When poet Robert Frost penned his famous line ‘good fences make good neighbors,? it’s obvious he didn’t consult anyone living around Stony Lake in Oxford Twp. ‘Any fence there would really ruin everybody’s ability to have any kind of a happy existence there,? said Barry McWilliams, who lives on Brabb Road. Residents of the Brabb-Dewey […]
Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ gave us the commandment to ‘Love thy neighbor.? Two thousand years later, government tells us ‘To hell with thy neighbor.? Government’s seemingly endless capacity to give the shaft to decent, hard-working, taxpaying citizens never ceases to astound or sicken me. In 1999, I saw Oxford Township give the shaft […]
Oxford firefighters really earned their pay with two structure fires in three days. ‘Both constitute what we would call ‘good saves? on the houses, but very expensive damage,? explained Fire Chief Jack LeRoy. ‘It’s amazing ? a little fire can do a lot of damage.? An attached garage was reported on fire at 650 Mallard […]
It appears sewer and water charges in Oxford Township’s two manufactured/mobile home communities, Lake Villa and Parkhurst, will be increasing in a few months. Township officials are planning to increase the Residential Equivalent Unit (REU) assignment factor for manufactured/mobile homes from 0.60 to 0.85. However, because Lake Villa and Parkhurst own and maintain all the […]
Oxford High School’s Performing Arts Center is going to be overrun by giant cockroaches at 7:01 p.m. Friday, April 18. Don’t worry the school isn’t secretly building a nuclear reactor or conducting weird genetic experiments as part of the new curriculum. It’s just the talented members of the Oxford Middle School Drama Club putting on […]
When most people think of activities for senior citizens, it’s usually something old-fashioned and stereotypical, like bingo or checkers. But a growing number of seniors at Independence Village of Waterstone (and across the nation) are becoming more like their grandkids because they would rather play video games. Ever since General Manager Eugene Valentine began bringing […]
Much like fictional knight Don Quixote, Oxford Township Planning Commissioner George Black has windmills on his mind. But unlike Quixote, Black doesn’t want to fight them, he wants to regulate them with an ordinance governing everything from size to location to zoning. ‘They’re gonna show up,? he said during last week’s planning commission meeting. ‘I’m […]
With a record of 5-0, Oxford’s Varsity boys? golf squad is dominating the links and that has Coach Terry Kelley excited. ‘I am more optimistic than I have been in the last two years,? he said. ‘We have much greater potential. We have potential from our best senior to our greenest freshman. I’m real excited […]
Oxford attorney Frederick J. Miller is on a mission to ‘restore faith in the judiciary system? by running against the controversial 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry. ‘The present district judge has some serious problems,? said Miller, who resides in Brandon Township, but has been practicing law in Oxford since 1990. ‘She’s rated as one of […]
Downtown Oxford’s Polly Ann Trail bridge over M-24 was temporarily shut down last week after it was discovered that a 2-year-old went for a short stroll after slipping through a gap between the safety fencing along the ramps and the bridge. ‘He was outside the fence standing over the edge of the nothingness,? said Oxford […]