Oxford’s blue turf group received a huge boost to pay off the synthetic field when Level One Bank stepped forward last week with a $50,000 donation. The donation means that about $150,000 is still owed on the turf, but fund-raising efforts are underway throughout the community. Since mid-August about $150,000, which includes the donation from […]
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS The Independence Township Board of Appeals will meet on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 7:30 PM at the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, MI 48346 to hear the following cases: Case #08-0023 Sova, Jeanie A., Petitioner APPLICANT REQUEST VARIANCE FROM ARTICLE III, DIVISION 25, SECTION 50-890. SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS […]
Concerns over lengthy response times and future availability of the service through its private provider were the main reasons Oxford Fire Chief Jack LeRoy wants his department to provide Advanced Life Support services. The chief explained to the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission Feb. 3 why he believes local ALS is a necessity and […]
Junior Girl Scout Troop 849 is collecting new toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair brushes, shampoo, conditioner and other assorted toiletry items, all of which will be donated to ‘The Place of Hope? Warming Center, a local homeless shelter operated during the winter months at the St. John Baldwin United Methodist Church and Center in Pontiac. The girls […]
While the rest of the country is still waiting to cast their votes for either the Romney/Ryan or Obama/Biden tickets, Leonard Elementary has already elected its new student council president and vice president. Last week, 135 students in grades 3-5 literally went to the polls to elect Lexi Seitz as president and Addison Matz as […]
NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTION AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 127 FLEXIBLE BENEFITS PLAN The Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees, at the regular meeting of Monday, July 21, 2008, to be held at 7:00 p.m., at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, proposes to adopt an […]
NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTION AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 42 PARKING ORION VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER The Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees, at the regular meeting of Monday, July 21, 2008, to be held at 7:00 p.m., at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, proposes to […]
Rob Cerato is drug and alcohol free and the Oxford High School senior feels free drug screening kits, available at local Oakland County Sheriff’s substations are a good idea. ‘It would be a good tool for parents especially if they find, in the end, their kids are using and can get help for them,? Cerato […]
ALMA ? Somebody up there must like the Wildcats as evidenced by what happened when Oxford competed at the Alma College Marching Band Invitational on Oct. 13. ‘It was cold and very, very rainy,? said OHS Band Director Jim Gibbons. ‘Thankfully, the rain stopped for our performance. We were very lucky.? That break in the […]
Check out “A Terror in Townsend Forest” at Oakland County’s Sportsmen’s Club, Friday-Saturday, 7:30-10:30 p.m., 4770 Waterford Road in Independence Township. The club’s outdoorsmen set up a quarter-mile trail through the woods, filled with dozens of volunteers doing their best to bring out the screams, all in good fun. Admission is $12/adults, $7/12 and under. […]