Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and Oxford Fire Department. Tuesday, January 31 A 25-year-old female on Harvard filed a report stating someone used her social security number to obtain a credit card. It was used to purchase a computer. A 29-year-old male on Augusta filed […]
Everybody knows it’s hard to find a good auto mechanic ? someone who’s qualified, experienced and honest. Unfortunately, Oxford lost one of the best shops in the auto repair game as Jeff’s Tire & Auto Service (72 S. Washington St.) closed its doors Friday, February 3. Owned and operated by Hadley Township residents Jeff and […]
She came. She saw. She plunged. Maureen ‘Mo? Helmuth took a dip in the frigid waters at Belle Isle Saturday and raised $825 for Special Olympics. Dressed as the Bride of Frankenstein, Helmuth, who works as utility clerk for the Village of Oxford, submerged herself in water a few degrees above freezing as part of […]
Three senior girls in the Oxford High School DECA program want to help families with hospitalized children, and they need your help. Allie Burgess, Nicole Gallo and Sara Pollack have been working on their Civic Consciousness project for the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit since the beginning of the school year and are in the […]
To celebrate Black History Month, students at Lakeville Elementary got to jam to traditional reggae, Jamaican and African music when the West Bloomfield- based Gratitude Steel Band visited them Friday. Students got to dance, sing and try out some unique instruments. Teachers and students even got to try break-dancing to the percussion beats. The family […]
Three candidates filed for two seats on the Oxford Board of Education Tuesday. Challengers Sue Tombrella and Alan Weber will face incumbent Colleen Schultz in the Tuesday, May 2 school election. Up for grabs are two, four-year seats on the school board in a district currently plagued by budget problems. The candidates in this race […]
Life atop the Flint Metro League was short-lived for the Oxford basketball team. The Wildcats dropped two games to FML foes last week and fell out of first place. The Cats lost to Fenton, 77-70, and then to Lapeer East, 65-50, to fall to 5-3 in league play. Fenton jumped to a 15-12 lead after […]
By Kristi McDevitt Sports Correspondent Sometimes the schedule makers just get lucky. When the schedule was created for the Flint Metro League wrestling competitions who would have thought that the very last meet of the season would pit the two undefeated teams against each other in a showdown for first place? For the fans of […]
The Oxford Varsity Competitive Cheer Team has spent the last week gearing up for tonight’s Flint-Metro League competition at Brandon High School and is determined to place even higher than the last competition. At the Lake Orion Invitational on Jan. 28, the girls placed fourth in their pool with a first round total of 173, […]
The varsity volleyball team was primed and ready to take on the Lapeer East Eagles Feb. 2 in the Ian Smith Gymnasium. The Ladycats had had four days of tough practice to prepare for the undefeated Eagles. ‘The girls put a lot of hard work and sweat into practice, they wanted to knock the Eagles […]