The Oxford-Brandon Varsity ski team’s season is underway, with the boys standing 2-3 and the girls 0-4. Team captains are Justin Hickmott and Caroline Kerbelis. At the Jan. 30-31 meet in Grand Blanc, the girls beat Fenton 16-25 in the slalom, but lost to Grand Blanc, Flushing, Powers and Holly. In the giant slalom, the […]
Plans are moving forward to establish an 80-acre Lake George Nature Park in Addison Township, assuming a $428,000 grant is accepted by the Michigan Natural Features Trust Fund. The township’s Parks and Recreation Committee and the Oakland Land Conservancy (OLC) have been discussing the possibility of such a park since fall of last year. Joe […]
After watching their older brothers play football with the Oxford Junior Wildcats, 10-year-olds Kylie Reis and Madison Westmoreland decided they wanted to be the first girls to ever strap on their shoulder pads, put on a helmet and join the team. ‘It feels really special,? Kylie said with a slight giggle, which is then echoed […]
Students at Clear Lake learned the basics of doodling cartoons at a cartoon workshop held at the school last Thursday. Cartoonist Neal Levin, from Bloomfield Hills, showed the group of 53 kids from kindergarten to fifth grade how to use basic shapes when drawing cartoons. Whether it was drawing a funny alien, fish or an […]
Using nothing but everyday household items and K’NEX building toys, 15 students from Oxford Elementary School competed in the 10th Annual Imagineers Competition at Summit Place Mall in Pontiac last Saturday. One of the teams, called Wheelyz, made it to the final round with their invention of a wheelchair that could go up stairs. Each […]
Picture this, if you will. ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobson takes the podium at a roast event for radio colleagues Mike & Mike in Atlantic City, N.J. earlier this month. She swigs vodka from a Belvedere bottle as she rambles inappropriate comments to the crowd. The comments, which contained the mother of all expletives […]
Students at Lakeville Elementary were introduced to man’s best lifesaver on Monday, when two search and rescue dogs from Save A Life Michigan visited the school. Ben and Melissa White brought their dogs Calleigh and Isabell, both German shepherds, to teach the students the role of a search and rescue dog. The pair of dogs […]
The Oxford Varsity girl’s basketball team hit their highest point total of the season with Monday night’s 56-41 win against Holly. Junior Jessica Raisch had 15 points and eight rebounds, while junior captain Joelle Harms also had 15 and three steals for the night. ‘After a slow start, our girls really locked in defensively,? said […]
If the Oxford Varsity boy’s basketball team can pull it together for a win against Fenton at this Friday’s Winterfest game, it’ll be their first win since Jan. 14. The Cagers lost to Holly Monday night 50-57. Poor free throw shooting and turnovers plagued Oxford in the first half resulting in a 20-16 deficit at […]
The Oxford Varsity girls competitive cheer team placed third at their competition in Northville over the weekend. Coach Alanna Stockley said the girls had a ‘strong? first round with a score of 194.5, but are looking to improve their second round score of 177.48 by at least 20 points at their next meet against Owosso. […]