A 46-year-old Rochester Hills woman has been charged with felonius assault with an edged weapon by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department for slicing a man’s neck with a kitchen knife. According to Sheriff’s Deputy Hubble, the incident occurred at 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, at the Training & Treatment Innovations (TTI) and Clubhouse Inspiration mental […]
SPECIAL NOTE ? The Oxford Leader learned Wednesday morning that sadly Jeremy Curtis, a 1998 graduate of Oxford High School, passed away after a battling brain cancer since May 2002. A story celebrating Curtis? life and honoring his memory will appear in next week’s edition. We would like to offer his family and friends our […]
Tuesday, April 29 Medical emergency on Tuvan Trail. Addison firefighters reported on a call for a grass fire on Frederick Lane. Medical emergency on Thornapple Circle. Oxford firefighters assisted the Metamora Fire Department with a structural fire on Brocker Rd. Emergency workers invested a possible carbon monoxide leak on Coryell. Medical emergency on Chaning Drive. […]
The Oxford Schools Board of Education, like many schools across the state, made some hard choices during a special board meeting on May 6 – the board members voted unanimously to approve a proposed budget reduction list that would trim 4.5 percent and help the district to meet a $1.5 million deficit for the upcoming […]
After 30 years of tieing little shoes, making messy art projects and teaching kids to say ‘please? and ‘thank you,? teacher Susan Mundy said good-bye Friday to Holy Cross Christian Preschool in Oxford and hello to retirement. ‘The kids have all touched my heart in many ways,? said the 50-year-old Lake Orion resident. ‘It’s been […]
Oxford, Leonard and Clear Lake Elementary schools are holding a Pampered Chef and Little Caesars Pizza Kit fund-raiser now thru May 14. All proceeds go towards fifth grade camp. The Pampered Chef offers a full line of quality kitchen tools that compliment Little Caesars Pizza Kits. The expected delivery date for the fund-raisers is May […]
The Clear Lake Elementary student council is holding a car wash on Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school. All proceeds from the event will go to the Share Our Strength Organization, a national group that helps to feed children across the world. For more information, please call 969-5200.
A 7-year-old Oxford girl with a life-threatening medical condition will have her wish to swim with dolphins fulfilled this summer thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Village Green Companies. ‘I never met a dolphin before and I thought it would be really cool to meet and swim with one,? said little Leah England, a second-grader […]
ADDISON TWP. ? Tucked away in the beautiful wooded areas along East Drahner Road is a local treasure where the days move at a slower, more deliberate pace so as to allow residents and visitors more time for personal reflection, prayer and hopefully, enlightenment. Since 1958, Saint Augustine’s House, the only Lutheran monastery in the […]
It’s ironic that at the same time Iraq is undergoing a ‘regime change? from dictatorship to democracy, the Oxford Board of Education appears to be heading in the opposite direction. It appears school board President Ron Etherton has decided to circumvent the democratic process altogether by planning to resign after the upcoming school election, thus […]