eader Editor Many stray dogs are going to be comfortable, safe and healthy until they can find loving homes thanks to the hard work and caring of Oxford Girl Scout Troop 13400. The girls did a service project for the K-9 Stray Rescue League in Oxford for which they collected 137 bundles of newspaper to […]
Michael Brennan was just a fresh-faced student at Royal Oak Kimball High School when Islamic terrorists launched devastating sneak attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001. Like so many others of his generation, when he graduated, he knew what he had to do ? volunteer for military service. ‘I didn’t […]
Leonard Elementary’s fifth-graders honored local veterans Friday by inviting them to their school to enjoy breakfast and tell their stories. Students asked the veterans questions about their service, their fears, their accomplishments and what life was like in the military. Some veterans brought old photographs to illustrate their tales, while others used globes to show […]
Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Find out this Friday and Saturday as the Oxford High School Drama Club presents its production of Neil Simon’s classic comedic play The Odd Couple. Join senior Darren Johnston as he portrays neurotic, neat freak and commercial photographer Felix Unger while senior Danny […]
When Oxford voters go to the polls in May they will be asked to approve four tax requests to maintain and improve their fire department. Oxford Township officials Feb. 17 approved ballot language for two millage requests and two bond issues ? totalling 2.77 mills ? for the fire department to be placed on the […]
How many kids can say they’re pen pals with the Leader of the Free World? The students in teacher Marcie Bensman’s first-grade class at Leonard Elementary can make that claim. Back in November 2004 as part of a class project, Bensman’s students wrote and mailed letters to U.S. President George W. Bush giving him their […]
By Ken Theobald and Editor C.J. Carnacchio Okay all you people who have lived in Oxford forever, let’s see a show of hands ? how many of you knew there was a toy tractor manufactured here in the early 1950s? Neither did we until Ken Theobald, of Lexington, Kentucky, contacted this newspaper last week. About […]
An electrical malfunction inside a heated dog house was the apparent cause of a structure fire at 1430 Harwood Drive, off Brookfield Drive, Friday night. Oxford firefighters were called to the scene at 9:29 p.m. after a resident across Mickelson Lake spotted the burning wooden deck behind the Harwood home, according to Fire Chief Jack […]
Pam Molik is a big believer in the expression, ‘Life begins at 40.? That’s when she went back to school and obtained her teaching degree. Now after 11 years with Oxford Schools, the sixth-grade math and science teacher at Oxford Middle School was selected as one of three district nominees for the 2004-05 Oakland County […]
This may come as shock to many, but I will NOT be opposing the non-homestead tax increase being sought by the Oxford school district May 3. No, I’ve not turned into a tax-and-spend liberal or been brainwashed by the hive-like mentality of the education establishment. The simple truth is my previous opposition to this type […]