What a long, but educational journey it’s been for the Kupe family. After the family’s beginnings in Africa and expansion in Germany, the family is putting down roots in the Clarkston area. The family patriarch, Dr. Joachim Kupe, moved to Michigan with his wife, Dr. Anne-Marie Kupe, from Germany 10 years ago. The family has […]
Many people who retire receive a gold watch. Not Oxford Superintendent Virginia Brennan- Kyro ? she got the boot. ‘I was totally shocked,? she said. ‘I had no idea. None whatsoever.? Following a March 27 closed session discussion, the Oxford Board of Education voted 5-2 to place Brennan-Kyro on administrative leave with full compensation until […]
About 25 to 30 residents gathered in the Board of Education meeting room Thursday evening to discuss what qualities and characteristics they feel Oxford’s new superintendent should possess. ‘What we need is somebody that can be flexible enough to accept that the school board doesn’t necessarily always agree with them and they don’t necessarily (always) […]
Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and the Oxford Township Fire Department. Tuesday, March 27 Someone broke the window of a vehicle in a parking lot on S. Lapeer Rd. and stole a woman’s purse. The Oxford Fire Department was called to a metal dumpster on […]
A blaze ignited by a backfiring lawn tractor completely destroyed an attached garage in Addison March 28, but was stopped from consuming a ranch home. At 12:42 p.m., Addison firefighters were dispatched to 3150 Honey Bee Lane (south of Lakeville Road and west of Hosner Road) to battle a structure fire. ‘When we got there […]
A volunteer like Evald Jorgensen is hard to find and even harder to replace, but sadly Oxford Township is going to have to give it a try. Unfortunately, due to health issues, the 79-year-old Oxford resident is no longer able to continue his duties as the jack-of-all-trades who helped the township maintain the Oxford Veterans […]
Not since the failed police millages of 1999 has an Oxford Township Board meeting drawn such a large crowd, stirred up so much emotion and flirted with chaos as it did last week. ‘I’ll call for adjournment of the meeting ? it’s out of control,? exclaimed a frustrated Trustee Charlie Kniffen. Between 200 and 250 […]
It appears a contaminated industrial site in Oxford Township targeted for redevelopment will be receiving federal grant dollars for an environmental assessment. ‘There is contamination on the site,? said Michael Polsinelli, president and CEO of the Bloomfield Hills-based Talon Development Group. ‘It’s a question of how much, where and what. That’s what we’re trying to […]
Zachary Meyer, a fifth grade student at Upland Hills Elementary School, was awarded First Place in the 2007 statewide Severe Weather Awareness Poster Contest sponsored by the Michigan Committee for Severe Weather Awareness. The contest, which was open to students enrolled in fourth or fifth grade, is a project of a coalition formed in 1991 […]
The board of directors of Oxford Bank Corporation, the holding company for Oxford Bank, simultaneously announced today the retirement of Randall G. Fox as chairman of both the Corporation and the Bank and the appointment of Jeffrey M. Davidson as his replacement. Mr. Fox will remain an active member of both board of directors, serving […]