Faced with the prospect of having smoking banned by law in Michigan’s bars and restaurants, local proprietors had mixed feelings on the subject. ‘I think it should be the business owner’s choice,? said Jeff Collier, owner of Collier Lanes, an Oxford bowling alley with two bars inside. ‘I don’t think they should intervene in that.? […]
Significant leakage of natural gas inside the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center (28 N. Washington St.) brought out the Oxford Fire Dept. shortly before 8:30 a.m. Saturday. ‘The cleaning people opened up the building, smelled the odor of (natural) gas and called us,? said Fire Chief Jack LeRoy. ‘There was a heavy concentration of gas […]
Students in art teacher Becky Ziemianski’s Design in Materials class have a lot to be proud of. Not only did they win the ‘Judge’s Choice? award at Port Huron Hospital’s 19th Annual Festival of Trees, they helped raise funds for a worthy cause. ‘I couldn’t believe it,? Ziemianski said. ‘I was really pleasantly surprised and […]
Seven soft, warm blankets made with love by kids for kids will be delivered this week to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Sixth-graders in Oxford Middle School teacher Elizabeth Dolsen’s advisory class made the blankets as part of a service project. ‘We’ve taken on a service project every month this year to improve children’s […]
Pedestrian crosswalk markings stretching across M-24 between Starbucks Coffee and the Oxford 7 Theater were removed last week. Signs informing pedestrians to ‘Use Burdick Crosswalk? (shown above) were erected near the corners of Dennison and Stanton streets, which intersect M-24 from the west and east. Twice the village council voted to have MDOT remove the […]
Two budding young artists from Oxford High School walked away with top honors at the Toad in the Hole Productions art show held Nov. 17 at Devil’s Ridge Golf Club. Congratulations to senior Emily Molczyk, who won first place and $100 cash for her ebony pencil drawing entitled ‘Hold on,? and senior Kera Presbie, who […]
ADDISON ? A pole-barn located at 5700 Hagerman Road, between Mckail and Bordman roads, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. When Addison Twp. firefighters were called to the scene at approximately 1:20 p.m. the 30-foot by 50-foot pole-barn was ‘fully involved? in the fire and the roof had already collapsed, according to Fire Chief […]
Tolerance, property rights and the free market ? all the ideals that helped make America great are tossed aside when it comes to the issue of smoking. Last week, the Michigan House of Reps voted 56-46 to ban smoking in places of employment and most public places, including restaurants and bars. Fortunately, the Republican-controlled state […]
It’s never a good idea for government to investigate itself. Even if it’s done in the most open, fair and objective manner, it still looks bad to the general public. Why? Because most of the time when government investigates itself bad things happen. Cover-ups. Friends protect friends. Documents go missing. New documents are created to […]
An Oakland County Circuit Court judge ruled that the Village of Oxford ‘abused its discretion? when it determined free public parking to be a necessity and used that as the basis for attempting to condemn a piece of private property owned by the Grove family. (See the shaded box to the right for the background […]