Every Halloween the house at 9 Lakeville Ct. in Oxford Village is transformed into a spook-tacular display that both frightens and delights the trick-or-treating kiddies. Owner Glen Binkley and his grandson, Jon Brooks, have done it just for fun for the last nine years, but this year he’s doing it for a good cause ? […]
Amidst the combined five yellow cards issued and despite earning two of them in the first half, the Oxford Wildcats were able to corral the Holly Broncos as they scored three first-half goals en route to a 4-0 shutout. Holly earned one first-half yellow card and two more in the second half. Senior Wildcat goalkeeper […]
Whoever coined the phrase ‘records are made to be broken? must’ve had Oxford High School’s Swim and Dive team in mind. First came Jenna Mallard’s two school records in the 200-Yard Freestyle and 50-Yard Freestyle leg of the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay at the Sept. 9 swim meet against Waterford. Then came Allison Woonton’s breaking her […]
The Oxford High School Cross Country has been busy lately, running in a county championship and at a dual meet. At the Oct. 4 Oakland County Championship in Milford’s Kensington Park, the boys? cross country team finished 22nd out of 39 teams while the girls? team finished 23rd out of 39. ‘I felt we had […]
A suspended Oxford High School teacher is facing termination as a result of her alleged role in her husband’s alleged sexual abuse of a student. Sixteen tenure charges were approved by the school board Sept. 22 against OHS special education teacher Margaret Sullivan Keely, who is facing misdemeanor criminal charge of failure to report (child […]
A person suspected of breaking into Quality Fasteners during the early morning hours of Sept. 20 and stealing cash and power tools has been apprehended. Oakland County Sheriff’s Department officials have been questioning the 19-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, regarding his alleged breaking and entering and theft of items from the business. According […]
In the times that I’ve traveled to Addison Township to cover a story’most recently a house that caught on fire on Lowood Trail’I have reached one incontrovertible conclusion about the township: When driving there, avoid driving on Mack Road at all costs. Rent a helicopter if necessary. On Sept. 16, I drove to Addison for […]
Local authorities are wondering who set a fire that caused minor damage to a modular home Sept. 22 in the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community. The result of the minor fire ? officially ruled an arson ? to the double-wide modular home at 405 Shummard Bridge was the scorching of the skirting at the back […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a Rochester-area man they believe is responsible for the breaking and entering of an Oxford Township business in the early morning hours on Sept. 22. The suspect, reportedly a drug addict, is said to be related to the owner of the burglarized business, Frontier Distributing on E. […]
There must be something about shutouts. Coming off consecutive shutout losses to Fenton and Brandon and after tying Lapeer East 1-1, the Oxford High School soccer team returned the favor by shutting out North Branch and Swartz Creek ? both by a 2-0 score. As a result of the Sept. 29 win against Swartz Creek, […]