Well, another election has come and gone. For the Oxford school district, the election was a complete waste of money ? our money. Two candidates, two seats and roughly 800 people voting in a district that’s 96 square miles and encompasses six townships in two counties. I’m not ashamed to admit I didn’t vote. I […]
They admitted they don’t know what the cost to taxpayers will be, but that didn’t stop the Oxford Village Council last week from approving a resolution supporting cityhood. ‘We don’t know what the cost’s going to be,? said Councilman Tom Benner. ?(No longer paying the township operating tax of) 0.95 mills is a savings, but […]
The Oxford School District may be one step closer to charging a rental fee to individuals and groups wishing to use classrooms, athletic stadiums or auditoriums outside of regular school hours. Patrick Ball, Athletic Director for Oxford Schools, updated the school board last Tuesday on the research conducted by a special committee with the hopes […]
Magic and adventure awaits you as the Oxford High School Drama Club presents ‘Snow White? at the Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 19. Raised by a wicked and vain Queen the beautiful Snow White is taken into the forest to be murdered. However, the Huntsman cannot commit the horrible deed, so she flees and […]
On May 7, Oxford resident Clarice Williamson reached quite a milestone in not only her life, but in anyone’s life ? she turned 100 years old. ‘I can’t believe I am (100),? Williamson said. ‘I don’t feel any different.? ‘She’s pretty sharp for 100,? said daughter Marj Mihalyfi, a retired Oxford teacher. To celebrate her […]
Juli Watson is fed up with watching cancer hurt her family, friends and patients. ‘We have to beat this awful disease,? said the 33-year-old Oxford resident. ‘The way to do it is for communities to come together to take up the fight.? That’s why she agreed to chair the planning committee which organized the 3rd […]
Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and the Oxford Township Fire Department. Tuesday, May 8 An unknown person(s) entered into a woman’s home on Olympic Ct. while she wasn’t home and stole $200 in cash, her 50-inch television and her hot tub. Documents containing a man’s […]
When four-year-old Eleanor Dolata goes out to recess at Oxford’s Early Childhood Developmental Delay (ECDD) program, she and her wheelchair used to be confined to the black top area behind Daniel Axford Elementary. But thanks to ECDD parent Erica DiCosmo, Dolata and many other children with a physical handicap can now use the playground equipment […]
Oxford’s search for a new school superintendent was narrowed to three finalists last week with one of them emerging as the apparent front-runner. ‘He blew me away,? said School Board Trustee Sue Tombrella, referring to Dr. Dale Martin, currently employed as the superintendent of a grade school district in Downers Grove, Illinois for the last […]
May 8 started just like any other day for former Oxford Postmaster Truman Horton, but it soon turned into a special day he would never forget. After having an 80th birthday dinner with his wife of 61 years, Jo Ann, and his two daughters, Horton was driven to the Oxford Post Office so his daughter […]