The Main Street program is new to downtown Oxford, but to Amanda Katt Cassidy it’s a familiar old friend she met in school. Cassidy was hired earlier this week to be the new executive director of the Oxford Community Development Authority (OCDA) at an annual salary of $44,000 plus benefits. She starts in two weeks. […]
The Rotary Club of Oxford yesterday presented a $240 check to the Northeast Oakland Advisory Committee (NOAC) to help the local charity cover its operating expenses. NOAC is part of the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency based in Pontiac. On the second Wednesday of each month at the Community Education Resource Center (CERC) in Lake […]
Alyssa McTaggart is trying to help feed starving children in the Third World, but she can’t do it alone. That’s why the Oxford High School freshman is asking friends, family, neighbors, businesses and strangers in the Oxford area to contribute money to her church youth group’s 30-Hour Famine Project April 15-16. Beginning at 6 p.m. […]
A new face joined the James Lumber Co. family last week as Ron Veenhuis took over as store manager of the Oxford location. The Swartz Creek resident started in the lumber business in 1976 with Wolohan Lumber while attending the University of Michigan-Flint. He worked at and managed Wolohan stores in both Michigan and Indiana […]
Members of the Sunshine Generation ? a local performing group for children ages 3 to 12 ? performed last week for residents at Independence Village in Waterstone. The talented youngsters sang and danced their way into the senior citizens? hearts during the 30-minute show. The kids brought the seniors a ray of warm spring sunshine […]
The Clear Lake Elementary Parent Teacher Organization held a fun family dance and silent auction Friday night. The auction raised a little more than $3,000 for the PTO.
Eye-patches, buccaneers and the dreaded skull and crossbones were everywhere Saturday as Oxford Elementary and Daniel Axford hosted their annual Spring Fair. This year’s theme was ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.?
The older we get, the more snow is viewed as just another chore ? something to be shoveled, plowed and dreaded. Many adults try to avoid it by staying inside as much as possible during the winter. Others flee to warmer climates in the south. But there was a magical time when snow meant hours […]
‘They’re not done with Oxford.? That’s the good news Oxford Township Trustee Jack Curtis wanted to share with the public following an impromptu meeting last week with MSP Industries Plant Manager Tony Felice. Felice met with Curtis and township Supervisor Bill Dunn to let them know that MSP Industries, which is owned by the Detroit-based […]
Joe Ashley’s excited about his new position for two reasons ? 1) he gets to help the community’s young people and 2) he finally gets to see the sun again after working nights for so long. Ashley is the new detective in charge of all juvenile-related crimes and incidents at the Oakland County Sheriff’s substation […]