One goal down, one more to go for the Goodrich varsity football team. The Martians ended a 31-year drought between league championships when they defeated host Byron 35-12 Oct. 17, clinching at least a share of the Genesee Area Conference Red Division championship. Goodrich, which is now 5-3 overall and 4-1 in league play, clinched […]
Atlas Twp. — Past met present at St. Mark’s 25th anniversary Mass last weekend. Nearly 300 parishioners came from near and far in honor of the anniversary, which coincided with the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II and the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. “It was wonderful, a lot of smiling faces,” said […]
A 31-year-old Columbiaville man was assaulted by an alleged knife-wielding assailant Sunday morning in the Oxford Meijer parking lot. The incident occurred at about 7:30 a.m. when Ferndale resident Anthony Francis Iannotti, 21, allegedly approached the victim while he was parked in the southwest corner of the Meijer lot. The victim told Oakland County Sheriff’s […]
Thanks to a hidden strike by Mother Nature, students at Oxford High School didn’t have to wait for December or January to enjoy a few days away from classes. Instead, a lightening strike helped to shut down power to the high school building and closed classes on both Wednesday and Thursday of this past week, […]
You don’t need a brain from the Wizard to know that Oxford Scarecrow Festival 2003 is going to be more fun than you can shake a winged-monkey at. A whole slew of fun-filled, family-oriented events has been planned for the first annual festival on Saturday, Oct. 23 in downtown Oxford. “I feel like we’ve superceded […]
Monday, October 13 A home on Pearl Street was “TP’d.” Tuesday, October 14 A 35-year-old Pontiac man was arrested for Operating a vehicle Under the Influence of Liquor on S. Washington Street. It was the man’s second such offense. Larceny from vehicle on Glaspie Street. A 27-year-old man was “placed in cuffs” after a deputy […]
Oh, the irony of it all . . . after months of being closed to thru-traffic this accident occurred on Lakeville Road at Lake George only hours after re-opening to the public last Friday afternoon. The 24-year-old Dryden woman who was driving the pickup truck was cited for “failure to yield,” according to sources at […]
Oxford’s only Haunted House (38 E. Burdick St.) is open and ready to scare. Dubbed “A Nightmare on Burdick St.!,” the Haunted House is a fund-raiser for Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance. The event features an outdoor maze, tour of the haunted house and tales of Oxford’s Purple Gang. Here’s a schedule of when the house will […]
The Lake Orion Lions Club, with the help of OPA Restaurant, is hosting an Oktoberfest Family Fun fundraiser for Dianna Gering on Oct. 25. Gering, a kidney dialysis patient, requires a kidney transplant. Daytime activities from 3-6 p.m. for the children include clown, magicians, pumpkin painting, face painting and trick or treating. Food includes hotdog, […]
Cub Scouts, Pack 44, is holding a Halloween party on Oct. 24 at Clear Lake Elementary from 6-8:30 p.m. to benefit FISH. The admission cost to the party for scouts is a donation of nonperishable food items to the Oxford-Orion FISH. For area residents looking to donate to FISH, a truck will be set up […]