Oxford man charged with 2nd-degree home invasion

An 18-year-old Oxford man was arraigned Friday on one count of second-degree home invasion in the Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court. Chadwick Adam Cartner stood mute before Judge Nancy Carniak. He’s currently being held in the Oakland County Jail in lieu of a $5,000 bond. Cartner stands accused of the May 11 burglary of 986 […]

My Way

Well, it’s June and the local campaign season is well underway. Candidates have already started going door-to-door making their case as to why they should be elected or re-elected. Soon front yards and intersections will be sprouting campaign signs and mailboxes will be full of campaign literature. Since things are rolling along, I’ve decided to […]

Contours Express opens in Oxford

There’s a new place to work out in Oxford, but it’s for ladies only. A Contours Express has opened at 605 S. Lapeer Rd. (Suite B). It’s the latest addition to the franchise’s more than 300 fitness and weight loss centers around the United States. The Oxford location is owned by Julie Brown, who also […]

‘They hover as a cloud of witnesses over this nation?

From the cemeteries of Oxford to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to the Normandy American Cemetery in France, they slumber in their graves by the hundreds of thousands. Their job is done. Their mission is over. Their time in history has passed. Yet, they are never forgotten. They live on in the hearts and memories […]

Fire guts downtown business

A popular downtown Oxford business was destroyed by fire last week, the apparent result of a faulty light fixture in the building’s basement. Shortly after midnight Thursday, Oxford firefighters were called to the northwest quadrant to battle a structure fire at The Scrapping Post, located at 7 N. Washington St, which is owned by mother-and-daughter […]

Oxford firefighter off to Iraq

As an Oxford firefighter, Brent Ludwig is trained to look for ‘hot spots? when battling structure fires. By the end of this week, the 24-year-old lifelong Oxford resident will be right in the middle of one of the biggest ‘hot spots? in the entire world ? Iraq. The 1998 graduate of Oxford Christian Academy is […]

Intern learns ropes of local gov’t

While many college students planning a career in politics/government are spending their summer vacations interning in places like Washington D.C. or Lansing, Roberta Payne decided to see how local government works. The 21-year-old Oxford Township resident recently completed a 150-hour (or 4-week) internship at the Oxford Village government offices. ‘I learned what local government is […]

Council approves balanced budget with no tax increases

It wasn’t easy, but the Oxford Village Council last week approved a balanced budget for the 2004-05 fiscal year without increasing the property tax rate. Council approved a $2,254,580 General Fund budget along with other budgets totalling $3,986,865. To finance the new budget, council set the property tax rate at 12.62 mills for the third […]

‘Click it or Ticket?

Deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department set up a ‘Click it or Ticket Seatbelt Enforcement Zone? near M-24 and Drahner Road Thursday afternoon. According to Sgt. Jim Karr, a total of 95 vehicles were stopped and 79 seatbelt violations were handed out. Tickets for 28 other various violations were also written.

Out with the old and in with the realty office

A demolition crew reduced 110 S. Washington St. to a pile of rubble Tuesday afternoon to make way for a future realty office. The two-story home, located at the intersection of Crawford St. and M-24, was completely levelled. Only the adjoining garage remained standing Wednesday morning. According to Donni Steele ? broker/manager of the Coldwell […]