For the next three months, the Oxford Community Development Authority will be holding one of its twice monthly meetings at night. During the months of March, April and May, the OCDA will be holding a meeting on the third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. OCDA Chair Sue Bossardet said this is a temporary […]
In preparation for the 53rd Annual Strawberry Festival to be held in downtown Leonard July 16, the Leonard Summer Festival Committee is holding a fund-raising dinner at Rowland Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. The menu will include baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn or green beans, salad with choice of […]
Stacy Stimson got his Dolecek toy tractor when he was just an infant. Stimson, a deputy for the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Department, received the tractor from his great uncle Otto Schwandt in 1952 as a birth gift. In the early 1950s, Schwandt worked for John and Albert Dolecek at their tool and die/toy factory on […]
Although no one has officially claimed the body, the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission passed away on Feb. 23, 2005. It was barely 6 years old. Oakland County Circuit Judge Wendy Potts formally ordered the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission ? or OPFEC as it was affectionately nicknamed ? be taken off life […]
Cityhood and safety paths were the big losers in Oxford’s election yesterday. Village voters decided 333 to 244 they do not wish to continue the effort to become a city started back in 2003. This means the 1.4-square-mile village will remain a home rule village and as such part of the township surrounding it. Township […]
Oxford’s township board is going to look a lot different in November with a new clerk and three new trustees. For the first time in 36 years, there will be a new face occupying the clerk’s office and it belongs to Curtis Wright. In a three-way race, Wright, who served as township supervisor from 1994-98, […]
A stunning upset occurred in Addison Township’s primary yesterday as 16-year incumbent Supervisor Bob Koski received his walking papers from voters. Challenger Bruce Pearson soundly defeated the veteran local politician 745 to 420. Pearson, a deputy who’s retiring from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department later this year, will face Sereal Gravlin in the November election. […]
Jacob Calendar, 7, of Oxford, does his best Michael Jordan impression during one of the many children’s activities at Celebrate Oxford Saturday. Thousands of people were out and about downtown sampling all Oxford has to offer from great food and entertainment to classic cars and family fun. The weather was perfect and by all accounts […]
If you purchased this newspaper from a member of the Oxford Lions Club, then you’ve just helped make Christmas a little merrier for those less fortunate. The Oxford Leader donated 800 copies of this edition to the Lions Club, so its members could conduct their annual Goodfellows Newspaper sales on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, […]
Beginning in 2013, Oxford Township will be protected by two more police officers thanks to a millage increase approved by voters earlier this month. Last week, the township board voted 5-2 to add a deputy and patrol investigator to the Oakland County Sheriff’s substation as part of a new three-year contract with the county law […]