It appears an employee’s cigarette started a minor fire around 5:24 p.m. Friday at Kalloway’s Restaurant and Pub, which forced the restaurant to close on one of the busiest nights of the week. According to Detective Art Schrah, of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Fire Investigation Unit, the fire originated above the 500 N. Lapeer Rd. […]
Move over, fellas, because the biggest, baddest pumpkin in the patch was grown by a lady this year. The pumpkin kings are dead! Long live Pumpkin Queen, Angie Crabtree! It was Crabtree’s 314-pound orange titan that took home the gold and bragging rights at the 7th annual big pumpkin weigh-off Friday at Louie’s Food & […]
Students at Clear Lake Elementary have been drinking bottled water since Monday, Oct. 15 after routine testing indicated the presence of coliform bacteria in the school’s independent water system. ‘We’ve covered over the drinking fountains,? said Principal Sue Hannant. ‘It’s safe for washing hands and flushing toilets, but they brought bottled water in for the […]
Tom Burley humbly refers to his talent for singing as ‘the Lord’s gift.? How appropriate the 67-year-old Oxford resident will be using that gift to help raise money for the Men’s Charities at Oxford United Methodist Church (OUMC). For the last two years, Burley has been singing bass with the 42-member Flint Male Chorus, which […]
A recommendation to either approve or deny the Village of Oxford’s petition to break away from the township and incorporate as a city could be made at the state Boundary Commission’s Dec. 13 meeting in Lansing. ‘Pretty much that’s what the plan is, but with it so far out I would say it’s tentative,? said […]
In this era of Big Government doing way more than it should and citizens believing they’re entitled to everything, it’s often hard to discern where the line is between public and private responsibility. Sitting through last week’s special Oxford Township Board meeting regarding how to fix the mess in Elk View Estates, it was difficult […]
Oxford Village Manager Mark Slown called it quits at last night’s council meeting. Council voted 4-1 to accept Slown’s resignation effective July 1. However, as part of the motion, Slown will continue to receive his regular bi-weekly pay of $2,311 until July 1 with the expressed understanding that beginning immediately he’s to no longer to […]
Cross country runners Taylor Dewey and Megan Seeley have a lot to be proud of after competing in the Flint Metro League Championship in Lapeer Oct. 25. Dewey placed 4th with a time of 20:58 and was named first team all-league. ‘Taylor had an exceptional run,? said Coach Ray Sutherland. ‘We were hoping she’d be […]
It was an afternoon of fun and prizes as the Oxford Downtown Development Authority hosted its annual Scarecrow Festival Saturday. CC’s Cyber Cafe’s creepy pirate scarecrow won first place in DDA business category. Covered Wagon Saddlery’s mooning scarecrow took second place. In the adult category, the Village of Oxford won first place for its scarecrow […]
A two-truck collision on the morning of April 22 resulted in a trip to the hospital and ticket for one local driver. A 61-year-old Oxford woman travelling south on M-24 in a 2002 Chevy truck struck the rear of a 2002 Dodge truck stopped in the southbound right-lane of M-24, just north of Drahner Road. […]