A team of wheelchair athletes expressed their gratitude to Oxford AMVETS Post 108 for helping make possible a raffle which raised $5,030 for their group. ‘This post here has been just like a family to us,? said Ray Brown, president and founder of Wheelin? Team 457 based in North Branch through American Legion Post 457. […]
Oxford wrestlers continued their winning ways this season by taking third place overall at the Oakland County Tournament held over the weekend in South Lyon and Clarkston. ‘I think we did very well,? said Coach Scott Couch. ‘It was a hard battle all the way through.? Oxford, a Division 2 school, scored a total of […]
Oxford High School students recently collected and donated 809 toys to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. The toys will be distributed as Christmas presents to needy kids in Pontiac. For a week-and-a-half, the high school’s various departments competed to see which one could collect the most toys. The science department won with […]
A stop work order was issued Dec. 20 against an Oxford Village construction project that was started with no building permit, no site plan approval from the planning commission and no inspections. ‘It’s common sense to get a permit before you start building,? said Councilman Teri Stiles. ‘I don’t care if it’s ours. Why should […]
A bill designed to restore the 25 mile-per-hour speed limits on gravel roads was vetoed Friday, Dec. 22 by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Citing existing state law concerning speed and concerns over the bill’s constitutionality, Granholm struck down Senate Bill 248, which would have returned numerous gravel roads to the posted 25 mph speed limits set […]
A discussion over who will speak for cityhood and whether or not the village council should take a stand on the issue was sparked last week when Steve Allen told officials his temporary stint as chairman is over. ‘I think now’s the time to . . . take some decisive action because I’m not going […]
An Oxford man who was a close friend of Henry Ford, met Thomas Edison, invented many gadgets and installed this town’s first-ever radio system for dispatching police and fire died last week. Alfred H. Oberstaedt passed away Friday, December 22, 2006. He was 91. ‘Al was the kind of guy, if they said it couldn’t […]
A 90-second video tour spotlighting downtown Oxford will be played in 2007 in hotels all over metro Detroit. The Downtown Development Authority last week voted to spend up to $2,500 to have Cavalier Pictures shoot a spot for the program Visit Detroit-TV, which is broadcast 24/7 on its own television channel in all the guest […]
They say you can’t keep a good man down. Apparently, that also holds true for people who aren’t so good. A friend of mine e-mailed me a press release dated Sept. 23, 2006 announcing that Veritas-Global, a business intelligence and global investigative firm, has added a new senior investigator to its staff ? Gary Ford. […]
First-graders at Daniel Axford Elementary spent some time last week building their own houses. Students in Pam Collins and Lynette Weller’s classes continued a 25-year tradition at the school by making little gingerbread houses out of empty milk cartons and graham crackers. ‘It was one of their favorite days of the year,? Collins said. ‘They […]