Every day, we fill up our gas tanks and reluctantly pay the rising prices. Whether you drive an SUV or a compact car, you’ve more than likely felt the pain of gas prices lately and have sworn to change driving routes or cut down on driving. But what about businesses who rely on driving to […]
A two-car crash in front of Oxford Bank on S. Washington St. (M-24) last Thursday backed up traffic for at least a half-hour and sent one driver to the hospital. A 17-year-old Oxford male driving south his 1989 Pontiac rear-ended a 22-year-old Oxford woman stopped in her 2003 Dodge Stratus. The Dodge was stopped to […]
Kids, teens and adults interested in learning more about art, look no further. Starting this September, Oxford Parks and Recreation will begin their enrichment programs, giving the community an opportunity to join extra-curriculur classes. Oxford resident and 1991 Oxford High School grad Jennifer Chammas, 32, will be teaching six classes in the art field for […]
If you’ve traveled down the Polly Ann Trail recently, you might’ve noticed a new addition to the historical trail. Thanks to Max Hock, of Oxford and Troop 186, there are eight wooden map boxes and three donation poles scattered throughout the trail. After two and a half years of preparation, the 16-year-old Lake Orion High […]
If you went to last Friday’s football game at Oxford High School, you may have noticed a new addition to the field during the half-time show. Amidst the trumpets, saxophones and the drumline was 17-year-old Cayla Stanard. Only she wasn’t playing an instrument. Stanard, a senior this year, had her debut Friday night as the […]
While teachers all around Oxford spent the summer working on their curriculums and buying special items for the new school year, Fran Olsen felt lost. ‘I have no reason to go to Wal-Mart and buy stickers now,? she said with a somber smile. That’s because after 20 years of teaching preschool at Daniel Axford Elementary, […]
Last Friday’s ground-breaking ceremony in Orion Township was an historic day for members of the Polly Ann Trailway Management Council and the communities of Oxford, Addison and Orion. Addison Twp. Supervisor Bob Koski, Oxford Village Manager Joe Young and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, among others, attended the ground-breaking to kick-off construction of the […]
With my wedding coming up next month, I decided it was probably about time I found some shoes to go with my dress. One of my best friends, who is actually in my wedding, loaned me a nice pair she had bought for her wedding that she ended up not wearing. Cool! I’ll take anything […]
Two weeks ago, a new system was installed at the Oxford Village Police Department that will help aid officers and the community in more ways than one. The MugShots System is a completely digital imaging system that allows all persons arrested to be placed into an electronic database, as opposed to paper forms of record-keeping. […]
A string of home invasions that occurred in Oxford Township over the Labor Day weekend has the Oakland County Sheriff’s Oxford substation urging residents to be on the look-out. One of the four invasions occurred September 1 in the 300 block of Shummard Branch. The homeowner’s 16-year-old daughter returned from school around 4:15 p.m. to […]