Oxford Middle School’s sixth, seventh and eighth-grade classes competed in a variety of wacky contests and races last week as part of the annual ‘Master of the House? event. The competition is designed to build school spirit (a.k.a. Wildcat Pride) and encourage teamwork as well as allow students to blow off some steam as spring […]
Thanks to the Oxford Public Library hundreds of kids continued reading and learning over summer vacation, and had fun doing it. An impressive 424 children ages 3? to 11 registered for the library’s Kids Summer Reading Program this year and read a whopping 2,970 hours ? the equivalent of 123? days. The top three readers […]
Safety paths will not be an issue in Oxford Township during this year’s general election. Township officials last week voted 6-0 to not place any millage requests for safety paths on the Nov. 2 ballot. The township board was considering placing a bond proposal and operating millage request on the ballot to finance the construction […]
Water rates in the Village of Oxford could be increased anywhere from 11 to 22 percent depending on which option council chooses to deal with the municipality’s aging treatment plant on S. Glaspie St. Before officials take any definitive action, they’re conducting a public hearing on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. to garner input […]
An Oxford Village man is on a mission to get at least 116 signatures so he and his fellow citizens can finally vote on cityhood. ‘Before the village spends anymore money on attorneys or elects some charter commission, they should find out what the residents want,? said township Supervisor Bill Dunn, who lives at 14 […]
Parents who show a genuine interest in their children’s activities are a special breed these days. A working mother who volunteers her precious nights and weekends to help raise $50,000 to build a place for her son to skate must be a saint. But Sue Jones, of Oxford, doesn’t see herself that way. She’s just […]
The message ‘Free Irak And Free Palestine? and a Satanic-looking figure are not things you would normally expect to find on a local government’s website. But on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 4, they appeared on the Village of Oxford’s website located at www.villageofoxford.org. According to village Manager Joe Young, it appears the municipality’s website […]
I left last week’s township board meeting with a strange feeling. It wasn’t the typical contempt, loathing, queeziness, frustration or sharp, stabbing pain in my left arm which usually accompanies my attendance at government meetings. It was a good feeling, a feeling that something right happened, a feeling like I had just thwarted a mugger […]
For residents and visitors, downtown Oxford is a place for dining, shopping and entertainment. But for a group of students from Lawrence Technological University (LTU), it’s a place where they can take the skills and knowledge they’ve garnered in the classroom and apply them to the real world. Eight LTU students appeared before the Downtown […]
An Oxford Village Councilman allegedly involved in a fight at a downtown bar will have to face his day in court. Michael Glenn Hamilton, elected to council in September 2007, was cited March 13 by the village police for disorderly conduct stemming from an altercation that occurred at The Oxford Tap (36 S. Washington St.) […]