This is one report card you shouldn’t be scared of showing your parents. The Michigan Department of Education recently released report cards to Oxford’s elementary and middle schools, along with the annual report on each school’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Law. Jim Schwarz, director of curriculum […]
It’s summer time, and for residents of Leonard and Addison Township, that can mean only one thin’it’s time for the 54th Annual Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Addison Twp. Firefighters Association on July 15. All the fun begins with a Friday night kick-off dinner in downtown Leonard on July 14 at 5 p.m. with food […]
When Doug McMunn was 17-years-old he found his calling. After attending a high school football banquet put on by a small church, he decided to personally thank the congregation for their hospitality one Sunday morning. ‘I said my appreciation to them for putting on that banquet and I felt in my heart then that God […]
After a three to six-week span of various home invasions in the township and village, three Oxford residents and two Orion residents have been arrested. Last Monday, an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy from the Oxford substation stopped a suspicious 20-year-old village man on his bike in the Lake Villa Mobile Home Park on Lakeville Rd. […]
A $35 million balanced budget for the 2006-07 school year was unanimously approved June 27 by the Oxford Board of Education. The 2006-07 general fund budget lists expenses totaling $35,912,486 and revenues equaling $37,642, 053. Revenues include $5,312,800 from local sources (property taxes, interest income, etc.); $27,217,757 is from state sources (primary per student monies […]
Construction work will begin this week to install a traffic signal which will allow vehicles to cross M-24 between the east and west sides of Market Street in the Waterstone subdivision, but plans have changed for the turnarounds south of Market Street. The construction south of Market Street drew criticism a few weeks ago because […]
To help keep kids in Oxford busy and not bored over the summer, Parks and Rec. put together their Fun ‘N Sun Summer Camp, held weekly at Oxford Elementary until August 18. Last Wednesday, dubbed Wacky Water Wednesday, featured a Slip-N-Slide and other water activities to help keep the kids cool on the hot day. […]
Leonard writer Catherine Brakefield has finally fulfilled her destiny. Her inspirational romance novel ‘The Wind of Destiny,? was accepted to be published by PublishAmerica in March and hit the shelves of bookstores, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, in May. Set during the Civil War, ‘The Wind of Destiny? follows the lives of the McFarland […]
By Casey Curtis Leader Staff Writer To maintain the current staffing level at the Addison Oakland County Sheriff’s substation, township officials will ask voters to renew a 3.5-mill property tax in the August 8 election. The township’s two police millages ‘both of which expired Dec. 31, 2005 ‘will be combined into one proposal ‘for convenience,? […]
The Leonard Garden Walk is right around the corner, and to tempt your taste buds (no pun intended) here’s a peek at some featured gardens. Seven gardens total will be highlighted on the July 22 tour, including the gardens of Tobi and Gary Britsch and Angela and Ron Profant. Britsch’s 150-ft. long fairy garden just […]