Water rates in the Village of Oxford could be increased anywhere from 11 to 22 percent depending on which option council chooses to deal with the municipality’s aging treatment plant on S. Glaspie St. Before officials take any definitive action, they’re conducting a public hearing on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. to garner input […]
An Oxford Village man is on a mission to get at least 116 signatures so he and his fellow citizens can finally vote on cityhood. ‘Before the village spends anymore money on attorneys or elects some charter commission, they should find out what the residents want,? said township Supervisor Bill Dunn, who lives at 14 […]
The stage was set for the third time as players from Our Lady of the Lakes stepped onto the court at Breslin Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing for the third consecutive time, March 17. For the third time, they won the MHSAA State Championship for Class D Girls Basketball. The team is […]
Parents who show a genuine interest in their children’s activities are a special breed these days. A working mother who volunteers her precious nights and weekends to help raise $50,000 to build a place for her son to skate must be a saint. But Sue Jones, of Oxford, doesn’t see herself that way. She’s just […]
Clarkston High School 2011 graduate Matt Vandermeer finished his first wrestling season at Lake Erie College as All-American, March 10. He finished in sixth place at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships at Colorado State University University -Pueblo. Vandermeer made school history by becoming Lake Erie’s first All-American Wrestler. “I was honored to be there […]
Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and the Oxford Fire Department. Monday, March 10 A 14-year-old girl on Pearl received a threatening phone call. She believes it may be from someone she had an altercation with while at school that day. Tuesday, March 11 The fire […]
The message ‘Free Irak And Free Palestine? and a Satanic-looking figure are not things you would normally expect to find on a local government’s website. But on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 4, they appeared on the Village of Oxford’s website located at www.villageofoxford.org. According to village Manager Joe Young, it appears the municipality’s website […]
I left last week’s township board meeting with a strange feeling. It wasn’t the typical contempt, loathing, queeziness, frustration or sharp, stabbing pain in my left arm which usually accompanies my attendance at government meetings. It was a good feeling, a feeling that something right happened, a feeling like I had just thwarted a mugger […]
For residents and visitors, downtown Oxford is a place for dining, shopping and entertainment. But for a group of students from Lawrence Technological University (LTU), it’s a place where they can take the skills and knowledge they’ve garnered in the classroom and apply them to the real world. Eight LTU students appeared before the Downtown […]
A six-month-old Golden Retriever named Gracie is recovering after being hit by a speeding vehicle in Oxford Twp. last week, and is serving as a much-needed reminder for drivers to slow down on residential streets. Renee Luxton, who lives on Harwood Dr. just south of Seymour Lake Rd. and east of Sanders, let Gracie outside […]