Who needs meteorologists with fancy degrees or high-priced Doppler radar systems when you’ve got a fuzzy llama who’s able to predict the weather? From his comfortable home at Windstar Farm (2065 W. Oakwood Rd.) in Oxford Township, Tutor, the famous weather-prognosticating llama, made his annual prediction on Feb. 2, otherwise known as Groundhog Day. ‘It […]
Looking for some place to hold a corporate retreat? Head over to the Salvation Army Echo Grove Camp at 1101 Camp Road in Addison Township ? they’ve got plenty of room. Last week, the camp dedicated a new two-level, 7,000-square-foot Welcome Center. It’s basically a multipurpose facility containing reception area with fireplace, four administrative offices, […]
All those hours of pulling, planting, pruning and painting paid off for the owners of nine Oxford Village properties. Six residential properties, two commercial buildings and one municipal property were honored last week at the 15th Annual Village of Oxford Beautification Awards Program. ‘We can hold our heads high for what you folks do in […]
The community of Oxford lost one of its strong women last week with the sudden passing of Virginia ‘Gini? Britton on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. She was 56. ‘We’re all in a state of shock and just can’t believe it happened,? said Darlene Toliver, president of the Oxford Women’s Club. ‘She’s going to be missed […]
There’s a hole in the heart of the Oxford community as a young life brimming with potential and talent was snuffed out much too early by suicide. Wildcat country is mourning the tragic loss of Shane Philip Hrischuk, an eighth-grader at Oxford Middle School who shot himself at his home Jan. 25 with a .45 […]
A trio of Oxford brothers are doing what they can to honor a deceased student’s memory and help his grieving family by making and selling a very unique fashion accessory. Over the last week, Zack, Brendin and Joe Floyd have been hard at work producing paracord bracelets that memorialize Shane Hrischuk, an Oxford Middle School […]
Jonelle Pariseau has a lifelong passion for dance and she wishes to share it with children and teens who want to experience it all from practice to performance, but don’t have the financial means to make their dream come true. ‘I’ve been working hard to pass on an appreciation for dance not only as an […]
Oxford Village started out looking for a real estate broker to list some vacant municipal-owned properties and ended up finding a potential buyer. Council last week voted 3-0 to refer two purchase proposals for 23 Stanton St. and 27 Pleasant St. to the village manager and village attorney for review, recommendations and further negotiations if […]
The power to write tickets and collect fines locally was granted last week by the Oxford Village Council. In separate 3-0 votes, council approved ordinance amendments establishing a parking violations bureau and an ordinance violations bureau, each complete with its own schedule of fines for violators (see public notices on Page 23). ‘Our goal is […]
At least one member of the Oxford Village Council is not pleased with a proposal to change the voting composition and funding requirements associated with the Oxford Area Cable Communications Commission. ‘I’m thinking that it’s nice to keep our options open as a municipality and not have other governmental entities dictate to us what we […]