After being on the job for 18 weeks, Superintendent Dr. William Skilling is honing in on completing his checklist of goals for the Oxford School District. ‘I wanted to establish accountability for the things that needed to happen,? he said. So far, he’s accomplished building relationships with School Board members, the administration team, staff, community […]
The road construction season has commenced in Michigan and Oxford. May 3 marked the beginning of a $1.046 million road resurfacing project on M-24 (Lapeer Road) that spans from Clarkston Road in Orion Township to approximately 300 feet north of the Oxford Village limits in Oxford Township. Work along the 4.9-mile stretch of M-24 is […]
It was a night of fun for both kids and parents. On Friday, 125 kids ages 6 to 12 invaded Oxford Elementary as part of ‘Kick the Kids Out!,? hosted by Oxford Twp. Parks and Recreation. For a mere $5 per child parents got to leave their kids at the school from 6 to 10 […]
There’s some uncertainty about water in the Village of Lake Orion. Don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the quality of the water, but rather where it will come from and how much it will cost. The village currently gets its water from Orion Township, which purchases their water from the City of Detroit. […]
During his lifetime, Vern J. Neeson visited many exotic and distant places from the islands of the Pacific Ocean to all 50 states in the Union, but he never found anywhere he liked better than ‘quiet little? Oxford. ‘There’s no place I’d rather come home to than Oxford,? he told the Leader in Aug. 1985. […]
Too often when we hear or read about youth in the news media, it’s framed by some negative event or action. Crime, vandalism, drugs, drinking and driving ? these are contexts in which the youth of today usually make headlines. But there are many, many good kids out there we hardly ever or sometimes never […]
Tuesday, April 27 Resident on Park St. reported between $400 and $600 missing after he discovered a change can had been stolen from his home. Suspicious circumstance on S. Washington Rd. turned out to be a group of youths waiting for a ride home from the movies. Wednesday, April 28 Resident on Parkerlake Rd. called […]
Local veterans will be honored with an evening of music and memories as Oxford’s choirs present their 4th Annual Americana Concert 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at the high school’s Performing Arts Center. ‘We are very honored to be able to do this for our veterans,? said Jan Flynn, middle school choir director. ‘This is […]
First and second-graders at Daniel Axford Elementary got to tinker with LEGOs to make their own drag racing cars at the school’s First Annual LEGO Night Oct. 23. Moms and dads were there to help kids build their cars.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is seeking information regarding an alleged purse snatcher (pictured right). The incident occurred at the Oxford Meijer on Wednesday, April 28. An Oxford woman was shopping with her small child in the pet department (looking at birds) when the man in the photograph allegedly stole the shopping cart in which […]