Patti Hillebrand is a woman with a ‘mission.? The Oxford Village resident is collecting a variety of small personal items ranging from hygiene products to playing cards for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. ‘We have to do something for these people,? Hillebrand said. ‘This is America. They shouldn’t go without. And I know they need […]
A group of Oxford Lakes children collected more than $1,000 over a five-hour period Friday to help relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina survivors. From going door-to-door collecting returnable bottles and cans to selling lemonade, popcorn and other goodies from a small stand on Oxford Lakes Drive, the 13 compassionate kids raised an impressive $1,142 for […]
Sue Pendred is looking for some house guests. The owner of Art & Dick’s Party Store is willing to open her Oxford home to shelter survivors of Hurricane Katrina. ‘My home’s big enough,? she said. ‘It’s not huge, but it’s big enough to where I could take in one, two, maybe three people or family […]
Sue McGinnis and Tom Benner are running for one four-year seat on the Oxford Village Council in the Tuesday, September 13 general election. Unfortunately, the League of Women Voters-sponsored candidate forum that was supposed to be held Aug. 31 was cancelled. Apparently, Benner is out of town tending to a family emergency and could not […]
In just two days, I’ll be on the road to Oxford ? Oxford, Mississippi that is. My wife Connie and I are heading down south as part of the ‘H2O ? Help 2 Oxford? water convoy leaving town at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 (see page 1). The mission is simple ? get as much […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Clouds of dust filled the air and old bricks tumbled to the ground as a home that’s been standing for more than 112 years was demolished Aug. 31 to make way for a new street in the Village of Oxford. Workers from the Lapeer-based North American Dismantling leveled 17 Broadway […]
New stop signs were installed in the Village of Oxford last week on N. Glaspie and Pleasant streets. The first signs were installed at the intersection of N. Glaspie and Powell streets, where the Polly Ann Trail crosses N. Glaspie St. North and southbound Glaspie traffic must now stop at this intersection. Manager Joe Young […]
A new book paying homage to University of Michigan football contains the memories of an Oxford man who made his mark as a Wolverine in the 1950s. Dr. Ed Meads, a 1952 graduate of Oxford High School, is one of 80 former Michigan players and coaches whose gridiron recollections were committed to paper in ‘What […]
It was a physically, mentally and emotionally draining trip that pushed a small band of volunteers to their limits, but in the end, ‘H2O ? Help to Oxford? was a complete success. ‘It was the most exhausting thing I’ve ever done ? ever ? but the most rewarding too,? said Oxford Township Parks and Recreation […]
Gunfire outside a Flint restaurant early Sunday morning tragically ended the young life of Jamie Lynn Graves. The 29-year-old Oxford resident was exiting the parking lot of Angelo’s Coney Island restaurant (1816 Davison Road) in a vehicle with a friend and others around 2:30 a.m. when several gunshots rang out and struck her. Graves, who […]