A 29-year-old Oxford man last week was charged with child abuse for allegedly violently shaking his newborn baby, causing serious injury to the infant. Christopher Arthur Bobek was arraigned in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court Friday on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse stemming from a Monday, Jan. 24 incident in which he allegedly […]
When Doug Waller decided to give his nine-year-old daughter Samantha a special and unique gift this past Christmas, he didn’t go to the nearest mall or flip through some expensive catalog. Instead, the loving Oxford father looked deep inside his heart and, with the help of some friends, turned his daughter’s bedroom into a place […]
Most folks who visit the Oxford Township office complex at 300 Dunlap Rd. probably won’t see Glenn McCaw as he quietly works away in the basement day in and day out. But when his job is finally complete, they’ll definitely know his work because the process of storing, finding, sending and receiving township records will […]
Thanks to the generous and amazing fund-raising efforts of Oxford Elementary students at least one more new home will be built in Sri Lanka. From Jan. 19-28, OES students raised a little more than $6,000 to help the Salvation Army’s efforts to build new houses in Galle, a seaport city in southwestern Sri Lanka. Galle […]
I’m a firm believer that whenever tax dollars are spent they should be invested in services and facilities that directly or indirectly benefit the entire public. That’s why I was so glad to see the new Oxford High School pool will be utilized by the general public in the form of open swim times, swim […]
Throughout the month of January Lakeville Elementary students and staff donned their favorite hats to raise money for tsunami relief efforts in South Asia. Each day students paid at least $1 to wear their chapeau to school as part of their Helping All Tsunami Survivors (or H.A.T.S. for short) fund-raiser. Lakeville collected a grand total […]
Fine wines, premium beers and sumptuous gourmet fare dazzled the senses and delighted the palate Sunday afternoon as the Oxford Women’s Club hosted its First Annual Wine and Beer Tasting at the Addison Oaks Conference Center. Approximately 70 guests sampled 24 exquisite wines and 13 unique beers from around the globe. Dean Rondy, owner of […]
What kid doesn’t want to be a firefighter when he or she grows up? Kids of all ages got the opportunity to see what it would be like to use the big hose and sit in the big red truck when the Oxford Fire Department recently hosted its annual open house at Station #1.
The only thing that seems to change faster than man’s technology is women’s fashion. Right now, the Northeast Oakland Historical Museum (1 N. Washington St.) in downtown Oxford is featuring an interesting and diverse exhibit depicting the way women’s clothing has evolved between the 1830s and 1950s, from the Victorian Era to the Cold War. […]
Oxford crowned its 2012 Homecoming King and Queen at halftime Friday night. This year’s Wildcat monarchs are Errol Donaldson and Alexis Straub.