Riding in the car with her dad, Lauren Mawson listened to the radio explain the need to fresh water in Haiti. “They said they couldn’t restore their well, and I wanted to help,” said Mawson, daughter of Fred and Angela Mawson and fourth grader at Everest Academy. She quickly learned it wasn’t practical to ship […]
Sadie is a calm 9 year old Labradoodle that is seeking a family to love her for the rest of her life! She is a very good girl that loves to cuddle and just needs someone to cuddle her back. She is perfect for an older couple or individual who is looking for company, someone […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD COUNTY OF OAKLAND MICHIGAN SYNOPSIS Of the Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Oxford Board of Trustees held on November 4, 2015 at the Oxford Township Hall Meeting Room. PRESENT: Supervisor Dunn, Clerk Wright, Treasurer Ferrari, Trustee Curtis, Trustee Bellairs, Trustee Durr, Trustee Cryderman ABSENT: None The following actions were […]
More than 3,900 miles of land and ocean separate the people of Oxford, Michigan from the people of Paris, France. But geographic distance mattered very little last week as the inhabitants of these two places were united in spirit thanks to the efforts of Oxford High School junior Olivia Upham. Armed with flashlights, glow sticks, […]
Driving north on Pine Knob Road Sunday morning, Larry Giroux of Brandon Township came upon an unexpected sight. “I drove past Bailey Lake Elementary, and on the right side of the road was a barn and a car lying on its roof,” said Giroux, 56. “A man was standing next to it and saw me […]
Learn about health and safety for children at the Family Health and Fitness Expo, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, March 27, at Clarkston Community Education, 6558 Waldon Road. The Family Health and Fitness Expo focuses on element younger age groups earlier in the morning and on teens for the afternoon portion. Activities for parents with elementary […]
A proposed 76-unit multiple-family development will be the subject of a 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 public hearing before the Oxford Village Planning Commission. ‘That (citizen) input is going to be very valuable for us,? said commission Chairman John DuVal. Local developer Chuck Schneider is looking to transform the 3.6-acre former industrial site located at […]
Police say a drunken driver with a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit hit the vehicle of Oakland County Commissioner Mike Spisz (R-Oxford) on Nov. 19, then left the scene. The crash happened on W. Drahner Rd., near S. Coats Rd., in Oxford. Spisz was heading east in his 2013 Chrysler when […]
The Great Lakes Cancer Institute offers free colorectal cancer screening kits during March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The institute recommends regular screening beginning at age 50. Tests can detect cancer at an early stage, increasing chance for full recovery, and prevent cancer from developing by finding precancerous polyps that can then be surgically removed. […]
As winter started closing in last fall, I decided some 40-year-old pines in the front yard should be eliminated. They’d served as a great screen from traffic noise, etc., but some thinning was due. I asked the cutter to leave at least one 4-ft. stump in case I wanted a monument some day. Before the […]