After serving 12 months in Iraq, U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Hickmott can’t understand young people who ‘can’t wait to get out of Oxford.? ‘Oxford’s great,? he said. ‘It’s so good to be home. Going over there and coming back, you appreciate everything so much more.? Hickmott, who returned home Oct. 1, just spent the last […]
Thankfully the prognosis is good for Andrew James Potter, a 19-year-old Oxford man who was seriously injured when a vehicle struck him Friday evening as he was jaywalking across M-24. ‘He’s doing very well,? said mother Lorene Potter. ‘Everything is looking up.? Potter was awakened Tuesday from the drug-induced coma doctors had placed him in […]
A 24-year-old gymnastics/tumbling coach is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female Jan. 25 in the parking lot of Great Lakes Elite (GLE) Gymnastics & Cheer (715 N. Lapeer Rd.) in Oxford Township. Jeffrey Edward LeFevre, of Troy, was arraigned Friday, Feb. 3 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on felony charges of third-degree criminal […]
Everyone’s heard of a wild goose chase, but what about a wild turkey chase? That’s exactly what happened last week on Seymour Lake Rd. as employees from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), along with some citizen volunteers, were unsuccessful in their attempts to capture a jake ? a juvenile male wild turkey ? […]
The grand story of America is made up of millions of smaller stories about self-made men who pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps in true Horatio Alger fashion. One of those stories involves a man whose path to success included surviving electrocution by 4,600 volts. That man was former Oxford resident Norman Geisler (1906-80) […]
Strong women leave a definite impression on all of us. Their strength is not derived from making others feel weak or inferior. Quite the opposite is true. Strong women bolster everyone around them by constantly giving of themselves, leading by example and exhibiting a rare grace under pressure. Their inner muscle is forged by love, […]
After years of designing, discussing, studying and redesigning, the reconstruction and improvement of downtown Oxford’s southeast parking lot is finally expected to begin Oct. 11. ?(The contractor’s) ready to move in and get this work rolling,? said Susan Bertram, project engineer with Rowe, Inc. ‘They want to start removing pavement on Thursday.? On Monday night, […]
After months of advertising, interviewing and even a rejected offer, it appears the Village of Oxford will finally have a new clerk. On Tuesday night, council voted 5-0 to offer Daniel L. Luick the clerk’s position at an annual salary of $38,500 pending the outcome of credit and background checks, review of the contract by […]
John Bray waited, hoped and prayed for a new kidney for two-and-a-half years. The Polycystic Kidney Disease he had inherited from his late mother was causing his kidneys to shut down as fluid-filled cysts replaced organ mass and reduced function. Then on the morning of Aug. 29, the 46-year-old Oxford resident got a phone call […]
‘Granholm needs to go back to Canada.? That was Amy Atkeson’s response to the state’s decision last week to extend the 6 cents-per-dollar sales tax to the manicures and pedicures she gives at her salon, Fancy Feet & Fingers, in downtown Oxford. ‘I think what’s going to happen is I’m going to have to lower […]