There’s a new booster group in Oxford and its sole purpose is to increase funding for school sports. Dubbed the ‘Oxford Athletic Boosters and Foundation,? the new group replaces the longtime Oxford Wildcat Booster Club, which chose to dissolve earlier this summer due to waning membership, according to Oxford Athletic Director Patrick Ball. ‘It ended […]
Ruth Ashley is one lucky lady ? she got a pony ride for her birthday. The lifelong Oxford resident celebrated her 89th birthday September 15 surrounded by friends and loved ones at the Ashley Oaks horse farm 1204 W. Oakwood Road, west of M-24. Ruth and her husband of 68 years, Pete Ashley, along with […]
Oxford Township officials are expected to choose a general contractor to construct a new townhip hall at their Wednesday, Oct. 12 meeting ? if the price is right. Officials are looking to construct a 14,024-square-foot, two-level municipal office facility on the northern portion of a nearly 28-acre parcel the township owns along Granger and Seymour […]
Economists are predicting a major upswing in local straw sales as Oxford prepares for its Third Annual Scarecrow Festival on Saturday, October 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Centennial Park will once again play host to the fun-filled fall festival centered around the amazing straw creations of local residents and businesses. Those wishing to […]
Hunter Strunk’s got a new set of wheels and they’re making life a lot easier for him and his mother Pam. ‘It’s made an immense difference,? Pam said. ‘The biggest thing is I’m not exhausted and he’s not unhappy.? On Sept. 15, Addison residents Pam and Hunter, 8, took delivery of a brand new 2005 […]
Is Oxford’s Main Street program headed in the right direction? A ‘resource team? consisting of five Main Street experts will assess the community’s progress and make recommendations during an Oct. 4-7 visit to the village. ‘They’re going to look at our first year’s activities and see if we’re at least on the right track,? said […]
If you’re looking for the Oxford Wine & Beverage Company, the shop moved ? across the street. Downtown Oxford’s only place to buy fine wines, premium beers and hand-rolled cigars recently moved from 24 to 11 S. Washington Street, the southwest quadrant building formerly occupied by the now-defunct Meadowbrook Interiors ‘It’s a good story because […]
There’s a giant spider lurking in Oxford, waiting for parents and kids to get lost in its evil web of . . . corn? Beginning Saturday, Oct. 1 and running every weekend through the end of the month, Oxford Township Parks and Recreation is operating a corn maze at 2067 N. Oxford Road (about two […]
With all that’s going on politically in Oxford and economically throughout the state and nation, we don’t believe that now is the right time for the township to move ahead with building new municipal offices. Oxford’s biggest problem has always been that it’s one community divided by two governments. It seems to us that moving […]
Two Oxford men were recently arraigned and jailed in connection with a home invasion in late August and are suspected of other local thefts. Chadwick Adam Cartner, 19, and Bradley James Van Poppering, 26, allegedly robbed a home on Pocahontas Tr. Aug. 20. In addition to jewelry, the pair allegedly stole a handgun from the […]