A 54-year-old Oxford woman, who tested positive for crack cocaine, allegedly broke into a downtown Oxford restaurant early Friday morning, then fled the scene and led police on a high-speed chase through the village and along M-24. The chase ended with the suspect’s vehicle rear-ending a sheriff’s patrol car near Clarkston Road in Orion. Oxford […]
For the third consecutive year, bikers gathered in downtown Oxford Sunday to remember the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and raise money for families of America’s fallen heroes. Organized by Oxford Township resident “Tattoo Bob” Howell and his brother, Capac resident Harry Pressel, this year’s 90-mile charity ride through Oxford, Capac and Yale raised […]
An Oxford Schools bus driver received a shock when something came flying through one of the vehicle’s windows late Friday afternoon. Lynda Beaumont was waiting outside of Daniel Axford Elementary around 4 p.m. on Sept. 5 for the rest of her riders to board when she heard a “pop-like noise” come from behind her in […]
Tuesday, September 2 A resident on East St. reported an unknown individual trying to break into his vehicle. Someone broke into a Sanders Rd. resident’s home by kicking in the front door. Several items were stolen from the property. A suspicious person around Pleasant and Davison streets turned out to be a vagrant camping in […]
The Addison Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously at the September 4 regular meeting to deny the rezoning request of Pat and Glen Eisenhardt. The Eisenhardts were asking to have their 53.55-acre parcel, located on the southwest corner of Army and Rochester roads, rezoned from Suburban Farm (2-acre) to R-1 Residential (1-acre). The board had […]
At the September 4 regular meeting, the Addison Township Board passed a resolution setting the millage rates for the fiscal year. The township rate was approved for up to 1.41 mills for the general fund. Because of the Headlee Amendment, the township will rollback and levy 1.1132. For the fire department, 0.75 mills have been […]
Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Preschool will be holding a rummage sale on Sept. 25 – 27 at the church, located at 136 S. Washington Rd. This year’s sale will feature a special Boutique Area and extended days and hours: n Thursday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. n Friday, Sept. 26, from […]
Oxford firefighters will be conducting a “boot drive” at the intersection of Washington and Burdick streets Sunday, Sept. 14. Proceeds from the fund-raiser will go toward paying the medical bills for two-year-old Oxford resident Emily Borst, who nearly drown in May. From most recent reports provided by Emily’s family to the Home Town Village block […]
Everyone knows the story of Pinocchio, the little puppet who wanted to be a real boy. And while growing up, most children will pretend to be fighting their way through the world as Pinocchio. But not Lakeville resident Timothy Selberg. Selberg, 43, always wanted to be Gipetto. “The whole art of ventriloquism fascinated me as […]
A leaking water line caused a giant hole to open up Wednesday in the middle of Moyer St. between Hovey and Pontiac streets. Don Brantley, Superintendent of the Oxford Village Department of Public Works, said the hole was about “6 feet in diameter and 8 inches deep” and located in the roadway in front of […]