Christine Burns is hitching up her wagons and heading west ? to the other side of the state. She decided to take the job as city manager in Cedar Springs. On Monday, Burns submitted her resignation as Oxford Village’s clerk, treasurer and assistant manager. Her last day of work here will be April 17. She […]
I’m sick and tired of closed session meetings ? particular when they involved public officials whose salaries are being paid with our tax dollars. Lately, it seems like everything’s being done in closed session. The Oxford Board of Education went into closed session last week to discuss Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro’s handling of an administrative personnel […]
It appears the tables have turned on Oxford Twp. Treasurer Joe Ferrari. He now wishes to publicly discuss details regarding employee Patti Durr’s harassment complaint against him at the next regular board meeting. ‘Then you could hear both sides,? Ferrari said. ‘It would be out in public. There’d be no conjecture.? But Durr does not […]
Oxford baseball is off to a 3-2 start. ‘So far, we’re about right where we thought we’d be and the goal is to get better everyday,? said Coach Kurt Nuss. The Cats began the season last week with a three-game winning streak beating Waterford Mott 6-1, Waterford Kettering 7-0 and Grand Blanc 4-3 in the […]
An Oxford business is offering a Shelby Township man financial, physical and moral support as joins the fight against breast cancer. Byron McDonald, 66, plans to walk in the Michigan Breast Cancer 3-Day September 28-30. ‘My wife (Mary) was diagnosed in August with breast cancer,? he said. ‘I’m happy to report she’s doing very well. […]
Even though Ann Westendorf keeps a wild animal in her Oxford home, she doesn’t recommend other people own one. ‘Don’t go buy a serval,? she said. ‘They do not make good pets at all.? That’s why Westendorf is in the process of building a sanctuary for them here in Oxford. ‘It is a beautiful creature […]
And then there were two. The Oxford Public Library Board of Trustees will interview two finalists for the director position Wednesday, April 18 at the library. Bryan Jay Cloutier, director of the Ruth Hughes Memorial Library in Imlay City since April 2003, will be interviewed at 5 p.m. Jacalynn Harvey, assistant director of the Roseville […]
A 35-year-old Oxford man could be facing multiple charges after leaving the scene of an accident Saturday. The man was apprehended by an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy on Barr Road at Apache Ct. after fleeing the scene of a crash at Lakeville Road and Bay Pointe Drive. According to the sheriff’s report, the suspect was […]
A 68-year-old Addison man returned to his home on Ray Road late Sunday afternoon and discovered he was missing between $1,700 and $2,450 in cash and personal items including a handgun. When he arrived home, he found a gray two-door car pulling out of his driveway. When the homeowner stopped the car, the driver, a […]
Remember rummaging through the attic in your grandparents or great grandparents? house? Remember playing dress up wearing all those neat old clothes that smelled of mothballs and memories? You can relive some of that black-and-white magic as the Northeast Oakland Historical Society museum presents a display of antique fashions now through May 19. Men’s and […]