Whether Oxford Schools? upcoming millage request passes or fails will mean the difference between approximately $600,000 and $1.3 million in budget cuts. School officials last week unveiled two plans calling for numerous cuts aimed at producing a balanced budget for 2005-06 ? one plan if the millage passes, one if it fails. On May 3, […]
A total of 315 fathers and daughters attended the annual Daddy-Daughter Dances held Friday and Saturday night at the Devil’s Ridge Golf Club in Oxford Township. The event was conducted by the Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department. ? Photos by Editor C.J. Carnacchio.
There’s good news for beleaguered homeowners tired of being told their largest investment is worth less and less each year. The State Equalized Values (SEV) of residential properties in Oxford and Addison townships increased by an average of 3.99 percent and 1.08 percent, respectively, based on the 2013 assessments from the Oakland County Equalization Division […]
A Disability Awareness Workshop was held at Oxford Elementary School April 14. Sponsored by Oakland Schools, the workshop is designed to foster understanding and empathy for disabled individuals by having students participate in hands-on exercises that allow them to experience what it’s like to be handicapped. Students learned about everything from physical and learning disabilities […]
Disc golfers were once again able to hit the links in Oxford as the Seymour Lake Park course was reopened April 16 after a nearly ten-month hiatus. ‘I love it. For me, really that’s the only course I can go play,? said Mike Stechshulte, a member of the Oxford High School Disc Golf Club. ‘When […]
A local manufacturer of light-emitting diode (LED) products is beaming with pride after winning not one, but two awards in a prestigious lighting contest. ‘It’s the first year we entered and we happened to take home the big award,? said Crawford Lipsey, chief executive officer of Relume Technologies (1795 N. Lapeer Rd.) in Oxford Township. […]
eader Editor Danny Inman is a trailblazer. The 2005 Oxford High School graduate was the first male professional advocate in Michigan in the field of sexual assault education and prevention. ‘There are a lot of male volunteer advocates around the state, but there weren’t any that got paid for it until me,? explained Inman, who […]
Downtown Oxford has a parking problem ? the fact that officials place too much emphasis on it and have based what’s actually needed on a flawed study. That was one of Nicholas Kalogeresis? main messages to the Oxford Community Development Authority (OCDA) as he presented the preliminary findings of a needs assessment performed April 12-13. […]
Residents of Broadway, Glaspie and East Burdick streets packed the Oxford Village Council chambers April 12 to voice their strong opposition to a proposed truck route. Council March 22 voted 4-0 to send a letter to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) requesting three things ? n Large trucks traveling north on M-24 be probibited […]
Another attorney has been added to the payroll in Oxford, but Supervisor Bill Dunn insisted it’s purely ‘self-defense.? The township board last week voted 5-2 engage the services of the law firm of Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith, particularly attorney William K. Fahey, to deal with future issues arising from the village’s ongoing efforts to […]