ZBA recommends waiving application fee for FISH

Oxford/Orion FISH received an early Christmas present from the township’s Zoning Board of Appeals on Nov. 19. ZBA members voted 6-0 to recommend waiving the $800 application fee required for the board to hear FISH’s request for a variance to build a wheelchair ramp at the group’s food pantry in Thomas, a tiny hamlet just […]

FISH reports demand up, donations down

Business is booming for Oxford/Orion FISH ? and that isn’t a good thing. ‘We are gaining at least 15 new clients a month,? said FISH President John Cass during his Nov. 19 presentation to the Oxford Twp. Zoning Board of Appeals (see related story). ‘We are receiving white collar workers for the first time, who […]

My Way

They say you never forget your first. I know I won’t. On Nov. 16, 2007, I shot my first buck ? a seven-point, no less. It was probably one of the most exhilarating and poignant experiences of my life. I’ve never felt more alive or in tune with that predatory instinct all humans have buried […]

85 OHS senior athletes honored

Eighty-five Oxford High School students were honored June 3 at the 2003-04 Senior Athletes Dinner held at the Boulder Pointe Conference Center and sponsored by the Oxford Wildcat Booster Club. ‘For the past 30 years the seniors of Oxford High School have been recognized for their efforts participating in sports while continuing to achieve academic […]

Lakeville celebrates T-day!

Lakeville Elementary’s first-grade classes put on a variety of Thanksgiving skits Nov. 20 for their proud parents. All the performances centered around Pilgrims, Indians and of course, turkeys! Afterward, kids and parents enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and pie.

Grapplers train ‘old school? way for spot in state tourney

In an era when sports teams? training rooms are filled with sleek, sophisticated workout machines designed around scientific principles, Oxford’s varsity wrestlers are taking a more ‘old school? approach to their conditioning. Doing squats while holding 200-pound tractor tires and swinging sledge hammers are just some of the old-fashioned ways the wrestlers have been preparing […]

Fire at Parkhurst Estates

A double-wide mobile home inside Parkhurst Estates caught fire Monday morning due to what appears to have been an overloaded electrical outlet, according to Oxford Fire Chief Jack LeRoy. Oxford firefighters were dispatched to 426 Worthington Drive (inside the mobile home park) at 8:03 a.m. to extinguish a structure fire. When they arrived, fire personnel […]

Young inventor does it again!

Chandler Macocha has done it again! The Oxford Middle School eighth-grader and budding boy genius created yet another invention which has earned him more fame and fortune. It’s called ‘The Roofer’s Dream? and the innovative shingle remover recently earned Macocha a regional second place finish in the sixth-through-eighth-grade category of the 2004 Sears Craftsman/National Science […]

Landscaping, lighting, fencing for water treatment plant selected

Oxford Township officials May 25 settled the landscaping, lighting and fencing issues surrounding the proposed water treatment plant to be located on Queens Drive in the Oxford Woods subdivision. The board voted to place ‘angled wrought iron fencing? topped with points, similar to that used cemeteries, around the facility property. Along the back of the […]

Village hires new manager

Starting Monday, June 14, the Village of Oxford will have a new manager on the job and his name is Kervin Joseph Young. ‘I feel that Mr. Young would be a valuable asset to this village,? said Councilman Steve Allen. ‘He has a knowledge base that stretches beyond what your ordinary, run-of-the-mill village manager candidate […]