New art studio, gallery opens downtown

A new art studio is in town and is looking to offer its customers more than just finished works of art. Oxford resident Karey Collins held a grand opening for Merge Studio and Gallery (18 N. Washington) on Friday, Nov. 11, with the idea of merging together finished works of art, instructional classes and open […]

Oxford kids are state champs in flag football

A group of Oxford third-graders turned into flag football studs over the weekend of Nov. 12-13 as they won the Michigan Youth Flag Football Championship. Playing in a Lake Orion flag football league, the little warriors from Oxford, which included Aidan Regan, Joe Roeher, Brendan Moore, Jake Dawood, Nate Schroeder, Mitchell Travis, Max Rehandorf and […]

Swimmers do well at state finals

The varsity girls swim team had an all-around good day when they took some of the best division two state swimmers at the Holland Aquatics Center on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19. Four girls participated over the weekend, freshmen Taylor Curtis, sophomore Haley Kornburger and seniors Amanda delaPaz and Claire Patrell. Kornburger, who […]

OMS gold hoopsters rack up 11-1 record

Even split squads can’t slow down the Oxford Middle School girls eighth grade basketball program. Coming off of a seventh grade season where they went 12-0, members of the eighth grade girls basketball team were split into two teams, blue and gold, this season in order to give girls more opportunities to play. The Blue […]

OXFD, Eagle Scout team up to make 26 homes safer

Residents in Oxford Township and Village have a better chance at surviving a fire thanks to the efforts of one local Boy Scout. Bridger Smart of Troop 297, along with the Oxford Fire Department and a group of 25 volunteers, installed smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in approximately 26 homes of village and township residents […]

Leonard school pays tribute to, learns from veterans

Fifth-graders at Leonard Elementary took time off from their regular morning routine on Friday, Nov. 11 to honor and say thank you to local veterans for serving the United States. ‘Today, we are honored, especially since today is Veterans Day…and we are very proud to have the veterans come to our school on this important […]

DECA project tackles ‘disease of racism?

It’s never to early in the morning to learn a valuable life lesson. Oxford High School students rolled out of bed and came in before school on Wed., Nov. 9, the school’s scheduled late start day, to learn about the importance respecting each other’s culture as part of a DECA presentation by members Leah Paul […]

Proficiency drops on state tests with new cut scores

This year’s MEAP and MME test results for Oxford Community Schools, along with schools throughout Oakland County and the state of Michigan, are not going to be pretty compared to past test results. The State Board of Education redrew the cut scores, effective September 13, 2011, in order to ‘better reflect how well schools are […]

Covered Wagon celebrates 38 years

For the past 38 years, residents of Oxford and northeast Oakland have gone to one place to get their horse supplies. Founded in 1973 by Sue Gabriel, The Covered Wagon Saddlery, located 20 S. Washington St in downtown Oxford, has been the go-to place for everything one would need to saddle up their horse and […]

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