Out the Door!

For the last time, the blue and white robes accented with gold processed down the field house isle. For the last time, family and friends gathered in the crowded gymnasium. For the last time, seniors drove down Wildcat Drive to their futures. For the last time, Oxford Area Community Schools graduated a class in the […]

85 OHS senior athletes honored

Eighty-five Oxford High School students were honored June 3 at the 2003-04 Senior Athletes Dinner held at the Boulder Pointe Conference Center and sponsored by the Oxford Wildcat Booster Club. ‘For the past 30 years the seniors of Oxford High School have been recognized for their efforts participating in sports while continuing to achieve academic […]

From The Oxford Leader

Tuesday, June 1 Juvenile complaint concerning skate boarders on S. Washington St. Juvenile complaint concerning kids throwing junk in the yard of a Pearl St. resident. Juvenile complaint concerning kids riding their bikes out into the road on Pontiac St. Wednesday, June 2 Family trouble between a husband and wife on Stanton St. Prowler seen […]

Fire at Parkhurst Estates

A double-wide mobile home inside Parkhurst Estates caught fire Monday morning due to what appears to have been an overloaded electrical outlet, according to Oxford Fire Chief Jack LeRoy. Oxford firefighters were dispatched to 426 Worthington Drive (inside the mobile home park) at 8:03 a.m. to extinguish a structure fire. When they arrived, fire personnel […]

Young inventor does it again!

Chandler Macocha has done it again! The Oxford Middle School eighth-grader and budding boy genius created yet another invention which has earned him more fame and fortune. It’s called ‘The Roofer’s Dream? and the innovative shingle remover recently earned Macocha a regional second place finish in the sixth-through-eighth-grade category of the 2004 Sears Craftsman/National Science […]

First Church of Christ concert on June 13

The public is invited to ‘I Am a Small Part of the World,? a free concert at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 71 S. Washington St., on Sunday, June 13, at 3:30 p.m. The event will include vocalists, pianists and organists. All performers are local artists and most are regular performers at […]

2004 Chamber Golf Outing Winners

Following are the winners from the 2004 Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing: Mixed Division – Davenpoit University: Jessica Edwards, Jackie Lovejoy, Tracy Schaffer and Gerry Kane Women’s Division – Dianne Offer, Luan Offer, Kim Skalnek and Peggy Ritz Men’s Division – Tim Bronkema, Darren Masterson, Ray Kubani and Dean Davis Longest Drive – […]

OCA presents awards

Oxford Christian Academy concluded its 31st year of providing the finest in Christian education with an awards program on June 4. Kyle Brantley received the best in attendance award. Brianna Kester was awarded the highest secondary academic certificate. The following students received the highest academic achievement certificates for their grade: Hannah Derderian, first and second […]

Vacation bible school available for area kids

Oxford United Methodist Church, located at 21 E. Burdick St., invites all children in the Oxford area to its annual Vacation Bible School program running Sunday, July 25, through Thursday, July 29, from 6-8:30 p.m. This year is SonGames 2004, a week of sporting good fun, showing how being on God’s Team teaches us to […]

Landscaping, lighting, fencing for water treatment plant selected

Oxford Township officials May 25 settled the landscaping, lighting and fencing issues surrounding the proposed water treatment plant to be located on Queens Drive in the Oxford Woods subdivision. The board voted to place ‘angled wrought iron fencing? topped with points, similar to that used cemeteries, around the facility property. Along the back of the […]