, a downed primary electrical line, located around 44 Park St., caused several customers to lose power for about four hours. The cause of […]
A concept plan for a Flagstar Bank branch office on M-24, just north of the village, was unanimously approved by Oxford Township officials last week. The Jackson, Michigan-based bank is planning to build a 3,500-square-foot single-story facility on the west side of M-24, just north of the POH Medical Center and bordering Gateway Drive to […]
Five area residents have turned in petitions for the two seats up for election this June on the Oxford Area Community Schools board of education. According to Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro, Anthony Giannola and Robert Guzanek have petitioned for the two-year term currently held by Jamie Flemming and previously held by Steve Drakos. Flemming was appointed […]
Once again the Oxford High School auto technology team has qualified for state in the AAA/Ford Student Auto Skills competition. The auto technology team is composed of eight students who each took a written competency test on March 6. The top two scores of each school are then added together for a composite team total. […]
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) wants to close the median crossover at the intersection of Oakwood Road and M-24 to through-traffic, however, Oxford Township officials would rather see a traffic signal installed there. Officials last week unanimously approved a resolution requesting a light be installed at the intersection and included a letter from Fire […]
Five young ladies from Oxford’s Crossroads for Youth got a bird’s eye look into government during the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Youth in Government Day. The main goal of the event was to give students across Oakland County an opportunity to learn about county government and see their commissioners in action. In addition to […]
Cub Scout Pack 366, sponsored by the Oxford United Methodist Church, is currently participating in ‘Operation Appreciation? through the American Red Cross Genesee-Lapeer Chapter. ‘Operation Appreciation? supports American troops oversees by sending ‘Quality of Life? comfort supplies, such as toiletries and writing implements, through the military’s traveling stores at no cost to the servicemen or […]
The members of Cub Scout Pack 44 have gone absolutely ‘batty? over their community service project – they are building 70 bat houses to be distributed around the Oxford area as an alternative means of combating the West Nile Virus. ‘One bat can eat like 1,200 bugs a night, and that includes mosquitos,? said Pack […]
Oxford Area Community Schools received some good news from county and state officials this week – the district will not have to add any days or hours to the school calendar. School closings due to the repeated ice storms did put the district under hours for the academic year, despite built in extra days and […]
The Oxford Public Library Friends are proud to honor Don and Colette Chadwick as Friends of the Year at the Annual Storybook Gala to be held Friday May 9 at Devil’s Ridge. Doors open at 6:30pm and this year’s theme is ‘Mystery and Mayhem?. Reservations are $60.00 per person and include a gourmet dinner (your […]