Time to clean out your basement and garage and get rid of old cans or stain, cleaners, gasoline and pesticides the right way. The North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Consortium (NO HAZ) is holding the first collection of the year this Saturday at the Silverdome South Auxiliary Parking Lot in Pontiac from 9 a.m. to […]
The township board has accepted the resignation of B.J. Griffin from the Local Board of Canvassers and appointed Marie English to the remainder of the 2007 term. English served as an alternate member of the board of canvassers in 2006. Two Republicans and two Democrats serve staggered four-year terms on the board for the township.
One of Oxford’s most popular haunts for breakfast and lunch is closed after suffering extensive fire damage Tuesday night. The Country Coney, located at 1040 S. Lapeer Road, just south of Drahner Road, caught fire around 7:52 p.m. following repairs to some natural gas piping inside the restaurant, which was closed at the time, according […]
For sports related equipment collecting dust and taking up space, the sports equipment swap is the answer. The inaugural event will be Saturday, June 2, 2007 from 11 a.m. ? 3 p.m. on the Clintonwood Park soccer fields. Independence Township Parks and Recreation wants to support area residents to keep active. One of the barriers […]
If Clarkston has a tough time with two of its opponents at the Oakland Activities Association division II boys tennis meet this weekend, it could be forgiven to a certain extent. The Wolves should have completed their intra-league games at this point, but due to rainouts they have yet to play league foe Stoney Creek. […]
Each season, new chapters are written in the book of Clarkston and Lake Orion sports rivalries. Last Thursday an entirely new entry was filed under lacrosse. Lake Orion’s David Wurst did his best to keep the Dragons in the game, scoring four goals, but a seasoned Clarkston team took an 8-5 win in the inaugural […]
An Oxford teacher was jailed Tuesday after being charged with sexually abusing his 14-year-old adopted daughter. Gerard Robert Wilson, 48, of Commerce Twp., was arraigned on four felony counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in Novi’s 52-1 District Court. ‘CSC second-degree is a charge that alleges sexual touching with somebody under the age of 13 […]
Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and the Oxford Township Fire Department. Monday, April 30 A man’s concession trailer was stolen from his yard on Seymour Lake Rd. Thursday, May 3 A woman on Kirkwood called deputies after her 20-year-old grandson destroyed the interior of her […]
Two brothers are facing criminal charges after allegedly breaking into homes in Oxford and Addison townships on Easter Sunday. Adrian Ale Chavarria, 22, of Mount Morris, and his 23-year-old brother David Chavarria, Jr., of Flint, have each been charged with one count of first-degree and one count of second-degree home invasion. The brothers are facing […]
While many veterans spent World War II with a rifle in one hand and a grenade in the other, Harry ‘Red? Seavey was busy driving a bulldozer. ‘I didn’t want to live in a foxhole,? said the 82-year-old Addison resident, who served in the Pacific Theater of Operations from 1943-46 as a Seabee with the […]