The first reading of an ordinance amendment to raise the sewer rate for single family residential units in the Village of Oxford was approved 4-0 by council Tuesday. The proposed increase of sewer rates from $18.26 to $22.85 per month (a $4.59 hike) drew no public comment during the public hearing. Increased operational charges from […]
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A special meeting of the Oxford Board of Education will be held on July 16, 2003, at 6:00 p.m. at the Administrative Offices, 105 Pontiac St., Oxford.
Charter Township of Oxford 2003 – July Board of Review Please take NOTICE that the Charter Township of Oxford, July Board of Review is called into session to hear appeals and to correct both the assessment and tax rolls for the following reasons: Changes in Taxable Value due to a newly recognized Ownership Transfer as […]
NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE OXFORD AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TO BE HELD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2003 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2004. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE OXFORD AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF OAKLAND AND LAPEER COUNTIES. […]
Brandon Twp – It took a handshake for John Hagar and David Watts to seal the deal. Then it took another three months of grappling with township officials, lawyers, and Lansing before Hagar could call it a deal. ‘Now that this is behind us we’ll move forward as soon as the license is approved in […]
Brandon Twp – For the past year Greg Norman has been busy refreshing programming on the local cable station. In a yearly written request to renew his contract as Cable Coordinator, Norman informed the board that within the past year the local station expanded staff with students from Brandon High School, updated equipment and produced […]
Record teen unemployment coupled with schools closed for the summer has local authorties concerned. ‘It’s a crime cycle we go through during the summer. Other communities where many people live in close proximity often have problems too,? said Sgt. Tim McIsaac, Oakland County Sheriff Department, Brandon Substation. Such an increase in crimes at the Sashabaw […]
Ortonville – Last year, local business owner, David Bonner purchased a 1948 Dodge, hoping to get some cruising time with his family. Having been a business owner in Ortonville for more than 20 years and a member of the Downtown Development Authority, Bonner is always looking for ways to spruce up the downtown area. His […]
Lawmakers recently OK’d a bill that would allow school districts to spread class time over 1,098 hours and dump the state’s current 180-day school year. Supporters of the measure say school districts would have latitude in how to best ‘divvy-up? the time students spend in the classroom. If desired, schools could change to a four […]
Ortonville? In 1940, at the beginning stages of World War II in a small dance hall near Eastburn, England, George Craven, 19, a solider in the Royal British Army asked a local girl Mary Lund, 22, to dance. That dance lasted more than 60 years. In 1942 the couple were married at St. Thomas Church […]