Boys spread word about bike helmets

Arron Muhlitner and Patrick McMeans learned a valuable lesson about bicycle safety on May 30 when they weren’t wearing their helmets. The 13-year-old Oxford residents were riding their bikes around the neighborhood in Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community when they decided to venture to the the middle school. ‘We saw a big hill with a […]

Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

I suggest you pretend you are moving if you want a good purge of items overtaking your home. I say it because I am in the midst of packing, actually at the moment I can picture all the boxes piled on top of each other, overtaking corners. While packing for the big move I am […]

Young actress on way to big roles

Bailey Lake Elementary fourth-grade student Cameron Brosky was enjoying horse camp at Black River Farm and Ranch when she was asked to be an extra in a movie. “They were looking for actual BR girls,” Brosky said. “They asked me and I said ‘sure.?” The movie is Horse Camp and about a young girl spending […]

Helping a friend, classmate

When Delaney Brown and her friends set out to raise money for an iPad for friend and classmate Nate Gipe they didn’t expect the support. Gipe, a Clarkston High School junior, who is in the marching band, drama club, CSMTech and National Honor Society was diagnosed with ALL – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in April 2014. […]

Passing the duties on

Next Wednesday LuAnn Stohrer will turn off the lights and shut the door to the athletic office in Clarkston High School for the last time. Stohrer retires on Sept. 24 after seven years of being the athletic secretary. A few of her duties included scheduling games; making sure they had officials and busses; making sure […]

Wolves heat up in fourth quarter

The scoreboard reflected the Wolves? third win for the season as the gridiron heroes walked off the field after a 55-41 triumph over West Bloomfield. But during the time on the field, long-time head coach Kurt Richardson for Clarkston Varsity Football saw something else. ‘We didn’t play smart football,? he said. ‘We weren’t tough enough […]

Village cops use bicycles for summer patrols

The warm weather has provided Oxford Village Police Officers another way to patrol the streets – by bicycle. Village Police Chief Michael Nemanowski said the officers have been patrolling through the downtown area and the neighborhoods since Memorial Day. ‘The bikes give us another avenue to patrol the streets,? said Neymanowski, adding it also gives […]

Stitched with love

Pauline Drouillard fed the material through the sewing machine to add a border to the fourth side of the piece she was working on. Around her, other quilters put their hearts and support behind every piece of fabric they were measuring, cutting, marking and assembling for the ‘Miracle Quilts.? Since March, the group has been […]

Wolves? surge in first half

When the gridiron heroes walked onto the field on Saturday afternoon it was a different scene then when they left Friday night during the thunderstorm. It was sunny and the weather was clear – perfect weather for a football game and for the Wolves to defeat Bloomfield Hills in their first OAA Red matchup in […]

Aloha and Mahalo

Oxford Parks and Recreation Fun-n-Sun Campers finished festivies with a Hawaiian Luau. The activities began with a Hawaiian Relay. The campers separated into three teams and competed against their camp counselors. They built and decorated Tiki houses complete with palm trees, flowers and a pet crab. Then, they found out how low they could go […]

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