The Oxford Varsity girls volleyball team is off and running in their quest for the Flint Metro League championship. The Wildcats swept league foe Holly last Thursday night in the Broncho’s arena, 25-8, 25-16 and 25-18. ‘We completely took charge from the moment of play and really put them away fast,? said coach Kristi McDevitt. […]
Congratulations to Oxford resident Linda Parkhurst for winning the $500 Gas Giveaway contest from Uncle Boomba’s gas station and The Oxford Leader and Lake Orion Review. Parkhurst was surprised with her winning certificate at her home last Thursday. She said she ‘never gave it a thought? that she would win the grand prize and that […]
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Meadowbrook Ct. for a mailbox that was damaged by a pipe bomb on Sept. 10. According to the sheriff’s report, the homeowner heard a loud explosion around 3 a.m. He found the top half of his custom-made mailbox, made of plastic, brick and field stone, blown apart. […]
Sheriff’s deputies arrested five individuals at a home on East St. after getting tips of a possible stolen automobile at the home. The owner of a gas station on S. Lapeer Rd. witnessed the group inside his store and said they were acting ‘suspicious.? He wrote down their license plate number and called the sheriff’s […]
Be on the look out for motorized vehicles on Leonard’s asphalt section of the Polly Ann Trail next month. The Polly Ann Trailway Management Council (PATMC) voted unanimously at their Aug. 22 meeting to allow senior citizens and others with limited mobility to use motorized golf carts on a trial basis. Council decided that the […]
Maximilian of W’rttemberg is ranked 8th in the nation for a four-year-old and will be heading to a national championship this weekend because of it. No, he won’t be competing in a finger-painting championship at his preschool. He’s competing at the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Young Horse Dressage Championships in Lexington, Kentucky. Horses […]
After a minor set-back last Wednesday at their first league game against Holly, the Oxford varsity boys soccer team came back strong Monday night for a 2-0 win against Clio. The Wildcats controlled much of the game in the first half and had numerous opportunities for shots at the goal. Senior exchange student Nicholas Schrecker […]
Six Oxford residents, all extremely passionate about bicycling, recently participated in the 37th Annual Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw (DALMAC) bicycle tour. Founded in 1971 by former State Sen. Dick Allen, DALMAC gives riders a choice of five routes ranging from 288 miles to 409. Furthering the appreciation of bicycling as a means of transportation […]
When local churches hold their annual Vacation Bible Schools over the hot summer months they can sometimes serve up to 100 children. But for the eight-member mission group from the First Baptist Church of Oxford, they spent a whole month teaching close to 3,000 African children about Jesus Christ. The team, made up of teens, […]
The Oxford varsity swimmers lost their first meet of the season against Corunna High School last Wednesday 48-125. Although it was a disappointing loss, coach Jackie Boswell said it was a ‘really good meet? and that she’s ‘very proud of the girls.? ‘There are a lot of ways that the girls can improve, and over […]