A Fortune 100 company has its sights set on planting an office in Oxford. ‘We’d like to be downtown,? said Thomas Chartrant, an Oxford resident and partner with New York Life Insurance Company. ‘We’d like that presence.? This summer the 161-year-old national corporation, which sells a wide range of insurance and financial products, launched a […]
Another salvo was fired last week in the battle over downtown Oxford’s northeast parking lot. Armed with an opinion from its attorney, the village had its DPW workers Friday morning move the rusted metal barrels, strung with yellow caution tape, that had been used to cordon off the two parcels owned by Knauf Family Properties, […]
An unoccupied house at 1980 Metamora Road caught fire for the second time in its history Sunday. At 5:12 p.m., Oxford firefighters were called to the single-story house, west of M-24 and south of Hummer Lake Road, after a passerby used a cell phone to report the blaze. Firefighters arrived on scene at 5:16 p.m. […]
When Oxford Township moves into its new office complex on Dunlap Road next month, it will have virtually everything to better serve the public ? except for a safety path. ‘We do want to do it, we just don’t have the funds right now,? said Trustee Charles Kniffen, who’s overseen construction of the new township […]
Oxford Township voters outside the village will be asked to renew their police millage later this year, however, officials are still determining how many officers will serve the community. Officials last week voted 4-1 to place a five-year, 2.9152-mill proposal on the November ballot for contract police services from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. The […]
‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.? ? Mark 10:25 Have you ever watched a fight where you didn’t feel like rooting for either side? A fight that involves two unsympathetic characters slugging it out. One’s […]
Changes in the way the Polly Ann Trail is governed and funded were recommended by the Oxford Township Board last week. Township officials voted unanimously to recommend reducing the total number of members on the Polly Ann Trail Management Council (PATMC) from 10 to five, one representing each community. Currently, the council consists of two […]
About 18 months ? that seems to be the average life expectancy of an executive director for the Oxford Downtown Development Authority. DDA Director Amanda Cassidy, who was hired in March 2005, submitted her letter of resignation Monday, Aug. 14. Her last day is Aug. 28. ‘My leaving is really because I tried this (job) […]
Placement of a millage proposal on the November ballot aimed at improving Addison’s deteriorating gravel roads was voted down 4-3 by township officials Monday night. ‘From what everybody’s told me how they feel about our roads, I think this is a disservice to our citizens,? said Trustee Christine Sypitkowski, who proposed the new tax. ‘We’re […]
About 18 months ? that seems to be the average life expectancy of an executive director for the Oxford Downtown Development Authority. DDA Director Amanda Cassidy, who was hired in March 2005, submitted her letter of resignation Monday, Aug. 14. Her last day is Aug. 28. ‘My leaving is really because I tried this (job) […]