A pair of resident complaints regarding tall weeds and grass on neighboring properties prompted a 4-3 vote of the Oxford Township Board last week to revisit the idea of having a noxious weed ordinance. ‘If you lived in a home that you took pride in and you’ve got neighbors on either side of you within […]
Be on the look out for more activities for senior citizens and some recreation programs for the general public at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center. Oxford Township Parks and Recreation got the 6-1 go-ahead from the township board last week to begin programming activities and classes for seniors and others in the lower level […]
Attorney Robert Bunting will continue on as Oxford Village’s legal counsel for another three years at the same prices, but one council member wants to find out if the municipality can get a bulk discount. ‘I think it would be a pretty neat idea if part of the contract stated that the more (billable) hours […]
What do you say to a person who’s devoted nearly 46 years of their life to serving and protecting the community he was born and raised in? A simple ‘thank you? or ‘great job? just doesn’t seem to cut it. But Dale Spiker, 70, doesn’t need or seek out words of praise because to him […]
When he’s not serving subpoenas, summonses or eviction notices to people, Shannan Shidler enjoys playing with explosives. No, the longtime Oxford resident is not some mad-bomber or militia member. He’s really just a big kid at heart. Shidler, who’s worked as a court officer for the Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court for 17 years, puts […]
Thanks to Ronald Longcore’s efforts, countless kids who went through Oxford Schools learned to swing either a hammer or a baseball bat. Sadly, the retired teacher and longtime member of the Oxford Wildcat Booster Club passed away June 26, 2007 following a six-month stay in the hospital. He was 58. ‘He was a real asset […]
Warm up those weed whips and make sure those lawn mowers have plenty of gas because a noxious weed ordinance patterned after one in Orion will be considered by the Oxford Township Board at its Wednesday, July 11 meeting. ‘Of all the different ones I’ve read, that’s the one I thought would most suit our […]
Happy birthday to local historian Mildred Schmidt, who celebrated 99 years Monday with cake, gifts and friends at the Campbell Personal Care Home in Addison Township. ‘Keep going? and ‘expect surprises like this? are the two bits of wisdom Schmidt imparted on her milestone occasion. In October 1971, Schmidt and 29 other local history buffs […]
Who’s going to end up paying a $22,125 bill for switching four Oxford businesses on M-24 from village to township water? Ask township officials and they feel the village should pick up the tab, not the property owners or township water users. ‘I think (the village has) all the responsibility in the world for this,? […]
Government is, or at least should be, the art of compromise. It was compromise among the Founding Fathers that produced the Constitution. It’s compromise that prevents America from breaking down into factions of armed citizens engaged in open civil war. But somewhere along the way, compromise became a dirty word in politics. People who compromise […]