Hope blooms anew with Clarkston Elementary School’s Pink Tulip Project. Students planted 500 tulips in honor of Sandy Winn, media specialist at the school. The ‘Mrs. Winn will WIN!? garden, planted this past October, is a symbol of hope and renewal for cancer patients and their families, said Patty Walters, fourth grade teacher. Fourth grade […]
The Oxford Leader is currently collecting non-perishable food items for Oxford/Orion FISH to distribute to needy familes for the holidays. Canned goods, boxed items, etc. can be dropped off at our 666 S. Lapeer Rd. office during normal business hours – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on […]
It was the luck of the draw Friday that landed Oxford Middle School students Taylor Roop and Andrea Woody a pair of autographed Uncle Kracker T-shirts and bumper stickers. “This is only the second thing I’ve ever won,” exclaimed Woody, a seventh-grader. Her father, Scott Woody, a para-professional at OMS, purchased the ticket for her […]
Neighbor for Neighbor hosts Treasures and Treats spring fundraiser, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday, May 14-15, Hart Community Center in Davisburg’s Mill Pond Park. All proceeds from the sale of one-of-a-kind items and baked goods will be used to provide food, clothing, and financial assistance to area families in need. Springfield Township Parks and Recreation hosts […]
BY KAREN SMITH Special to the Clarkston News St. Trinity Lutheran Church in Independence Township, one of only two churches in the United States with that name, will mark its 125th anniversary with a celebration, May 23. The church was founded in Pontiac in May 1885 and moved to Independence Township in 1975. The first […]
If you want to be unique, be fashionable and be noticed, then head over to the new Beadifferent Boutique and create something bead-utiful. Located at 14 N. Washington St. and owned by Metamora resident Mary Lou Bielak, the new store features everything for the beginning or experienced beader including a large selection of beads, findings, […]
The Oxford Schools Board of Education approved a three-year contract with the Oxford Administrators’ Association (OAA) at the last regular meeting on Oct. 28. The OAA approved the contract on October 21. “Their cooperative attitude and willingness to accept sensible trade-offs allowed us to reach an agreement very quickly,” said Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro at the […]
For Lou Hagar of Washington, a key turn was good for a new $2,000 lawn tractor. ‘I was shocked,? said Hagar, winner of a Cub Cadet tractor at Weingartz’ Field of Dreams Giveaway, April 17. ‘I’ve never won anything in my life.? The giveaway celebrated the Independence Township location’s Grand Opening, emceed by WYCD’s Chuck […]
A School for the Mind and Body joins with Two Men and a Truck to help local mothers in need in the “Movers for Moms” program. Preschool students and staff are collecting essential items for women staying at HAVEN in Pontiac, including soap, shampoo, and other health and beauty items, formula, diapers, and other items […]
Oxford Schools Curriculum Director Karen Eckert was not happy when she opened her newspaper last week and saw that MEAP scores for 2003 had been released to the public – and not to her yet. “I was very unhappy to read some information that was wrong and coming from the MDE (Michigan Department of Education),” […]