All night? All right!
Following the commencement ceremony Sunday, the Class of 2012 celebrated during the annual Senior All Night Party at Oxford High School. They gambled, played wacky games and rode a mechanical bull.
Who am I?
Oxford Elementary fifth-graders dressed up as prominent personalities and posed as living wax statues as part of a lesson on how people respond to conflict in different ways. The students had to choose one person from history, or even present day, who has dealt with conflict. They had to explain that person’s perspective, the other […]
AngelFISH gift program spreads holiday cheer
You don’t need a workshop full of elves and team of flying reindeer to spread joy this holiday season. All it takes is a phone call to Oxford/Orion FISH and a little extra shopping. For the second year in a row, the local charity group is conducting ‘AngelFISH,? a holiday gift program for low-income individuals […]
Fun day!
Leonard Elementary student enjoyed their annual Field Day last week.
You gotta have art ? but I don’t have to pay for it
After all these years, I still remember the popular 1980s television commercial for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), which contained the catchy song, ‘You’ve Gotta Have Art!? As a little kid, I found it extremely entertaining and even looked forward to it whenever it aired in between reruns of MASH and Happy Days. But […]
My Way
I’ve got a great idea. It’s an idea that would benefit our community’s less fortunate members. It’s an idea that would benefit one of our most active and visible local charities. It’s a completely sound and totally logical idea. Unfortunately, it would involve the cooperation of our local governments and some common sense, so right […]
Newcomer wins ‘Louie’s Great Pumpkin Contest’
What’s round, orange and weighs 410 pounds? This year’s winner of ‘Louie’s Great Pumpkin Contest? held Friday evening at Louie’s Food and Spirits in Lakeville. The 410-pound winning pumpkin was grown by Oakland Township resident Steve Fogler. It took seven people to lift the monster and place it on the scale. Not only did Fogler […]
Children’s book illustrator visits Great Lakes Mercantile
Great Lakes Mercantile in downtown Oxford was proud to welcome children’s book illustrator Michael Glenn Monroe for a special two-hour appearance Saturday morning. The Brighton resident autographed copies of the many books he’s illustrated over the last eight years, while painting a robin (Michigan’s state bird) for store’s owners Ron and Dora Rolando, of Leonard. […]
Gazebo, meditation garden dedicated at Lutheran monastery
‘A sheltered place where people can look out on the world.? That’s how Father Richard Herbel described the new gazebo and meditation garden at St. Augustine’s House in Addison Township, which was dedicated and blessed Sunday afternoon. The gazebo and surrounding meditation garden are located on the site of the Lutheran monastery’s old chapel. All […]
Kingsbury lowers tuition to increase enrollment
Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township is reducing its tuition by a significant amount in the hopes of attracting new students to its 125-acre campus at 5000 Hosner Rd. ‘We want to grow our enrollment and grow our alumni data base,? said Kingsbury Headmaster Tom Mecsey. ‘We want to grow our marketing strategies and […]