Clarkston lacrosse teams invite friends, families and the community to their annual Game for a Cure, this Saturday at Clarkston High School stadium. All proceeds made during the day go to Karmanos Cancer Institute, including admission, T-shirt sales and the bake sale. Admission is $5 or free with a ‘The Game. The Cure? T-shirt. The […]
A collision on M-24 slowed afternoon traffic almost to a stand still around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The accident occurred when a Dryden man driving a Lake Orion Plumbing and Heating van rear-ended a 2002 white SUV Cadillac driven by a Birmingham man. Neither party was injured and the Dryden man was cited.
A Dennison St. resident was taken to the hospital after being injured in an accident on S. Washington St. on Nov. 3. According to the Oxford Village Police Report, David Berube, 57, was attempting to turn left onto Lincoln St. when he was struck by a 2002 gray Ford trying to turn left onto S. […]
First-graders in Ms. Stacey Conn’s class finished writing their notes and put them into the freshly decorated paper bags for the dog adoption bags. They added a toy and the next treat going in the bag would be made by the fourth-graders – dog biscuits. Bailey Lake Elementary students spent April 29 celebrating C.A.T.S – […]
Springfield Oaks County Park hosts Armed Forces Day, May 15. The park, 12451 Andersonville Road in Springfield Township, opens at 11 a.m. Activities include games, military displays, live music, moon walks, crafts, special guests, and food. A 20-member pull team competition starts at 1 p.m., and ceremony honoring the troops is at 4 p.m. All […]
The Nov. 11 Oxford Schools Board of Education meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. in the administration building, has been cancelled. Instead, school officials would like to encourage everyone to attend the Oxford Middle School Choir’s Veteran’s Day concert at 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium. The event will feature singing, drumming and the Honor Guard […]
Oxford resident and sex offender Robert Basat, 50, was sentenced to 50-80 years in prison Friday by Oakland Circuit Court Rudy Nichols Following a week-long trial, Basat was convicted in September of five counts of first-degree and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and possessing child pornography. Basat lured young boys into sexual encounters […]
Brandon Twp.- The school district received three proposals last week for privatization of bus service. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon confirmed that three companies have submitted quotes for providing transportation in the district. These companies are: First Student, Inc., based in Cincinnati. According to www.firststudentinc.com, the company is responsible for transporting 4 million students to and from […]
Brandon Twp.- After months of discussion and difficult decisions, the school board has moved one step closer to finalizing a budget for the 2010-2011 school year, approving a list of cuts expected to save the district more than $3.5 million. ‘We have to do this,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon. ‘It has been forced on us […]
Oxford Area Community Schools Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro says she agrees with an Oakland County Superintendent’s Association’s Oct. 30 letter requesting for the remaining three veteran Oakland Schools Board of Education members to resign. “I agree with what was stated in that letter,” she said. “What they have done seems incongruous to me. The same standard […]