Clear Lake Elementary took a nostalgic walk down memory lane Friday evening as former students opened seven time capsules buried in the spring of 1987. ‘It was exciting,? said Leanne (Cason) Cantrell, who was a fifth-grader when the capsules were created and placed in the ground. ‘We really didn’t remember what we had put in […]
It’s amazing what a little reorganization and a feather duster can do. Just ask Jerry Griffin, president of the Northeast Oakland Historical Society. Griffin and his merry band of preservers of the past spent the entire month of February rearranging, cleaning and painting the historical museum in downtown Oxford. ‘My goal was to get things […]
In life, they fought, sacrificed and bled for their country and our liberty. Now, they peacefully slumber within the earth. But they are not forgotten as we speak their names, praise their deeds and honor their service every Memorial Day. Addison Township residents and local veterans gathered in the historic Lakeville Cemetery Saturday afternoon to […]
Long after the roar of the canons has ceased . . . we remember. Long after we’ve won the peace, one more time . . . we remember. Long after the weary soldier has carried his lifeless comrade off the smoking battlefield . . . we remember. Long after a heartbroken mother’s tears have dried […]
Oxford’s varsity boys baseball team continued its winning ways racking up a record of 5-1-1 last week. In a doubleheader against Rochester Adams Monday, the boys won the first game 8-5 and tied the second game 9-9. It was called due to darkness at the end of five innings. Russell Luxton got the win for […]
It was quite an ambitious undertaking but the Oxford Middle School Drama Club put together a smash hit with its Friday night performance of ‘Chateau La Roach.? The 2?-hour play, directed by Jack Gray, featured the zany antics of an odd hotel staff and their even odder guests as they faced an invasion of cockroaches […]
Tough week for the Oxford varsity girls softball team as it went 3-4. ‘Our defense is playing quite well and our pitching is doing quite well, it’s our offense that we’re lacking right now, but we’ve been working on that all week,? said Coach Sue Roeher. Over the weekend, the team played a tournament in […]
Six candidates for the Addison Township Public Library Board of Trustees Thursday introduced themselves to the public and answered questions as to why voters should choose them in the Nov. 2 election. Hosted by the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library, the candidate night featured incumbent board members Nina Ciccolini, Jerald Thomas, Richard Feuerbach […]
Listen closely the next time your hear the University of Michigan Marching Band play college football’s greatest fight song, ‘The Victors.? You just might be able to pick out Emily Jacobsen playing her euphonium. The 2004 Oxford High School graduate and U-M freshman is a proud member of the university’s 417-member marching band. She marched […]
Some kind-hearted members of Oxford High School’s DECA Club are offering their ‘helping hands? to children who will never grow up. Seniors Ally Zonsius, Vanessa Collier and Rachel Kenny are raising funds to buy crayons, coloring books, reading books and toys for terminally ill children staying at Children’s Hospital in Detroit and the Ronald McDonald […]