Charity Plue got to shake the hand of Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard because she took a bite out of crime. Plue and dozens of other citizens from across the county received Civilian Citations Friday for helping out. The Oxford resident can remember the event which led to the award. ‘It was just a casual […]
‘The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.? ? Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan I find it amusing that our local government leaders gather twice a month at the school district’s central office to scarf down a free breakfast and, among other things, attempt to […]
15 years ago – 1999 ‘City over budget for 1998-99? With only two months left in their current fiscal year, the City of Clarkston was $7,560.36 over their projected budget. The culprits – the city’s engineering and planning costs. The budget for engineering was $5,000 and they ended up to being $33,843.20. ?’It was quite […]
After a good Memorial Day weekend, I’m ready for summer to start, hot weather and all. Spring was a good preseason for my running this year. I ran in the Chuck Keegan Race for the Kids? 5K in April and Angel’s Place Race’s 10K a couple weeks ago. Both were kind of chilly, but my […]
For the seventh year in a row, members of Oxford Boy Scout Troop 108 conducted a spring cleanup at St. Augustine’s House, the Lutheran monastery located on E. Drahner Rd. in Addison Township. The boys trimmed branches and picked up brush around the monastery’s chapel and guest house, then raked the two-mile nature trail running […]
The scenario here is bleak and there is no near end in sight. Job losses are at an all time high, major corporations are shutting their doors and/or filing for bankruptcy, foreclosures are at record levels, people are leaving Michigan by the thousands, property values are at historic lows, and government operational monies via taxes […]
Library support Dear Editor, Restore funding or eliminate the library: that is the decision we face as voters on August 5, 2014. Our library is essential; but it must have diverse resources and the ability to adapt. Since 1999 the “effective” library funding has dropped by 41% due to decreases in funding from all sources […]
Clarkston High School seniors finished their morning final exam and headed to the gymnasium, May 20. After picking up their caps and gowns, they walked through the high school halls one last time. Family members lined the main corridor and waited outside as the sophomores, juniors and teachers waited outside their classrooms to say goodbye. […]
An Italian physicist named Salvino D’Armate is credited with inventing the first wearable eyeglasses around 1284. But it’s former Oxford resident John Bovee who will be credited with inventing a device that makes wearing glasses more comfortable and convenient. On April 28, Bovee, who attended OHS in the 1940s, was granted a patent from the […]
Oxford High School math teacher Matthew Race resigned May 8 after it was discovered that he, according to district officials, was aware of an unacceptable technological aid used by some of his students during their Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics exam last year and almost this year. ‘Matt decided to resign and it was, I would […]