When Garrett Hill started throwing up on a regular basis last spring, his parents took him to the doctor believing it was some sort of gastrointestinal problem. They were shocked when the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed the 6-year-old Addison resident had a malignant tumor, or medulloblastoma, the size of a lemon growing on his […]
As I sat at the public hearing on cityhood last week, surrounded by a tiny group of all-too-familiar faces and about 175 empty chairs in the Oxford Middle School Commons Area, I had to wonder ‘Who really cares about cityhood?? When it came time to speak, the only ones who did so were four township […]
If Oxford’s elementary students had a dollar for every step they walked, they’d all be millionaires. Seven hundred third and fourth-graders at Oxford, Lakeville, Leonard and Clear Lake elementaries walked a combined 53,727,288 steps from March 5-30 as part of Oakland County’s ‘Count Your Steps? program. Launched in 2004 by county Executive L. Brooks Patterson, […]
First-graders in Sara Powrie’s class at Clear Lake Elementary held a Mother’s Day Tea Thursday afternoon. Students dressed in their Sunday best. The boys wore dress shirts and ties while the girls donned frilly dresses, lovely hats and white gloves. Students read poems to their moms after which they shared hugs, kisses and tears. Following […]
A giant inflatable slide, obstacle course, sack races, basketball, cotton candy and snow cones. There was plenty of fun to be had as Leonard Elementary hosted its annual Spring Fair Friday evening. It was a blast!
Well, another election has come and gone. For the Oxford school district, the election was a complete waste of money ? our money. Two candidates, two seats and roughly 800 people voting in a district that’s 96 square miles and encompasses six townships in two counties. I’m not ashamed to admit I didn’t vote. I […]
They admitted they don’t know what the cost to taxpayers will be, but that didn’t stop the Oxford Village Council last week from approving a resolution supporting cityhood. ‘We don’t know what the cost’s going to be,? said Councilman Tom Benner. ?(No longer paying the township operating tax of) 0.95 mills is a savings, but […]
On May 7, Oxford resident Clarice Williamson reached quite a milestone in not only her life, but in anyone’s life ? she turned 100 years old. ‘I can’t believe I am (100),? Williamson said. ‘I don’t feel any different.? ‘She’s pretty sharp for 100,? said daughter Marj Mihalyfi, a retired Oxford teacher. To celebrate her […]
Juli Watson is fed up with watching cancer hurt her family, friends and patients. ‘We have to beat this awful disease,? said the 33-year-old Oxford resident. ‘The way to do it is for communities to come together to take up the fight.? That’s why she agreed to chair the planning committee which organized the 3rd […]
Oxford’s search for a new school superintendent was narrowed to three finalists last week with one of them emerging as the apparent front-runner. ‘He blew me away,? said School Board Trustee Sue Tombrella, referring to Dr. Dale Martin, currently employed as the superintendent of a grade school district in Downers Grove, Illinois for the last […]