There’s something about Lake Michigan in mid-July. Every summer for the past 23 years, I have had the privilege of enjoying one of God’s great creations with family and friends, and like a kid anticipating a visit from Santa, I’m anxiously awaiting visit 24 this month. Flashback… I remember Mom and Dad’s brown Ford LTD […]
To some, Daniel Miller was ‘bigger than life? and ‘lived life to the fullest.? Dave Clark, a police officer for Grand Blanc Township, said when he started his career in law enforcement in Oxford 14 years ago, Mr. Miller was the main person he looked up to. ‘I first started there right out of the […]
When Kaycie McKenzie helped a Ghanaian woman give birth, it was nothing like what she witnessed as a nursing student at Western Michigan University. ‘It was so cool,? the 21-year-old Leonard resident said as she remembered that day. ‘The mother that was giving birth only had an IV and I cut the (umbilical) cord and […]
This is one report card you shouldn’t be scared of showing your parents. The Michigan Department of Education recently released report cards to Oxford’s elementary and middle schools, along with the annual report on each school’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Law. Jim Schwarz, director of curriculum […]
It’s summer time, and for residents of Leonard and Addison Township, that can mean only one thin’it’s time for the 54th Annual Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Addison Twp. Firefighters Association on July 15. All the fun begins with a Friday night kick-off dinner in downtown Leonard on July 14 at 5 p.m. with food […]
When Doug McMunn was 17-years-old he found his calling. After attending a high school football banquet put on by a small church, he decided to personally thank the congregation for their hospitality one Sunday morning. ‘I said my appreciation to them for putting on that banquet and I felt in my heart then that God […]
After a three to six-week span of various home invasions in the township and village, three Oxford residents and two Orion residents have been arrested. Last Monday, an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy from the Oxford substation stopped a suspicious 20-year-old village man on his bike in the Lake Villa Mobile Home Park on Lakeville Rd. […]
A $35 million balanced budget for the 2006-07 school year was unanimously approved June 27 by the Oxford Board of Education. The 2006-07 general fund budget lists expenses totaling $35,912,486 and revenues equaling $37,642, 053. Revenues include $5,312,800 from local sources (property taxes, interest income, etc.); $27,217,757 is from state sources (primary per student monies […]
Construction work will begin this week to install a traffic signal which will allow vehicles to cross M-24 between the east and west sides of Market Street in the Waterstone subdivision, but plans have changed for the turnarounds south of Market Street. The construction south of Market Street drew criticism a few weeks ago because […]
To kick off the teen summer reading program at the Oxford Public Library with a bang, kids participated in Drummunity last Tuesday. Drummunity is put on by Ann Arbor native Lori Fithian, who travels with her many cultural drums to transform communities into a ‘drummunity, by promoting togetherness through rhythm.