Plans are in the works to transform one of Oxford Village’s most prominent historic homes into a bed-and-breakfast. Jeff Gerds, owner of the Oxford-based Mitchell Corporation, a licensed building company, is working out an agreement with the Oxford Downtown Development Authority to relocate the two-story, 4,300-square-foot house at 19 W. Burdick Street. Built in the […]
A couple from Elkton took an unexpected trip to the hospital Friday afternoon when their 1995 Chevy was rear-ended in downtown Oxford. The 35-year-old Elkton man and his wife, also 35, were stopped on M-24, waiting to turn left onto Broadway Street, when a 1996 Jeep heading south on M-24 struck their car from behind. […]
On Sunday, June 11, Hazel Catherine Chisholm Mass, formerly of Oxford, celebrated her 100th birthday at the Cambridge North Heathcare Center in Clawson. During her century-long life, Mass didn’t accomplish any incredible feats or change the world. You won’t find any newspaper clippings chronicling her deeds or awards named in her honor. In fact, Mass, […]
‘We’re pioneering to restore education to the place it’s supposed to be in our country. We believe that first, God is interested in the individual, and second, God intends everyone to be a good reader.? ? Pastor Louis Dubost, quoted in the Aug. 9, 1973 Oxford Leader prior to the opening of Oxford Christian Academy […]
‘I didn’t leave the conservative movement, the conservative movement left me.? I find myself saying that to more and more people these days. Especially with all the pseudo-conservatives controlling the Republican Party these days. The party of Goldwater and Reagan is dead. In the last major election, I voted Libertarian because the choice between Republicans […]
This fall Billy Keenist will make the transition from Oxford Wildcat to Adrian Bulldog. The 2006 OHS graduate and quarterback is set to play football for Adrian College. ‘I’m very excited about it,? Keenist said. ‘I think it’s going to be a great opportunity for me. Once Albion College, Adrian’s biggest rival, started talking to […]
Two appointments to the Oxford Downtown Development Authority board made by the village council Tuesday night will allow it to meet next week. Victoria Connolly, owner of Victoria’s Delights, and Michael Jabour, vice president of retail banking for Oxford Bank, were appointed to the DDA board to offset a number of recent resignations. DDA Chairman […]
Christine Burns won’t say how she would vote on the issue of cityhood for Oxford Village, if it ever makes the ballot, but she did tell council it needs to establish an official relationship with the committee pushing it. ‘Treat the cityhood committee like you would any other committee that works under you and for […]
Hanging out with family. Riding her motorcycle. Laying in the grass and smelling the flowers. That’s what Sara Frank plans to do for the next two weeks. It may sound like nothing special unless you’ve just spent the last seven months serving in Iraq. ‘I missed everything,? especially ‘the little things you never appreciated before? […]
M-24 will be gaining a new traffic signal this summer and a private developer is picking up the tab. Right after the Fourth of July holiday construction work will begin on installation of a traffic signal which will allow vehicles to cross M-24 between the east and west sides of Market Street in the Waterstone […]