Some little hands from Clear Lake Elementary recently touched the hearts of American soldiers serving in Iraq and reminded them of what they’re fighting for. Second and third-graders in teacher Melissa Douglas? class recently received a photograph showing members of the U.S. Army’s 507th Medivac Company standing in front of a Blackhawk helicopter and holding […]
Councilman Dave Bailey last week spearheaded an effort to rescind the Oxford Village Council’s previous support for the proposed Polly Ann Trail pedestrian bridge over M-24, but was defeated by one vote. Bailey made a motion to rescind council’s Aug. 24 3-2 approval of the bridge’s design based two things. One, as it stands right […]
Santa Claus is bringing the Oxford Department of Public Works a new dump truck for Christmas. Last week, the Oxford Village Council approved the purchase of a 2005 Tri-County International dump truck along with snow and ice removal equipment for an amount not to exceed $102,000. DPW Superintendent Don Brantley indicated the new dump truck […]
Karl Marx must have been rolling over in his grave Monday as Clear Lake Elementary students learned about the free market system firsthand during the school’s third annual ‘Economics Fair.? For two hours, the school’s cafeteria was transformed into a bustling marketplace where fifth-grade entrepreneurs sold necklaces, candy, bookmarks, artwork, scarves, hats, bracelets, mini hockey […]
Every bride knows that it’s tradition for her to have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue on her wedding day. Well, Addison Township resident Tracy Kramm has definitely got the ‘something blue? part covered ? and then some. She and her husband-to-be, Craig Garrett, will exchange their vows Saturday, Aug. 25 on […]
Some hair got singed by the flames, a few eyes watered from the thick black smoke, and the smell of melting nylon and polyester was not at all pleasant. But five members of Oxford Boy Scout Troop 108 didn’t let any of these things stop them from retiring our nation’s flag in the proper, respectful, […]
Smashed vehicles and shattered auto parts littered M-24 on Tuesday, Aug. 14 following a severe crash in front of the Sunoco gas station near Lincoln St. in Oxford Village. A Saturn (shown above, right) was headed north on M-24 in the left-lane when it swerved to avoid colliding with a Chrysler PT Cruiser that was […]
Traditionally, superhero modes of transportation include flying through the air, swinging from webs and driving state-of-the-art vehicles equipped with all sorts of cool crime-fighting gadgets. No one has ever seen a superhero ? not even Captain Planet ? pedaling a bicycle down the road . . . until now. With colorful capes flapping behind them […]
The best endings are happy ones that lick your face and wag their tail ? just ask Judy Vitucci. On Friday, Aug. 17, the Addison Township resident was joyfully reunited with her missing German Shepherd named Hogan. ‘Life couldn’t be better,? she said. ‘I’m telling you, I’m overwhelmed.? Hogan had been missing since Aug. 7, […]
Representatives from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department presented the Oxford Village Council with information last week regarding what it would receive and what it would cost if they decide to contract with the Council for police dispatch services. ‘We take a lot of pride in our dispatch service just as you do (with the village’s […]