‘It was the greatest experience ? it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.? Those were the words Oxford resident Dolly Travis, 53, repeated over and over when asked to describe winning two medals with her daughter, Stacey, 29, in Ireland at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The lifelong Oxford residents were two […]
Cindy Winther and Roxann Ewald, both Oxford child care providers, have worked hard to be two of the only 10 providers in Oakland County to achieve national standards of quality through the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation this year. “It was quite a process to go through,” said Winther, who runs Sunny […]
When considering new playground equipment for Addison Township’s Labodie Park, park and recreation committee members decided they needed to go back to the basics. “We weren’t interested in eyeball things that just looked pretty,” said committee member Joe Schnur, “we wanted things the kids can do.” The committee was charged by the Addison Township board […]
No one was injured in an accident that blocked traffic late Sunday morning at the intersection of M-24 and Ray Rd. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, A 60-year-old Northville woman, driving a gold 1999 Chevy, ran a red light while traveling northbound M-24. She was struck by a 19-year-old Oxford woman driving a […]
With a 5-1 vote, the Oxford Schools Board of Education has appointed Carol Mitchell-Bliemeister, 48, to fill the one-year vacancy left by Ron Etherton, who resigned on June 25. “I was surprised I got it because this was my third time trying,” said Bliemeister. The new trustee has lived in the Oxford school district for […]
Oxford Area Schools district officials were not surprised when Lakeville Elementary appeared on the state’s newest No Child Left Behind list of schools needing improvement; however, they are concerned about public reactions. “This is not new information,” said Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro, “but it is confusing for the parents.” Brennan-Kyro explained that Lakeville Elementary did make […]
Thanks to an agreement with Oakland County, area firefighters will now have yet one more tool at their disposal for facing threats to public safety and hazardous incidents. Both the Addison Township Board of Trustees and the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission (OPFEC) recently approved separate interlocal agreements with Oakland County for use of […]
Okay, I normally don’t get too involved in government issues. I much prefer to sit back, observe the situation, form my opinions and then take my viewpoint to the appropriate forum (generally the election polls). However, I’m also guilty of throwing in my two cents once in a while. So here ya go – spend […]
Marcella Frost never imagined that one day she would be living the life so many others had described to her – a life of activity, excitement and travel. But now the 80-year-old Oxford resident is getting ready for her very first adventure – she is preparing to walk in the 27th Annual Flint Crim Road […]
Many people talk about having a guardian angel to watch over them. Twelve-year-old Oxford resident David Crump says he has four. Around three o’clock on July 22, David was playing water tag in the middle of Clear Lake near the high dive raft with friends Tony and Ryan Markowitz and Brendon and John Krug when […]