It appears Oxford Village Manager Joe Young violated the municipality’s credit card policy on two or three occasions by charging alcohol for Downtown Development Authority committee meetings. ‘It’s certainly not intentional,? Young said. ‘I didn’t even realize (it) or else I certainly wouldn’t have done it.? The manager used his village credit card to purchase […]
A proposed shopping center just north of the village could bring a Kohl’s department store to Oxford and another traffic signal on M-24. Preliminary plans for the ‘Oxford North Shopping Center? were brought before the township planning commission last week by Joseph Kosik, Jr., of the Bloomfield Hills-based JFK Investment Company. A public hearing to […]
One of downtown Oxford’s larger commercial buildings was assessed a combined $707 on its three tax bills from the township and village last year. In 2005, this same building had village and township (summer and winter) tax bills totalling $704. Owned by Dave and Joan Weckle, the historic Meriam Building at 10 N. Washington Street […]
Citizens packed last week’s Oxford Township Planning Commission meeting until it was standing-room-only to voice their concerns and opposition to the proposed conditional rezoning of the nearly 1,200-acre Koenig Sand & Gravel property along Lakeville Road. ‘To come in with a high density plan on this property is an insult to all of us,? said […]
Durwood Coffey’s colorful view of the animal kingdom returns to Margot’s Galley & Frame in downtown Oxford Jan. 27-28. The Westland artist noted for his vibrant acrylic works depicting tropical fish, birds, insects and reptiles will be showing approximately 25 pieces. It’s been two years since Coffey’s last show in Oxford, an event that ‘brought […]
Sometime between 2008 and 2011, the roughly half-mile gravel section of Ray Road between M-24 and Oxford Road will be paved and it’s only going to cost the township just under $45,000. ‘Ray Road is the number one transportation-related priority for the township,? said Tom Noechel, programming supervisor with the Road Commission for Oakland County. […]
LANSING ? Oxford Village’s bid to change its form of government will move forward in the legal process. In a 3-0 vote, the Michigan State Boundary Commission Jan. 18 determined the village’s petition to incorporate everything within its existing boundaries as a city was legally sufficient and set a public hearing for 4 p.m. Thursday, […]
LANSING ? Oxford Village’s bid to change its form of government will move forward in the legal process. In a 3-0 vote, the Michigan State Boundary Commission Jan. 18 determined the village’s petition to incorporate everything within its existing boundaries as a city was legally sufficient and set a public hearing for 4 p.m. Thursday, […]
Contrary to reports from major media outlets, the real estate market isn’t all doom and gloom. ‘We all say the market’s slower or its down, but you still don’t see any less cars on M-24,? said John Burt, owner/broker of John Burt Realty/GMAC Real Estate in Oxford and Lake Orion. ‘There are still people moving […]
If one of the goals in life is to leave things better than we found them, the Rev. Harvey Fry has succeeded admirably at the Oxford Free Methodist Church. When Fry first arrived here as a ‘troubleshooter? in July 1999, he found a church suffering, a church divided against itself, a church where the focus […]