After working 30 years for the Village of Oxford, Rose Bejma will be retiring from her postition as clerk on July 15. Bejma was born in Detroit and graduated from Pershing High School in 1967 and began working at a tool-and-dye shop. Soon after, Bejma met her husband Michael and got married in 1970, moving […]
After being runover by a gravel train at the corner of M-24 and Burdick Street, John Layman, 52, sends greetings from Detroit Receiving Hospital. According to Art & Dick’s Party Store owner Sue Pendred, John is doing better. ‘He just started physical therapy,? she reported, ‘He’ll be doing that every other day.? John has had […]
A local home for mentally challenged adults will soon become the property of the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA). On July 22, the DDA is expected to close on its $390,000 purchase of the Oxford Colonial Adult Foster Care facility located at 19 W. Burdick Street. The home and half-acre parcel it sits on is […]
Former Oxford Police Officer Kelly Sexton, now with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, was promoted to the rank of sergeant July 11. Sexton joined the Sheriff’s Department in’February 2000 after serving in the Oxford Police Department for five years.? Since’her employment with the Sheriff’s Department, Kelly has been assigned to the’Patrol Services Division working’at the […]
A couple of downtown Oxford businesses are moving this fall, but don’t worry they’re not leaving town. The Ink & Paper Invitation Studio (40 S. Washington Street) and Beadifferent (14 N. Washington Street) are playing musical storefronts to meet changing needs. Growing customer demand coupled with the need for a larger and more diverse selection […]
The 2005 Oxford Leader sponsored ORBA Philly’s won the 10-year-old division and Town Championship for the second year in a row with 14 wins and 0 losses. ‘You have backed a great group of kids once again,? commented Head Coach Fred Censullo. The Philly’s went 12-0 on the regular season and won two games in […]
Congratulations to Oxford teen Madeline ‘Maddy? Thompson for winning the $1,000 Justin A. Schwartz Memorial Scholarship. The thirteen-year-old daughter of Gary and Sally Thompson is an eighth-grader at Kingsbury School and won the scholarship on June 10. The Schwartz scholarship is given annually to a graduating Kingsbury student who strives toward high academic achievement, works […]
A 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup truck driven by a 51-year-old Oxford man collided with a gravel train July 6 at the intersection of Metamora Road and M-24. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, the gravel train ‘entered the roadway with flashers activated? and was proceeding southbound on M-24 when the Oxford driver, also headed […]
The Orion Township Fire Department was called to a garage fire on Merritt at about 3 p.m. on July 11. Smoke from the fire could be seen from M-24. Orion Township Fire Chief Jeff Key said the garage was fully involved in fire when firefighters arrived, and was a complete loss, including the contents inside. […]
For the first time, village officials have looked at the future of their budget and they don’t like what they see. It’s possible, based on some current assumptions in salaries and health care, the Village of Lake Orion will have a negative fund balance of over $31,000 by 2008. Lake Orion Village Manager JoAnn Van […]