A 424-unit residential development okayed two years ago will have to go through the site plan approval process all over again following the Oxford Township Planning Commission’s denial of a second extension. ‘I think it’s in the best interests of the township to revisit this whole thing ? bring it up to speed,? said Planning […]
Everybody has their own ideas about what types of stores they would like to see in downtown Oxford. But the big question is always will the local market keep them thriving for years to come or shut them down within a matter of months? ‘We need to be realistic about what we can get downtown,? […]
Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and the Oxford Township Fire Department. Wednesday, April 11 A teenage couple got into a verbal argument at their home on Hunters Rill. The report said the boyfriend was trying to keep the woman from leaving. A 25-year-old woman from […]
The League of Women Voters of the Oakland Area (LWVOA) and The Lake Orion Review are co-sponsoring a Lake Orion School Board Candidates Night on Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Orion Township Library’s Conference Room. Candidates Bob Gritzinger, Kelly Roy and Tiffany Weber-Phillips have filed for two open four-year term vacancies on […]
The Orion Art Center is hosting the ninth annual Joan Brace Scholarship Competition May 9th through June 2nd. Graduating Seniors from Orion and all surrounding districts, who will be majoring in an art related field, are invited to enter three art pieces in any medium for the competition. Student art drop off dates are May […]
The Village Council is considering the construction of a volleyball court at Green’s Park. The Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee recommended using $1,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund to construct and equip the regulation court, which was identified by Wade-Trim in the village’s Recreation Master Plan last year. Council put off the decision until their […]
Dikka Bervan, Collin Brunckhorst and Jim Cummins have all been approved by the Village Council for new three year terms on the Planning Commission. Their terms were set to expire at the end of April, but the extension of all three appointments were unanimously approved by the council.
Volunteers are needed to walk beside adults and children with disabilities as they participate in Therapeutic Horseback Riding. You can make a difference in someone’s life by participating on Wednesdays from noon-2 p.m. this spring in Oxford. For more information, please call Carrie at (248)276-8124.
For most people, running a marathon would be an arduous, if not impossible, task ? and that’s on a sunny day. Imagine running 26.2 miles in the pouring rain with wind gusts of 30-50 miles per hour blowing in your face. Matt Weber doesn’t have to imagine it. He did it when he ran in […]
Donkey electrocuted on Hosner Rd. The Addison Twp. Fire Department was called to a home at 3045 N. Hosner Rd. Friday for electric wires down. According to Fire Chief George Spencer, a primary electric wire containing 4,400 volts ‘just broke? and fell onto a metal chorale, which ‘energized? and killed a donkey that was standing […]