Two more bomb threats were found in Oxford Schools this week, bringing the total up to four since Friday, Oct. 26 ? two at the middle school and two at the high school. A bomb threat was found by a student written inside a stall in the sixth-grade girls restroom at Oxford Middle School around […]
An 18-year-old Addison man is ‘lucky to be alive? following a head-on collision with a tree on Lakeville Road, between Lake George and Hosner roads, at about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Mark Elsarelli, a senior at Oxford High School, was travelling westbound on Lakeville Road at a speed of between 50 and 55 miles per hour […]
‘Books are a magic carpet. They can take you anywhere you want to go.? It was this quote from Oxford Public Library Friends member Jane Harlow which inspired the theme of ‘Travel!? for the 8th Annual Storybook Gala held Friday at Devil’s Ridge Golf Club. More than 80 tourists booked first-class passage aboard this year’s […]
Oxford’s American Legion Post 108 hosted yet another successful blood drive on Friday, May 7. Judy Ingles, who organizes the blood drives with her husband of 44 years, Gerald, reported a total of 41 pints of liquid life was collected. Forty-five people registered to give blood in this drive, according to Ingles. ‘I try to […]
The Oxford Village Council recently approved a special resolution making April ‘Civitan Awareness Month? in the community. Oxford Village President Renee Donovan (left), herself a member of Civitan, presented the resolution to Tracy Miller (center), president of the Great Oaks Civitan Club, and Oxford resident Merle Smith, a member of the Pontiac Civitan Club.
Residents are invited to attend a special Thursday, May 13 workshop at the Oxford Public Library to help chart the course of Oxford Township’s future development. The township Planning Commission is soliciting public input as it works to update the township’s Master Plan. ‘It’s an opportunity for residents to come out and speak their minds, […]
Classes went on as usual Monday at Oxford Middle School despite the threat that a bomb was going to explode at noon. Following the discovery of a bomb threat in a restroom Friday (Oct. 26) afternoon, the middle school was repeatedly searched by staff, members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department and bomb-sniffing dogs. Nothing […]
A group of unknown vandals broke into Oxford Middle School Sunday, Oct. 21 and damaged costumes and props belonging to the Drama Club. ‘It’s just sad. It really is,? said Jack Gray, a sixth-grade language arts teacher who serves as the club’s advisor. ‘We have some leads,? said OMS Principal Ken Weaver. ‘We think they […]
Helen Smith is either the luckiest woman on the planet or a magnet for scam artists from Canada. From Oct. 18-22, the veteran Oxford resident received through the mail three checks from different sources totalling $13,395. ‘They look like real checks,? Smith said. Contained with the three checks were four letters, all from different people […]
The road construction season has commenced in Michigan and Oxford. May 3 marked the beginning of a $1.046 million road resurfacing project on M-24 (Lapeer Road) that spans from Clarkston Road in Orion Township to approximately 300 feet north of the Oxford Village limits in Oxford Township. Work along the 4.9-mile stretch of M-24 is […]