Third in a series on the Millage Proposal for Open Space, Recreation and Protection of Waters and Wetlands, up for a vote Nov. 4 If voters approve a 10-year, 0.45 millage “open-space” proposal, the township would have final say over how it’s spent. But Independence Township officials would work closely with North Oakland Headwaters Land […]
Oxford High School thespians will bring the ‘Secret Garden? musical to life Thursday, March 21 through Saturday, March 23 at the high school’s Fine Arts Center. The story begins in India as 11-year-old Mary Lennox wakes up to find everybody around her dead due to a cholera outbreak. With no one left to take care […]
Celebrate Oxford, scheduled for Aug. 3, is almost set, but due to budget cuts the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which has run the activity in the past is looking for an organization or a group of organizations to take over the Kids Town. ‘The purpose of a DDA is an economic development engine and […]
A total of 11 Main Street Oakland County communities (MSOC) won awards at the Main Street Oakland County awards celebration held at the Royal Oak Music Theater on March 8. The Oxford Downtown Development Authority brought home two of the awards. The yearly event recognizes achievements in five categories including: design, economic restructuring, organization, promotion […]
When Clear Lake Principal Bradley Bigelow showed up to Sarah Rosenthal’s fourth-grade classroom with a large box, they knew they were getting a surprise, but they didn’t know what. ‘The looks on their faces when I started pulling the (iPad) Minis out of their box was just priceless. They were extremely excited,? Bigelow said. ‘We […]
Comparing this year’s third-grade class MEAP scores to last year’s results for that same grade doesn’t make much sense, according to Leonard Elementary Principal Paul McDevitt. McDevitt used the example of his current third-grade daughter and second-grade son. ‘Next year, when I get the results back on my third-grade son, I’m not going to say […]
As a way to save local communities money on administering elections, the Michigan House of Representatives approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-Oxford). House Bill 4171 is part of a three-bill package that transfers the duties of local canvassing boards to the county level. ‘What this does is (it) eliminates the municipality’s obligation […]
A 56-year-old Oxford woman was taken to the hospital March 5 after her 2002 Dodge Stratus collided with a semi-truck at the intersection of Drahner and M-24. The truck, driven by a 44-year-old Detroit man, was headed south on M-24 when the Stratus, which was eastbound on Drahner Rd., crashed into its trailer, according to […]
What it’s like to live in Mexico? Some Oxford High School students may have the opportunity to find out during Maymester through an exchange program with sister school Bachillerato 5 de Mayo High School in Puebla Mexico. Maymester is the last ‘semester? for freshmen, sophomores and juniors. It’s actually the last four weeks of school […]
Last week, Parker Filtration, located at 500 S. Glaspie St. in Oxford Village, presented T.O.R.C. TEAM 2137, the high school’s robotics team with a $500 donation. ‘Thank you for what you guys are doing for our community of students,? said Team Mentor Phil Kimmel to the Parker Filtration workers who presented the check. ‘It means […]