Despite the rain and gray skies, the 2nd Annual Plant Exchange and Garden Workshop Saturday in Addison Township was a smashing success. The event raised more than $900 for its host and chief sponsor the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library, according to club President Claudia Von Drak. The money will be used to […]
The decision is in ? Jerry Dywasuk, Jr. will challenge incumbent Bill Dunn in the Aug. 3 Republican primary for the position of Oxford Township supervisor. Dywasuk, who’s currently serving as a township trustee and is the son of Orion Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk, Sr., had filed nominating petitions May 10 for both trustee and supervisor. […]
A Rochester man who survived a head-on collision with another vehicle in February had only two words for the Oxford Fire Department ? ‘Thank you.? ‘I don’t believe I would be in the condition I am today if (the firefighters) hadn’t been as efficient as they were,? said accident survivor Luke Fleer, who stopped by […]
It appears the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department has determined the individual responsible for a rash of home invasions in the Clear Lake subdivision. Since May 5, four homes have burglarized five times on Gill, Keith and Lakesview streets. The last one took place Monday, May 17 on Keith St. Detective Ken Alderman said he has […]
Beginning May 22, every fourth Saturday through September in downtown Oxford will be ‘Village Market Day.? Sponsored by the Promotions Committee of the Oxford Community Development Authority, the event will feature a diverse selection of vendors selling a wide variety of items from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the northeast quadrant parking lot behind […]
Today, they’re high school students, but tomorrow they could be our governors, senators or maybe even President of the United States. A group of Oxford High School students have been selected to participate in three summer programs designed to educate them about public service, promote good citizenship and prepare them to someday take the reins […]
Oxford Women’s Club awarded a total of $3,000 in scholarships to three deserving high school students May 12 at the Oxford home of club President Sharon Czarnowski. Oxford High School seniors Megan McCully and Megan Bono and former Crossroads for Youth School student Michael Yaldo each received $1,000 checks from the 72-year-old women’s group to […]
Every now and then a politician will do something completely out of character that makes me scratch my head and say, ‘I wonder why he (or she) did that?? Questions race through my mind ? What’s the ulterior motive? What’s in it for them? What’s the angle? The answer was usually, as my old editor […]
Spring is a time for planting gardens, making new friends and enjoying warm, sunny weather. The Friends of the Addison Township Public Library is hoping for all three Saturday, May 22 as when the group hosts its 2nd Annual Plant Exchange & Garden Workshop from 8 to 11 a.m. (rain or shine) in the Addison […]
In the good old days, students used to tell their teachers, ‘The dog ate my homework.? Lakeville Elementary third-grader Zachary Hinman put a new twist on that old excuse ? the dog was his homework. For his science project, the young man shaved an inch of fur off his dog, Jade, and an inch of […]