In order to ensure local control is not lost and everything’s in compliance with state law, Oxford Township is looking to modify its zoning ordinance as it pertains to wireless communications facilities such as cell towers. Last year, the state amended the Zoning Enabling Act to put a 90-day time limit on the approval or […]
eader Editor It’s certainly shaping up to be a banner year for the Lone Ranger, famous fictional hero of America’s Old West. There’s a Hollywood blockbuster about the masked lawman starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp opening July 3. Plus, it’s the 80th anniversary of The Lone Ranger radio program, which hit the airwaves way […]
It takes nimble fingers, a vivid imagination and a keen eye for color and design to turn ordinary pieces of fabric into a work of art. Wendy Brabo, co-owner of A&A Flowers in downtown Oxford, certainly must possess all three because over the weekend her art quilts won both the grand prize and second place […]
It’s official. Oxford now has two school boards ? one for the traditional public school district and one for the new charter public school at Crossroads for Youth (930 E. Drahner Rd.). Last week, Adrienne Cottingham, Rev. Joyce Matthews, Mary Sutton, Amy Moore and Stephen (Mickey) Hiatt were sworn in by Oakland County Circuit Judge […]
Green forms of energy are on everybody’s mind these days as more and more people look for ways to save money or save the planet. In light of alternative energy’s rising popularity, the Oxford Township Planning Commission last week recommended approval of a zoning ordinance amendment designed to regulate Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS), commonly […]
Some Oxford Township planning commissioners want to expand the zoning where commercial indoor recreation facilities are allowed so as to make it much easier and less expensive for them to open here and fill vacant buildings. ‘We’ve kind of ordinanced people out of certain uses,? said Planning Commission Chairman Todd Bell. That’s why the planning […]
Lakeville Elementary’s school sign was sturdy enough to handle lots of things ? rain, snow, wind, the blazing sun. The only thing it couldn’t survive was an SUV coming straight at it. A 1998 Dodge Durango, driven by a 47-year-old Oxford woman, smashed into the sign around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, March 7, reducing it to […]
It turns out the maple syrup folks enjoy on their pancakes and waffles doesn’t magically come from a talking glass bottle that resembles a matronly female. It actually comes from places like Keller Family Farms/Keller’s Maple Products (6209 Bordman Rd.) in Almont. On Monday, Jeromy Keller, who represents the third generation to work on the […]
M-24 was backed up with traffic and littered with debris late Monday afternoon following a big three-vehicle crash in front of the Oxford Marketplace shopping center. According to Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski, a 1986 Pontiac Fiero, driven by a 19-year-old Oxford man, made a left-turn from the shopping center’s parking lot into oncoming […]
Oxford Elementary School fourth-graders visited the Northeast Oakland Historical Museum (1 N. Washington St.) last week. Students learned all about Oxford’s history, industries and early residents. They also got a pretty good idea of how people lived, worked and played in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.