There’s only one thing better than taking a dog for a walk on a glorious spring day and that’s doing it for a truly worthy cause that strives to make life better for man’s best friend. Folks will have the opportunity to do just that on Saturday, May 18 as the Third Annual Wag & […]
Melody Bailey isn’t your stereotypical teenage girl. Her world doesn’t revolve around shopping at the mall and the never-ending quest for popularity. Bailey’s too busy restoring her low-rider pickup truck ? she rebuilt the transmission just last month ? and dreaming of a future as a master auto mechanic. That’s why the 18-year-old Oxford High […]
A man who educated Oxford students in the classroom and on the golf course for four decades passed away over the weekend. Donald M. Lovell, of Oxford, died Saturday, May 21, 2005 at the age of 62. From September 1964 to June 2002, Lovell taught social studies, history, government and law in the Oxford school […]
Oxford Township resident George Spencer leads a pretty active life-style. As chief of the Addison Township Fire Department, the 43-year-old is on-call virtually 24 hours a day to serve his 6,000-plus residents. In his spare time, the husband and father cycles an average of 50 to 75 miles a week. Just by looking at Spencer […]
Oxford High School held its annual Senior Honors and Awards Program on Thursday, May 19. From department and military awards to scholarships both local and national, the Class of 2005 proved itself to be hardworking, successful and a credit to the proud Wildcat tradition of excellence. Approximately $650,000 in scholarships were awarded to the Class […]
A tree was planted in Seymour Lake Township Park Sunday to memorialize a woman who dedicated 80 years of her life to the Girl Scouts. Members of the Oxford Girls Scouts Service Unit planted a small lilac tree in the Kids Kingdom area to honor the late Lucinda Hargrave, who was an active Girl Scout […]
The Addison Township Fire Department held a pancake breakfast on Saturday, May 4 at Station #1 in the Village of Leonard. Pancakes, waffles and sausage were on the menu and judging by all the ‘yummy? noises emanating from the eager diners, everything was delicious as usual.
It’s been a while since Oxford Township experienced any sort of large-scale residential development. But the Bloomfield Hills-based Robertson Brothers is hoping to change that by gaining approval to construct 53 detached condominiums in The Hills of Oxford, a 26.81-acre development located at M-24 and Indian Lake Rd. The proposal is set for a public […]
‘Dormant.? That’s the state in which the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) could be placed for a few years in order to overcome its continuing tax revenue shortages and anticipated deficits. ‘The only way you’re going to solve the problem is (to) let this baby sit idle and let the cash flow come in naturally […]
For years, Raymond Blissett was a familiar sight at Oxford’s Memorial Day observances in Centennial Park as he stood silently in the background, dressed in a wool Civil War uniform, no matter how hot it was. He always marched in the parade to the cemetery and fired his weapon into the air as part of […]