D.L. Moody, the famous 19th century American evangelist, once said, ‘One day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody, of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now.? Reciting this quote, Oxford High School teacher Steve Ruch added, […]
Next Generation Computers wants to ‘mutually terminate its relationship? with Oxford Village due to the ‘possible appearance of conflict? of interest, but first the company wants to do $17,254 worth of work. Next Generation Computers is owned and operated by Tracy A. Miller, Sr., husband of village President Renee Donovan, and run from the couple’s […]
A request to lower the minimum age requirement at Hope Senior Apartments in order to maintain a tax exemption was unanimously rejected by Oxford Township officials last week. ‘I think the age of a senior citizen is 62 years old and I think it should remain that way,? said Trustee Pat Fitchena. Built in the […]
A recommendation for rezoning by the Oxford Township Planning Commission could help pave the way for development of about 60 condominiums on Lakeville Road. Planning commissioners voted 3-2 Feb. 9 to recommend that a 6.89-acre parcel and adjacent 1.05-acre parcel to the west be rezoned from light industrial (M-1) to multiple family (RM). Both parcels, […]
The prospect of another new shopping center in Oxford Township doesn’t bother the planning commission as long as it doesn’t have multiple entrances and egresses on M-24. ‘That’s too much for me,? said Commissioner Tom Berger referring the three entrances/exits on M-24 shown on a conceptual site plan for a proposed 81,865-square-foot shopping center north […]
An outside billing firm was hired by Oxford Twp. last week to help the fire department recover costs associated with providing emergency medical and fire services. Township officials voted 5-2 to approve a billing service agreement between AccuMed Billing, Inc., of Riverview, Michigan, and the fire department. Basically, AccuMed will handle all the billing and […]
Oxford/Orion FISH and the local Boys and Girls Club will no longer receive annual contributions from Oxford Township due to recent legal opinions. ‘In the past, I have voted yes to give money to these organizations,? said Supervisor Bill Dunn. ‘I think they’re wonderful organizations. They do a good service. But I will be voting […]
Dispatching calls for the Oxford Fire Department will continue to be done locally thanks to a contract approved 4-3 by township officials Feb. 8. The three-year, $165,268 contract will allow the village police dispatch center to continue receiving and dispatching all fire/EMS calls within the township and village. Under the contract, the township will pay […]
Diana Lynn Maddren, a retired Oxford school teacher who spent 32 years in the district, was tragically killed last week in what appears to be murder-suicide in Blount County, Tennessee. The bodies of Maddren, 59, and her husband, Gregory Charles Young, 58, were found in their Maryville home by a maintenance man Feb. 14. According […]
Two courts have now ruled that Oxford Village ‘abused its discretion? by determining free parking to be a necessity and using it as a basis to condemn private property owned by the Grove family in downtown’s northeast quadrant. Will the village try its luck with a third court? ‘It’s always my position to let the […]