Not all the glory in high school is attained on the football field or beneath a stage spotlight. Sometimes glory is found covered in grease and sweat beneath the hood of a car. Oxford High School seniors Mike Doell and Josh English are hoping to secure their glory during the state finals of the Ford/AAA […]
Beginning April 2, the McLaren Oakland medical campus in Oxford will be bathed in the soft glow of blue lights to help raise awareness about autism. The color of the 385 N. Lapeer Rd. facility’s exterior lights will be changed to blue in honor of the ‘Light It Up Blue? initiative, which commemorates World Autism […]
Sandy Gilmore isn’t satisfied with simply waiting around at the Oxford Public Library for folks to walk in and check out a good book or two. That’s why for the second straight year, the library’s head of adult services will be participating in a worldwide event in which thousands of volunteers give away millions of […]
Addison Twp. resident Joseph Marion most likely won’t get all of his belongings back, but he’s pleased to know the man who allegedly stole them is now in police custody. ‘I hope he has a long time to think about what he did,? he said. Marion, 58, was a victim in Todd Lloyd Griffin’s alleged […]
I fully support the idea of temporarily changing the name of Celebrate Oxford to Lone Ranger Days this year. We’ve got a golden opportunity to hitch this town’s wagon to a $250 million blockbuster summer movie because the real Lone Ranger ? also known as Brace Beemer ? lived here for many years. To me, […]
Two Oxford boys were drafted this weekend ? into the National Football League! Eric Ghiaciuc and Dave Rayner are headed for the exciting, hard-hitting, highly competitive world of pro football. Ghiaciuc, a 2000 graduate of Oxford High School, was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. The 6-foot, […]
Four funding proposals to maintain and upgrade Oxford’s fire and EMS services await township and village voters at the polls May 3. Voters will be asked to approve two millages and two bond proposals totalling 2.78 mills for the Oxford Fire Department. These ballot proposals include: n 1.5 mills for fire and EMS operations for […]
Members of the Oxford Lions Club will be around town Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 conducting their annual White Cane Sale. Lions will be selling canes at the intersection of Washington and Burdick streets and at Oxford Bank. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Leader Dogs for the Blind, Bear Lake Camp, Beaumont […]
Three Oxford High School students were caught smoking marijuana in the school parking lot Thursday, April 21 and suspended as a result. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, two 17-year-old students and one 15-year-old were smoking marijuana in a 1998 GMC Jimmy when they were discovered by a school security monitor who smelled the […]
Michelle Vought is lighting the path to her future with a welding torch. The Oxford High School senior’s prowess with fire and metal helped her and her fellow students from Oakland Schools Technical Campus (OSTC) Northeast in Pontiac earn a first place award for a child’s pedal car they created as part of the Genuine […]