To comply with insurance requirements, the Addison Township Fire Department needs to add a ladder truck to its fleet, but it’s not going to be purchasing one anytime soon. The plan is to possibly lease a 1981 Sutphen aerial ladder truck from the City of Rochester Fire Department. The township currently doesn’t have a ladder […]
While watching television last Wednesday night, my programming was rudely interrupted by a special address to the nation by President Bush. OK, I guess it wasn’t rude. I knew it was coming. People were talking about it all day. Anyway, I knew the point of his speech was to announce a new course for the […]
We always say today’s children are our future leaders. Two of them just may be Oxford students. Oxford High School freshmen Adam Rainey and Rachel Blattel spent January 4-7 at the National Young Leaders State Conference in Ypsilanti. Sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council, hundreds of students from all across Michigan attended the leadership […]
The Oxford Varsity Hockey Team has been struggling with wins this season, but that hasn’t stopped Coach Dave Hague from having a positive outlook. ‘Sometimes you need to take steps backwards in order to move forward,? he said. On Jan. 6, the boys lost 5-0 to Lapeer East, they lost 6-2 against Brandon on Jan. […]
The Oxford Competitive Cheer Team finished fourth place at their Jan. 13 invitational and are ready for the first of two league competitions tonight. Lake Orion took first place overall, followed by Allen Park in second and Lapeer West in third. Oxford had total scores of 169.5 in their first round, 172 in their second […]
Everybody enjoys going to the buffet because there’s so much variety to choose from. To please your hunger for the many varieties of art, the Oxford High School will be hosting their first annual A Taste of the Arts fund-raiser on Tuesday, Jan. 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. The fund-raiser […]
There’s something about a recipe that’s been passed down from generation to generation. Like a fine wine, it seems to only get better with age. That’s why Oxford resident Mary Forte decided to share her grandmother’s recipe for Irish Stew with the community of Oxford ? and anyone else who wants to vote for her […]
If there’s one thing that can be said about Bob Segula it’s that he definitely can keep a promise. The Oxford Middle School seventh grade math teacher was flipping through the Leader in spring of 2006 when he noticed one of his past students, Brad Grunewald, had graduated with honors. This may sound trivial to […]
The Oxford varsity girls volleyball team’s Flint Metro League record improved to 2-0 after Monday’s win against Clio and Thursday’s victory over Holly. At Clio, the girls swept the first three games with the help of junior Laura Brown’s 16 assists, senior captain Kaitlin DuCharme’s 15 kills and junior Kelsey Giradot’s seven kills. ‘I was […]
Even though we haven’t had much snow in this region of Michigan since winter officially began, the Oxford-Brandon varsity co-ed ski team has been trying really hard to get the flakes to fall. ‘I’ve been trying to get my ski team to do a snow dance, but I guess nobody’s listening to us,? Head Coach […]