Be kind to your pets or they just may set your house on fire. Case in point ? At 1:31 p.m. Friday, June 11 Oxford firefighters were dispatched to 458 Kirkwood (inside the Parkhurst Estates mobile home park) to extinguish a fire started by a pet cat. According to Fire Chief Jack LeRoy, it all […]
Oxford Elementary lost a combined 64 years worth of experience Friday with the retirements of Adelle Lund, Kathie Schafnitz and Linda Lamphere. ‘I know I remember laughing a lot and that’s what’s most important,? said Lund of her 17-year teaching career, which has been divided between Daniel Axford and Oxford elementaries. Prior to taking a […]
‘Who am I going to talk to now?? I didn’t know how to answer my wife, so I just hugged her when she asked me this question after I told her that Father Bernard J. Mullen passed away Nov. 28. He was 72 (See Page 4). Father Bernie, as he was known to many, was […]
Had Joe Young made the cut on the Central Michigan University baseball team, he might have had a career in major league baseball instead of local government. ‘I wanted to play for the (Detroit) Tigers,? said Young, who began his job as the new Oxford Village manager Monday. But despite the strong pitching arm he […]
Oxford Township and Village are taking action to combat the West Nile Virus this summer. The township has contracted the services of the Fenton-based Advanced Pest Management, which has more than 18 years experience conducting municipal pest control programs. The $24,200 contract calls for the weekly spraying of an ‘adulticide? (designed to kill adult mosquitoes) […]
An initial draft of a proposed ordinance to change or eliminate, depending on who you talk to, downtown Oxford’s parking exempt status, as it exists right now, was met with strong opposition at the Nov. 20 village planning commission meeting. ‘If this ordinance passes as it stands, essentially it’s going to really stifle development (downtown),? […]
Back in the day, pipe-smoking crooner Bing Crosby spent a lot of time singing about white Christmases with Rosemary Clooney. If he were alive today and residing in Oxford, he’d be dreaming about white Thanksgivings. For the third time in four years, the season’s first accumulating snow fell on Thanksgiving. Approximately three inches of heavy, […]
For many years, Richard and Lucille Kroninger opened their home and their hearts to Oxford, particularly its young people, never asking for anything in return. Their reward was the happiness of others and the satisfaction of helping. ‘They made sure they shared their good fortune with others,? said son Tim Kroninger. ‘They were the epitome […]
Once again, the Polly Ann Trailway Management Council (PATMC) is searching for a new manager. At Tuesday’s Oxford Village Council meeting, Councilman Tony Albseni, who serves on the trail council, announced that Manager Amy Murray had resigned. Murray, of Brandon, resigned after accepting a full-time position as a regional forester with Utility Lines Construction ULC, […]
Most toys these days need batteries, microchips and complicated directions before the fun can start. But there was a time when toys ran solely on a child’s imagination. The ability to pretend turned porcelain dolls into real babies and wooden horses into thoroughbreds. The Northeast Oakland Historical Museum is inviting people to stop in over […]