From August 5 through ‘Celebrate Oxford? on August 7, Rotarians will be at the intersection of Burdick and Washington streets with a ‘fresh off the press? copy of The Oxford Rotary News. The Rotary News has complete details on ‘Celebrate Oxford? including all of your favorite activities, and a schedule of events. You can Catch […]
The announcement from Starbucks in February that it would close for three hours to retrain about 135,000 in-store employees sent shudders through the thousands of coffee fanatics in the nation. Could it be that java aficionados would have to forego their venti, decaf, no foam, double vanilla, light-whip extra-caramel with cinnamon on top, expresso frappuccino? […]
Brandon Twp.- The Brandon Board of Education meeting started on Monday much as it did last month? with a standing room only crowd. But while there were again questions from the audience about Superintendent Tom Miller’s performance, this time Miller and some boardmembers fired back, defending decisions from placement of the new high school parking […]
The Oxford Lions Club will be conducting a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ located at 1 Hovey St. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, syrup, coffee, milk or juice. The cost is $4 for adults and $3 for children. Children under age […]
After nearly 10 months of construction, the Addison Township Fire Department has moved into their new headquarters. The more that 12,000-square-foot station is located at 4026 Forest, right off Rochester Rd., in the Village of Leonard. The facility replaces the department’s original 1400-square-foot station built in Leonard in 1949. The state of the art building […]
Goodrich – Classes went on as usual Monday, March 10 at the high school despite a bomb threat at noon. The discovery of a bomb threat was made by a student who saw it written on a restroom stall. The student reported it to a teacher who alerted school officials. ‘We went into lockdown, and […]
Ortonville- The music of Frank Sinatra played on Tuesday at the Edna Burton Senior Center, and Katie Hobson played, too. Sitting on a chair, arms raised in the air, with a drumstick in each hand, the 86-year-old grinned as she struck a red exercise ball in front of her again and again as ‘New York, […]
The Oxford JV and Varsity Soccer Teams will be holding two days of tryouts on Aug. 12 and 13 from 4-6 p.m. Day one will be held at Seymour Lake Park and players are asked to bring their valid and completed physical form, plenty of water, soccer shoes and a soccer ball. Day two will […]
Oxford Bank will present three informational public service seminars on August 18 at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Center. The program, entitled ‘Getting the Most out of Your Savings Bonds,? will focus on current interest rates, proper ways of titling bonds, your options when savings bonds mature and how to avoid costly mistakes. Program times are […]
Goodrich – For many years the hollow of a tree on the property at the Rainbow Day Care Center has been vacant, but not anymore. A Michigan eastern screech owl now calls the tree home. Day care center teacher, Linda Stachelek said, ‘I noticed the owl living in the tree about two months ago. I […]