N. Oxford Rd. traffic survey was cancelled

The traffic survey to review the speed limit on N. Oxford Rd. (south of Ray Road, between the middle school and village limits) originally scheduled for April 16 was cancelled. Oxford Township Supervisor Bill Dunn said he was informed April 15 that the representative from the Michigan State Police would not be able to attend. […]

Domestic violence incidents on the rise locally

Brandon Twp.- The number of domestic violence incidents being reported is on the rise in Oakland County and in the township, say local officials. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 24 incidents of domestic violence in Brandon Township in 2006, and through July of this year had already responded to 22 calls of domestic […]

Brandon Police Reports

Phantom smell On Oct. 20, a Brandon deputy was dispatched to Village Court for a malicious destruction of property report. The complainant was moving in to an apartment and said she found three holes in the drywall in the hallway that the apartments share and in her new apartment, she smelled cigarette smoke. The deputy […]

Too many 911 calls

A Poplar Road man was involuntarily committed to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital for detoxification on April 12, after the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department was called to his home for multiple 911 calls. According to an OCSD report, the 45-year-old man called 911 a number of times. When deputies arrived at his home, they reported the man […]

Meet the school board candidates

Four individuals have filed to run for two seats on the Oxford Area Community Schools Board of Education. Both seats are four-year positions, and all four individuals will be campaigning for both seats. Following are brief introductions of each candidate: Lisa Marie Baum, 38, 1088 Somerville Dr., has lived in Oxford since 1996. She and […]

Bomb threat at Oxford Middle School

Classes went on as usual Monday at Oxford Middle School despite the threat that a bomb was going to explode at noon. Following the discovery of a bomb threat in a restroom Friday (Oct. 26) afternoon, the midde school was repeatedly searched by staff, members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department and bomb-sniffing dogs. Nothing […]

Dragon slayers

The gridiron gang of Clarkston High has officially earned bragging rights, after they defeated arch-rival Lake Orion Dragons 21-19, and earned the OAA Red Division league title with an undefeated 8-0 record. ‘Typical Clarkston-Orion game. They were pretty banged up but they did a great job of putting their game plan together. It was a […]

Salswedel honored for 33 years on village ZBA

The Oxford Village Council April 13 adopted the following resolution honoring resident Duane Salswedel’s 33 years of service on the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals, from which he resigned in March. Council’s resolution states: WHEREAS, in 1971 Duane Salswedel was appointed to the Village of Oxford Zoning Board of Appeals, and WHEREAS, during Duan’s tenure […]

No contest

Two Lake Orion School Board seats are up for grabs in this year’s June school election and only two people are running. Current school board members Mary Jo Burchart and Christina Peterson submitted their nominating petitions by the deadline.

Return to sender

It’s back to the drawing board for rezoning plans in Springfield Township. Township trustees flatly refused a request by the planning commission Thursday to appoint a steering committee to study hotly contested rezonings. Property owners? concerns about the proposals need to be solved by the planning commission, officials said. ‘It is’my opinion that the township […]