Get ready for more roadwork in 2008 as M-24 between Opdyke Road in Auburn Hills and Davison Lake Road in Oxford Township will undergo surface work. ‘It probably won’t start until the weather gets nicer here,? said Resident Engineer Gerard Pawloski with the Michigan Department of Transportation. ‘The completion date for the project is June […]
Downtown Oxford got audited last week, but don’t worry, the shopping district isn’t in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service. This audit focused on the ability of pedestrians to navigate the downtown area and what can be done to improve the situation for non-motorized visitors. A group consisting of Downtown Development Authority (DDA) officials, […]
Oxford Township residents were only one vote a way from receiving a very slight break on their December property tax bills. Last week, the township board voted 3-2 to levy 0.95 mill as its operating tax to help support its $2.026 million general fund in the upcoming 2012 fiscal year. Officials also approved several other […]
Moving day is fast-approaching for the Addison Township Public Library and three things are still needed ? volunteers, boxes and dollies. ‘Fortunately, it isn’t a very long distance to go,? said Library Director Jaema Berman. ‘We’ve put a call out for volunteers and we have several people who have offered to help us box up […]
A suspected drunk driver was arrested early Sunday morning after she crashed her vehicle into a church sign, completely destroying it. The 21-year-old Orion Township woman was southbound on M-24 in her 1999 Jeep when a witness claims she began to swerve, lost control of the vehicle, ran off the roadway and crashed into the […]
Telling people what they want to hear ? with absolutely no intention of actually doing it ? in order to get what you want is the essence of politics. Politicians call them promises. Regular folks call them lies. No one on either side really has any faith in what’s said, but we go through the […]
A thief or thieves recently struck the Polly Ann Trail, robbing the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) of a painting and the community of the opportunity to enjoy it. ‘It’s disappointing that someone wants to ruin it for everybody else,? said Michelle Hauske, coordinator of the DIA’s Inside/Out project. A reproduction of the famous masterpiece […]
For a deer hunter, there’s no greater thrill than bagging that first buck, except when it also happens to be a trophy-sized whitetail. Oxford resident Spencer Petoskey, 12, experienced both those thrills on Sunday, Sept. 25 when he shot a 9-point buck that dressed out at an impressive 192 pounds. ‘I was like, ‘Oh my […]
A typical church service often contains a fair number of amens and hallelujahs. But the one held Sunday afternoon at Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Oxford Village was punctuated by a few meows and woofs. That’s because the church’s pastor, Liz Wilson, held a special blessing of the pets. ‘I am a big […]
From battlefield strife to civilian life, soldiers and veterans never turn their backs on one of their own. Case in point, when Oxford’s veterans groups heard about a U.S. Army private being robbed at gunpoint in Pontiac last week while home on leave from Iraq, they got together and are planning to give the young […]