Engineering consultant renews 2-year contract The Addison Township Board of Trustees Monday night unanimously approved a contract to have the Southfield-based Municipal Engineering Consultants (MEC) continue performing engineering services for the township. MEC recently changed its name to Landtech and lowered their rates and were seeking approval for a two-year contract. Services would include an […]
When Rachael Sultze was a little girl, she remembers dreaming about traveling to places like Spain and Paris, with the hopes of exploring their cultural and social life. In January, the 20-year-old got to fulfill that dream by studying abroad in London, England for three months. Sultze, a senior studying graphic design at St. Norbert […]
The Oxford varsity girls soccer team now stands 0-1 in the Flint Metro League after a 3-2 loss to Holly last Wednesday night. The Bronchos dominated the Wildcats 3-0 five minutes into the second half, but junior mid-fielder Alex Johnson was able to score a much-needed corner kick, to let Holly know they weren’t about […]
When Kirt Bowden began his law enforcement career at the Bloomfield Township Police Department in 1977 he never thought he would one day become the Chief of Police. ‘The competition going through the department is so tough, you just never know how things are gonna work out,? he said. On March 26, Bowden, who is […]
After coaching boys and girls basketball in Oxford for over 30 years, Walter Studinger will now have to decide whether he wants to coach the Oxford High School JV boys? team or the freshman girls? team come this fall. ‘The decision is one that I think is unfortunate because I truly enjoy coaching both boys […]
During the month of March, elementary students in Oxford read a total of 894,746.5 minutes, and as soon as Daniel Axford’s minutes are totaled after Spring Break, it may even surpass one million. Each school put their own creative spin on how to celebrate March is Reading Month. Lakeville Elementary decorated all of their hallways […]
The art of blowing glass has become an addiction for Dave Hilty. The process of intricately molding 2,000-plus degree glass into various decorative vessels has been a part of the Oxford resident’s life for the last 27 years. Now, he will be able to share his unique art form with the community, as his work […]
Usually, it’s hard to get kids to sit still for even one minute. But at Leonard Elementary last Wednesday, the fourth-graders in Michelle Pinelli, Elizabeth Delano and Suzanne Rosevelt Osborne’s classes could’ve been mistaken for real wax statues at their second annual Wax Museum. Dressed in creative, and historically accurate, costumes, the students held perfectly […]
As the old saying goes, hard work really does pay off. Just ask the students at Oxford Middle School, as they got to spend Thursday at the first annual Reward Assembly. After achieving improved results on the fall 2006 MEAP scores, some teachers thought it would be nice to have an assembly designed to reward […]
If there’s a problem in an automobile, whether it be electrical or mechanical, it’s more than likely Oxford High School seniors D.J. Kraniak and Donovan Scott can fix it. That’s why they will be representing OHS at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills state competition April 25 at Macomb Community College. The nationwide competition is for […]