ADDISON TWP. ? A fire claimed the life of a horse and destroyed a barn at 2365 E. Drahner Road on Labor Day. According to Addison Fire Chief George Spencer, the blaze was reported shortly after 10 p.m. Monday at the residence of Gary and Laura McGrath, west of Lake George Road. When firefighters arrived […]
Hello to all my new Oakland county neighbors. My name is Lance Farrell, the newest reporter at the Oxford Leader. My wife, Mary, and I have just moved to Addison Twp from New Harmony, Indiana, a small historic town located in the toe of the state near the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash rivers. […]
Meghann Snow is ready to start planning major events like Celebrate Oxford and the Scarecrow Festival. ‘It’s something I enjoy doing,? said 1996 graduate of Lake Orion High School, who’s lived in Oxford Township for five years. ‘I’m definitely a people-person. I’m very outgoing and extroverted.? Monday was Snow’s first official day as the Oxford […]
Oxford’s Nathan Gerbe is one step closer to winning college hockey’s top honor. On March 20, Gerbe, a junior forward with the Boston College Eagles, was named one of the 10 finalists for the 2008 Hobey Baker Award ? the equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy. This year’s field of Hobey hopefuls started with 101 […]
Tuesday, August 31 A downtown Oxford business reported a suspicious person after a ‘man walked into the building and yelled at the business owners to shut down or die.? Vehicle lockout on Glaspie St. Resident on Laurel Leah called 911 concerning a reckless driver in the area. Disturbing the peace with loud noise reported on […]
By Lance Farrell Leader Staff Writer Oxford High School is now authorized to administer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program. OHS will begin to implement the intensive two-year college preparatory curriculum during the 2012-13 school year. Approximately 20 students have enrolled in the program so far, with 30 anticipated by the end of the summer. […]
By Lance Farrell Leader Staff Writer Many are the paths that lead to love, and for newlyweds Anna Ronfordt and Tobias Witt, their route led straight back to the Pathway Baptist Church in Oxford. Anna and Tobias, 31 and 33, traveled 4,000 miles from their home in Hagen, Germany to wed here April 7. Tom […]
Two auto technology students earned the right to represent Oxford High School at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition April 23 at the Macomb Community College Expo Center in Warren. Seniors John Musselman and Nicholas Murray were among the top 10 two-person teams from across Michigan who scored the highest on the competition’s written qualifying […]
If mankind ever lands on the planet Mars, it will be because of the time and efforts of devoted visionaries like Paul Graham. The 37-year-old Oxford resident is a member of the Mars Society and serves as its Engineering Team Coordinator and Chief Engineering Officer for Mission Support. Founded in 1998 by Robert Zubrin, an […]
The Addison Twp. Senior Center will be holding a rummage/ bake sale on September 9 and 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale will be located at the center located at 1440 Rochester Rd.