Saturday was a big day for Oxford-Orion FISH as the local charity moved into its new home in the Village of Thomas. After 32 years of housing its considerable food pantry in the basement of Immanuel United Church of Christ at the corner of Hovey and Dennison streets, FISH is now based out of Thomas […]
Move over Waterstone, there’s a new plan in town looking to take your heavyweight title as the biggest residential development in Oxford Township. Its name is Springwood Park and it could have as many as 2,757 residential units spread across its 1,169 acres when all’s said and done. But for now, it’s still the site […]
Oxford Township officials voted 5-2 to move forward with the construction of a new administrative building last week by announcing their intention to enter into a $1,571,011 contract with the Grand Blanc-based R.L. White Construction & Development Corporation. ‘It’s my feeling that you have yourself a highly competitive price from R.L. White,? said Scott Wheeler, […]
Effective January 1, 2006, it appears all employees of the Oxford Fire Department will be employees of Oxford Township, not the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission (OPFEC). ‘We’ve got to take a leadership role and actually do what the voters elected us to do, which is basically take these fire millages and start acting, […]
Oxford Township’s contribution to the North Oakland Transportation Authority for next year was increased to $80,000, much to the dismay of some officials. ‘As much as I’m not crazy about the $80,000, our alternative ? I don’t have one,? said Treasurer Joe Ferrari. ‘I don’t have an alternative to that. It’s not like we could […]
Now listen carefully . . . Met Republican gubernatorial hopeful Dick DeVos last week when he stopped in Oxford to chat. My initial shoot-from-the-hip impression ? bland, uninspired, nothing to write home about, kind of looks like the late actor Don Adams of ‘Get Smart? TV fame. (Note: Reporter Casey Curtis pointed out the whole […]
A total of 95 walkers and runners participated in the 2005 Meijer Turkey Trot at Seymour Lake Township Park Saturday morning. Sponsored by the Oxford Meijer and conducted by the Oxford Twp. Parks and Recreation Dept., participants ranging in age from 10 to their early 70s either ran a 5 kilometer course or walked 2 […]
It was an evening of patriotic music and thanksgiving to those who donned a uniform in defense of our great nation. The Oxford Middle School Music Department hosted its annual ‘Americana Concert: A Tribute to Those Who Served? Friday night in honor of Veterans Day. Peforming were the seventh and eighth grade choirs and sixth […]
Thanks to a kind-hearted group of black leather clad bikers, 100 local families in need will sit down to a delicious turkey dinner on Thanksgiving. Sixteen members of Forbidden Wheels ? a recreational motorcycle group with local charters throughout Michigan ? roared into the quiet Village of Thomas Sunday afternoon to donate 100 frozen turkeys […]
‘Autonomy.? In a word, that’s the main benefit and objective of incorporating a village into a city, according to Jack Myers. ‘You’re your own governing entity. You don’t come under the township anymore. You’re a primary form of government (with) self-control,? said the former village manager for Chelsea and current manager for the Village of […]