Last Monday, the Oxford Big Boy celebrated it’s grand re-opening celebration after extensive renovations. Oxford Twp. Supervisor Bill Dunn, along with restaurant owners Sam Saleh, Norman Mourad and manager Kihm Bates, cut the ceremonial ribbon hoping customers will embrace the new look. The 5,000-square-foot Big Boy was one of Saleh and Mourad’s four restaurants to […]
Hands got dirty and adrenaline was high at the annual Oxford High School Brake Competition on Thursday, February 16. Students in Daniel Balsley’s Auto Technology Class spent 80 minutes completely disassembling and reassembling the rear drum brakes on at least two different vehicles in the fastest time possible. Under the watchful eye of a judge […]
Three men were arrested early Monday morning after allegedly trying to steal alcohol from Devil’s Ridge Golf Club on Metamora Road. Brandon Lee Franzel, 20, of Oxford; Kyle Edward Turley, 19, of Oxford; and Michael John McClellan II, 18, of Ortonville, were apprehended by Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies during their alleged robbery of the golf […]
Congratulations to Joan Halsted, the manager of the Oxford McDonald’s, for winning her second Ray Kroc award in January. Halsted, of Lapeer, has managed the McDonald’s at 280 N. Washington St. for the last 25 years, but has been an employee of fast food restaurant chain for almost 32 years. Halsted began working at a […]
Addison Township officials agreed Feb. 20 on the language for an eight-year, 3.5-mill property tax renewal to maintain the current staffing level at Addison’s Oakland County Sheriff’s substation. So as not to confuse voters, the township’s two expired police millages are being combined into one proposal to vote on in the August 8 election. Voters […]
After numerous debates on who would foot the bill for an ‘equestrian-friendly? side trail on the Polly Ann Trail in the Village of Leonard, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has assured residents they will not have to pay. At the Addison Township board meeting last Monday, trustee Ed Brakefield read an e-mail from […]
After a long, and not very snowy winter, the Oxford-Brandon Varsity Girls Ski Team ended their season with at least one skiier participating at the state meet. Oxford High School senior Karen Offer qualified for Monday’s state meet at Boyne Highlands after placing in the top 10 in last week’s regionals at Mt. Holly. Cheered […]
Members of the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce got to learn first hand how to realize their personal strengths and how to reach them at their meeting last Thursday. Motivational speaker Tim McCarter developed the program Show Me Quick! in 1994 which covers organizational performance, success strategies and career counseling for those seeking to ‘find […]
The Oxford High School Varsity Bowling Club wrapped-up their first season Feb. 19 and ended up with three wins and seven losses. The team’s last match, held in Waterford, proved to be an exciting game, according to Coach J.R. Lafnear. Oxford’s team won twice over their rival, Lake Orion, which Lafnear said was the highlight […]
When Bob Service was asked to stand in as pastor at Oakwood Community Church in 1966, he admits he had second thoughts. The building was a former school house that was in bad shape, to say the least. The sinking floor was laden with pots and pans to catch water from the leaking roof, curtains […]