Marcella Frost never imagined that one day she would be living the life so many others had described to her – a life of activity, excitement and travel. But now the 80-year-old Oxford resident is getting ready for her very first adventure – she is preparing to walk in the 27th Annual Flint Crim Road […]
Many people talk about having a guardian angel to watch over them. Twelve-year-old Oxford resident David Crump says he has four. Around three o’clock on July 22, David was playing water tag in the middle of Clear Lake near the high dive raft with friends Tony and Ryan Markowitz and Brendon and John Krug when […]
Hats off to the Oxford Board of Education for lowering their salaries from $30 to $1 per meeting. If all seven members attend all 24 regular meetings, it used to cost the school district $5,040 per year. With the salary cut in place, it will now cost the district $168 per year. That’s a nice […]
They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Well, here’s three pictures (or 3,000 words) Oxford Village voters should take a look at before they vote in the Tuesday, Aug. 5 election. See page 1 for the story. The first is a picture of Sam and Sandy Troutwine. These are the two residents of […]
The handful of individuals responsible for inflating the cityhood website’s on-line poll should be ashamed of themselves. What they did was dishonest and childish. The future of Oxford government – be it in a plural or singular form – is currently being debated. Some members of the public are trying to learn all the facts […]
The Oxford Leader is looking for information regarding a mysterious invitation that landed in the hands of Jim Sherman Sr. The invite says: “Yes, B’gosh, we AiR a goIn tew hev 1 of them air ParTies at our Big Opera House Friday, EveninG, Nov. 16, 1894. U aiR Cordially InviTed tew B their with yourn […]
10 years ago July 28, 1993 Last week Jerry Olrich, owner and president of Oxford Lumber Co., had lunch at the White House with President Clinton and Vice President Gore. He said the lunch was formal. It started with seafood consomme, then roast duck and spicy fruit, rice, carrots and a salad with fruit dish […]
Since receiving notice on May 20 from auditors Plante & Moran of several steps that could help the township’s accounting operations run more smoothly, officials at Addison Township have been making a few changes. “Overall this is a good report,” said Les Pulvert, a representative with Plante & Moran, at a special board meeting on […]
Work towards a final site plan for the new T-Mobile telecommunications tower, to be located on the southeast corner of Rochester and Bordman roads, has recently hit a few snags. During a special July 15 Addison Township planning commission meeting, requested earlier in the month by representatives from T-Mobile, commissioners learned that the company has […]
The long-awaited construction on the Orion Veterans Memorial is finally underway at the site on Lapeer and Odanah. Orion War Memorial spokesperson Dr. Joseph Mastromatteo said Joe Guinn of Guinn Construction Company has volunteered to do construction on the site, and is presently working on creating sidewalks on M-24 and Odanah. Guinn is also putting […]