Former Oxford Police Chief Gary Ford claims he’s owed approximately $190,000 in unpaid employment benefits. Oxford officials claim anything Ford says he’s owed is offset by the greater amount of money his actions as chief cost the community. It’s now up to the court to decide who’s owed what, if anything. A pretrial examination for […]
Portraying Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, historical re-enactor Daniel David, of Dearborn Heights, addressed a standing room only crowd at Oxford Middle School Tuesday night. After reading Jefferson’s masterpiece, the Declaration of Independence, David fielded historical and political questions for the third president from the audience. Photo by Connie Miller.
Monday, October 27 A Heron Dr. resident filed a malicious mischief report after his car was egged while driving through Oxford Lakes. The two youths accused of throwing the eggs were spoken to later by village police officers. Tuesday, October 28 Lockout on Wyndham Dr. Wednesday, October 29 Police received a report of an unknown […]
A collision on M-24 slowed afternoon traffic almost to a stand still around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The accident occurred when a Dryden man driving a Lake Orion Plumbing and Heating van rear-ended a 2002 white SUV Cadillac driven by a Birmingham man. Neither party was injured and the Dryden man was cited.
A Dennison St. resident was taken to the hospital after being injured in an accident on S. Washington St. on Nov. 3. According to the Oxford Village Police Report, David Berube, 57, was attempting to turn left onto Lincoln St. when he was struck by a 2002 gray Ford trying to turn left onto S. […]
The Nov. 11 Oxford Schools Board of Education meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. in the administration building, has been cancelled. Instead, school officials would like to encourage everyone to attend the Oxford Middle School Choir’s Veteran’s Day concert at 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium. The event will feature singing, drumming and the Honor Guard […]
Oxford resident and sex offender Robert Basat, 50, was sentenced to 50-80 years in prison Friday by Oakland Circuit Court Rudy Nichols Following a week-long trial, Basat was convicted in September of five counts of first-degree and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and possessing child pornography. Basat lured young boys into sexual encounters […]
Oxford Area Community Schools Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro says she agrees with an Oakland County Superintendent’s Association’s Oct. 30 letter requesting for the remaining three veteran Oakland Schools Board of Education members to resign. “I agree with what was stated in that letter,” she said. “What they have done seems incongruous to me. The same standard […]
The Oxford Public Library Friends will hold its annual general membership meeting Thursday, Nov. 13 at the library on Pontiac St. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. All Friends members are strongly encouraged to attend this important meeting, which helps the organization determine its course for the next year. For more information call Friends […]
One day, Debbie Twork is just an ordinary wife and working mother of three living in Small Town U.S.A. The next, the 42-year-old Oxford Township resident is starring in television commercials. Twork is part of a new series of television commercials for Comerica Bank dubbed “Years,” which features longtime bank customers and employees. The spots […]