Detroit could get some local competition when it comes to selling water. The Oxford Village Council last week voted 5-0 to contact the Village of Lake Orion and find out if there’s any interest in that community purchasing water from its neighbor to the north. ‘Currently, we have nobody that’s expressed interest in purchasing water […]
This isn’t so much a column as it is an obituary. A close friend of ours, the State of Michigan, died early Monday morning. I’m not talking about the state as in the woefully wasteful and haplessly mismanaged governmental entity we’ve come to know and loathe. I’m talking about the state we live in and […]
Getting a budget passed in Lansing may be a rough proposition, but Oxford Township had no problem approving one last week. Budgets equalling $10,122,434 and property tax rates totalling 9.8572 mills for the 2008 fiscal year were okayed by township officials. The overall budget amount represents almost a $900,000 increase over the total originally adopted […]
Detroit could get some local competition when it comes to selling water. Last week, the Oxford Village Council voted 5-0 to contact the Village of Lake Orion and find out if there’s any interest in the village purchasing water from its neighbor to the north. ‘Currently, we have nobody that’s expressed interest in purchasing water […]
A 62-year-old Oxford man is fortunate to be alive thanks to the community’s highly-trained fire department. A pleasant morning skate around the frozen Eden Lake ? located between Watersedge Ct. and Island Lake Dr. in the Waterstone development ? turned into a harrowing experience when Larry Jansen fell through the ice. Jansen, who’s lived here […]
Oxford dentist Dr. Paul Ferri is cautiously optimistic about a new drug called Kalydeco which he hopes will one day help his young son Tyler win his battle against Cystic Fibrosis (CF). ‘This could potentially be a breakthrough for Tyler,? he said. ‘It treats the specific mutation that my son has.? Tyler, who will turn […]
Electric vehicles are coming and Oxford Township wants to be prepared for their arrival. That’s why township officials are looking to incorporate language concerning electric vehicle charging stations into the municipality’s zoning ordinance. Last week, the township board voted unanimously to conduct a first reading Wednesday, March 14 of a new zoning ordinance section allowing […]
Oxford Township might be in the market for some new gateway signs along M-24, but first it needs to get some direction from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as to what could be allowed and where. ‘Without talking to MDOT, we can’t go any farther,? said township Trustee Mike Spisz. The township’s planning commission […]
When you stop and think about it, children and government really do have a lot in common. Children are completely dependent on their parents for everything in life. Without them, they have nothing ? no money, no home, no clothing, no possessions, nothing. Government is completely dependent on taxpayers for everything it has. Without us, […]
A proposal to change the voting composition of the Oxford Area Cable Communications Commission was okayed last week by the Oxford Township Board. Officials voted 6-1 to approve a recommendation that the cable commission consist of two representatives for Oxford Township and one each for Addison Township, Oxford Village and the Village of Leonard. As […]