The Lake Orion Baptist Lions boys basketball team had a win over the Mt. Zion Christian School Lions of Waterford. Lake Orion Baptist won the game by a score of 61-58 on Feb. 18. Lake Orion’s leading scorer was junior Brandon Watterworth, with 22 points, 19 rebounds, and 13 steals, including five blocked shots, for […]
A lesson in civic consciousness led the Oxford High School DECA Club last Wednesday to donate $2,500 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help one special child’s dream come true. DECA raised the money through three special events, each of which were organized and conducted by marketing students. The club raised $1,400 from its annual Bowl […]
Emotions ran high this past week as administrators from Oxford Area Community Schools presented a committee proposal for an area attendance adjustment within the district. “It’s always a good idea until it’s your kid,” said Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro during a previous school board meeting. “We had a five year plan and those five years are […]
Keith Judson Curtis, founder, owner and operator of Curtis Floor Covering in Oxford, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19. He was 77. “He was a great person to work for,” said son Harry Curtis, who worked side-by-side with his father for 38 years in the family business. “It was an extreme pleasure working with my father.” […]
Tuesday, February 18 A suspicious vehicle was parked at a burned out home on Lakes Edge Drive. Medical emergency on Keith Street. A S. Washington resident reported “that there was an intoxicated subject behind his address.” Emergency personnel assisted a 15-year-old Willow Street resident who was having difficulties breathing. Wednesday, February 19 A 35-year-old Louck […]
ADDISON TWP. ? A garbage truck and delivery van were involved in a head-on collision on Indian Lake Rd, a quarter-mile east of Barr Rd, shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. According to the sheriff’s report, the driver of a Promed Delivery Inc. van, a 34-year-old Detroit man, was traveling westbound on Indian Lake Rd. when […]
An investigation into the alleged misuse of $136,677 in federal COPS grant funds awarded to the now-defunct Oxford Police Department in the 1990s turned up no criminal wrongdoing, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. However, Bill Dunn, chairman of the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission, said he was not satisfied with that conclusion […]
On Feb. 19, Oxford AMVETS Post 108 presented Oxford Leader Editor C.J. Carnacchio with a plaque bearing the inscription: “Oxford AMVETS Post #108 honors C.J. Carnacchio, Editor ? The Oxford Leader, for his excellence in journalism and outstanding support on behalf of the Oxford AMVETS and our community.” The AMVETS honored Carnacchio for the many […]
Concern over the possibility of losing their benefits, and maybe even their jobs, prompted Oxford’s full-time firefighters to go looking for the “Union Label.” “We just want some representation,” said Fire Lt. Terry Roeher. “We want some protection. That’s the biggest thing.” Roeher and the department’s three other full-time firefighters are in the process of […]
Steve Drakos said goodbye to the Oxford Board of Education last week, but not to the Oxford/Orion area. “My new house is only two blocks from Oxford,” he said. Drakos recently announced his resignation from the school board effective Feb. 20. The local attorney and his wife of one and a half years, Teresa, purchased […]