There’s absolutely no reason to panic or stop drinking the water, but some coliform bacteria was detected earlier this month at two local businesses hooked up to the Oxford Township municipal water system. The reason it’s news is because the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office (WRCO) is legally required to notify all of the […]
Thursday, Sept. 13 marked the beginning of the end of an era as it was announced that one of the oldest businesses in Oxford is in the process of being sold. Shortly after 4 p.m., it was revealed that the 128-year-old Oxford Bank has entered into a ‘definitive agreement? under which it will be acquired […]
Should police officers and firefighters who live and work in the same community be exempt from paying all property taxes? Michigan State Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth) believes they should. That’s why he introduced House Bill 5853, a one paragraph piece of legislation that would do just that. ‘The idea is that you’re given the exemption […]
It appears Oxford Township won’t be enacting a dog control ordinance after all. Last week, the township board decided to take no action regarding two proposed ordinances designed to regulate canine behavior. One dealt exclusively with dogs creating a nuisance or disturbing the peace through noises ? such as barking, yelping or howling ? that […]
Those wishing to shoot off consumer-grade fireworks in Oxford Township will have only 30 days to do so from now on as officials last week voted 5-0 to ban them for the other 335 days a year. The ordinance ? which will take effect immediately when published as a public notice in this newspaper on […]
Oxford Township officials last week decided to invest $71,803 in surplus funds in real estate and safety paths. The board voted 4-1 to purchase approximately 5.84 acres of land belonging to the township’s 2,456 water customers for $38,500. ‘The water system really doesn’t need that property,? said township Supervisor Bill Dunn. The land adjoins, on […]
Oxford Township officials last week decided to invest $71,803 in surplus funds in real estate and safety paths. The board voted 4-1 to purchase approximately 5.84 acres of land belonging to the township’s 2,456 water customers for $38,500. ‘The water system really doesn’t need that property,? said township Supervisor Bill Dunn. The land adjoins, on […]
Long before it was Oxford Elementary School (OES), the building located at 109 Pontiac St. used to be Oxford High School. Members of the Class of 1962, along with other graduates, took a stroll down memory lane Saturday evening as they revisited their old school as part of a reunion. They toured the building, which […]
For the first time in nearly three years, Oxford’s Groundhog Day Festival will feature a real, live, honest-to-goodness, furry, weather-predicting marmot. And the community has Oxford Leader reporter and village resident Teri Stiles to thank for it. After reading this editor’s column last week complaining about the festival’s continued lack of a real groundhog since […]
Home. It’s the place we come from. The place we live. The place we’re instinctively drawn to in times of crisis, tragedy and uncertainty. Home is the place we all want to be. The place we all need to be. For Karin Rivest and her two children, Hunter, 7, and Rachel, 9, home is a […]