In the village of Davisburg stands a stately old building. Inside the building is an oddly unique machine that creates slender delicate taper candles. Once, the buidling was home to a special cat. The shop is the premise for a childrens book by author Barbara Johns of Clarkston, who is hosting two book signings in […]
Even though it’s her second beautification award, Betty Sera isn’t taking it for granted. ‘I was thrilled,? said the Oxford Village resident who lives at 450 Lakes Edge Drive. ‘What an honor. All the well-maintained homes in Oxford and they took notice of my efforts.? Sera’s home was one of six residences, two businesses and […]
Ralph R. Curtis, founder of the Curtis Insurance Agency in downtown Oxford, passed away August 4, 2005. He was 85. Mr. Curtis had suffered extensive injuries during a July 19 automobile crash in Metamora Township. The Curtis family came to Oxford in 1934 from Clawson. Mr. Curtis graduated from Oxford High School in 1937 and […]
A four-vehicle accident on M-24 ? just north of Drahner Road in front of the Big Boy ? sent one driver and her young passengers to the hospital August 4. It started when the southbound 1994 Chrysler (shown above), driven by a 31-year-old Elkton woman, failed to stop and rear-ended a 2003 Ford pick-up truck […]
Nathan Gerbe is living every amateur athlete’s dream ? he’s been drafted by the pros. The Oxford resident was the Buffalo Sabres? fifth round draft pick July 30 in Ottawa. He was the 142nd overall pick in the 2005 National Hockey League Entry Draft. ‘It’s a real honor to be drafted anywhere in any sport,? […]
An Oxford Village Council Candidate Night has been slated for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 and residents have Scott Walter to thank for it. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters Oakland Area (LWVOA), the informational event will take place in the Oxford Community Room at 22 W. Burdick St. ? right across the hall […]
Once again Oxford has proven itself to be a generous and compassionate community. A coalition of service groups and private citizens came together over the last two weeks to donate the remaining $4,200 (plus a little extra) needed to buy a wheelchair lift for 8-year-old Hunter Strunk, of Addison. ‘I don’t know how I’m going […]
For years, I’ve said Oxford’s main problem boils down to this inescapable fact ? we’re one community with two governments. If we were to think of Oxford as an individual, it would be someone with a split personality. Two distinct personalities trapped inside one body, always warring, never allowing peace for the whole. The result […]
‘Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.? ? Benjamin Franklin Rex Halfpenny is a man driven by passion. A man guided by a mission. His passion ? beer. His mission ? elevate beer’s image from a blue-collar staple to a connoisseur’s choice. In 1997, the 54-year-old Addison resident […]
Court records reveal the man leading Oxford’s cityhood movement and being paid thousands of tax dollars to maintain the village computer system is in fact a convicted felon who once cheated a church. In 1976, Tracy Arthur Miller, Sr. ? the 59-year-old husband of village President Renee Donovan ? was convicted of obtaining money by […]