While the Oxford boys? varsity soccer team has already kicked off the season with a 4-0-1 record, Head Coach John Thaler expects tough play throughout the rest of the season. ‘There is a lot of parity in the OAA White . . . There are a lot of good teams and there is going to […]
The Oxford varsity volleyball team improved their record 13-4-2 after beating Walled Lake Western in three matches. The girls won the first match 25-8 and match number two and three were both 25-13 victories. Top scorers included Marie Matheis with nine kills, Nicole Elzerman with six kills and three aces, Grace Wysocki with six kills […]
Oxford Varsity Girls Swim & Dive team took their first plunge of the season away against the Hazel Park on Sept. 3, where the Wildcats out swam the Vikings 149-26. ‘Hazel Park has a very small team, so we were able to swim some different events so that I could get times for athletes in […]
Slow snow removal downtown has city officials scrambling over what to do about it. Mayor Steve Arkwright’s plan was for the Department of Public Works to clear the sidewalks on Miller Road north of the Millpond, Main Street between the Plumb House and Middle Lake, both sides of Washington between M-15 and Holcomb, and Waldon […]
Threatened by budget cuts, Independence Township found a way to keep their Recycle Center located at 6050 Flemings Lake Road open for at least one more year, but at a cost. ‘The main goal is to get it to pay for itself,? Department of Public Works Director Linda Richardson said. ‘If we get it to […]
Henry David Thoreau said ‘Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves – sometimes split into quarters – which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed dyspepsia.? I find it interesting that politics have taken over nearly […]
A couple of weeks ago, Oxford Superintendent Tim Throne and Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Sam Barna traveled to Lake Orion to discuss transportation issues and see if there is a way the two districts could work together to provide service and cut costs. Throne and Barna met with Assistant Superintendent of Finance John […]
After several months, the Oxford School Board finally passed the 2015-16 Athletic Code of Conduct in a 5-0 vote at the Aug. 26 regular meeting. Board President Jim Reis and Trustee Mike Schweig were absent. Passage, however, didn’t come without some robust debate. At the Aug. 19 meeting, Trustee Mark Stepek and Schweig who were […]
While Oxford may not be a team that many are worried about, it’s a team they’ll be surprised by, according to new Varsity Volleyball Head Coach LaToria Thomas. With a 9-3 record start, Thomas is pleased at her team’s performance. ‘We’ve been doing extremely well and I think we have a very good chance at […]
With the Independence Township Library millage up for renewal this year, resident Jeanne Molzon and 15 other stepped forward to form a Political Action Committee (PAC) to encourage people to vote ‘Yes.? Molzon is looking for voters who support library millage renewal to serve on the committee and/or donate, to ‘publicize the multitude of services […]