Not guilty. For Marion Patricia Paad, those were the two sweetest sounding words in the entire English language Monday as a jury of her peers acquitted her of all embezzlement charges following a four-day trial last week. ‘I knew I was innocent and I’m glad the jury saw it that way,? said Paad, who worked […]
Twenty-five kids and adults spent Saturday afternoon racing toy cars they built from blocks of wood as part of the Pinewood Derby race held at the Oxford Free Methodist Church (790 S. Lapeer Rd.). The contestants raced for red and blue ribbons, and were allowed to race as many times as they wanted and whomever […]
Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz said it was definitely a ‘suspicious? fire, but whether the cause was accidental or intentional remains to be seen. Shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, firefighters were summoned to a house fire at 431 Shummard Branch (near Laurel Leah) inside the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community, located off Lakeville Rd. Apparently, […]
The cow says, ‘Moo!? The pig says, ‘Oink! Oink!? Farmer Nate says, ‘Read my book!? Nathan Perkins, who works at Upland Hills Farm (481 Lake George Rd.) in Addison Township, visited Leonard Elementary last week to talk to students about writing, life on a farm and his brand new book, ‘A Day with the Animals […]
It appears skateboarding will be specifically permitted in Oxford Village as a mode of non-motorized transportation and there will be no restrictions as to where they can be ridden within the downtown area. That’s the direction the village council appeared to be headed in April 24 as it approved the first reading of amendments to […]
It doesn’t appear the Oxford Village Council is going to have a difficult time appointing someone to fill a vacant seat on the five-member board. Only one resident, Elgin Nichols, applied for the job. ‘You’re my Number One candidate for this position. I wish there was a Number Two candidate,? quipped Councilman Dave Bailey at […]
Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you. Unfortunately, it was definitely a case of the latter for Oxford High School students Kyle Feeney and Paul Strong as they placed sixth last week in the state finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition held in Warren. ‘We were doing […]
It truly is amazing the large amount of talent that can spring from such small bodies. Last week, Leonard Elementary held its annual talent show and it was definitely a hit with the audience. For about an hour-and-a-half, the students sang, danced, played musical instruments, hula-hooped and told jokes. Who needs Facebook, reality TV shows […]
They ran. They jumped. They vaulted. There was no rest for the Wildcats? boys and girls track teams as they hosted the annual Oxford Invitational on Saturday. It was a cold, gray day, but the Cats didn’t let it get them down as they tried their best.
‘There was never, for any long time, a corrupt representative of a virtuous people; or a mean, sluggish, careless people that ever had a good government of any form.? ? Edmund Burke This above quote from the father of modern conservatism has been on my mind a lot these days. It especially kept rumbling through […]