Addison Township’s annual Spring Clean Up Saturday, May 13 will cost the township about $5,000, but an extra charge to participating residents could have been waived. Officials were considering waiving the $25 per load fee after Treasurer Dan Alberty and Supervisor Bob Koski secured close to $3,000 in donations, but some trustees were adamant about […]
In order to maintain the current fire and emergency medical services the Addison Township Fire Department provides to its residents, township officials will ask voters to renew a 0.75-mill operating millage in the Aug. 8 election. The current 0.75-mill tax expired Dec. 31, 2005. Headlee rollbacks had reduced this rate to 0.7017 for the final […]
Two suspects are still on the loose after breaking into home on Rochester Rd. in Leonard. A 24-year-old Leonard resident returned home after work around 1 a.m. Saturday and noticed two white males exiting the front door with a large bag. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, when the men saw him, one ran […]
For the past week, an unknown person(s) has been putting negative flyers in the mailboxes of Addison Township residents targeting a controversial, but legal private shooting range in the township. Sgt. Pete Burkett, commander of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Addison substation, is asking anyone who has information about who is making the flyers and distributing […]
The Addison Township board last Monday night approved eliminating the shared sergeant position for the remainder of their 2006-07 fiscal year. Treasurer Dan Alberty said once the township looked at the final billings from Oakland County and the estimated cost of the shared sergeant, it was obvious the township could no longer afford it. According […]
Is there any team the Oxford varsity girls soccer team can’t beat? On Monday night, the girls defeated Lapeer West 5-2 in a hard fought game. Junior Sam Bono lead the team with three goals, which brings her season total to 17 goals. Captain and senior Gena Nelson scored one goal, while sophomore captain Alex […]
Effie Vitinaros always knew she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. When her family came to the U.S. from Nafptos, Greece at the age of six, her second grade teacher, Mrs. Coffee, became her inspiration to teach others. ‘She was just a special person,? Vitinaros recalls today. ‘She took me under her […]
We always say today’s children are our future leaders, and two of them just may be local Oxford students. Nick Hadorn, an eighth-grader from Oxford Middle School, and Chase Tucker, a ninth-grader from Oxford High School, spent March 30-April 2 at the National Young Leaders State Conference in Lansing. Sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership […]
Starting this fall, kindergartners in the Oxford School District will follow an all-day/alternate day (ADAD) schedule instead of the half-day/every day they now attend. School board members unanimously approved the switch at their meeting last Tuesday night. ‘We’re very excited,? said Jim Schwarz, director of curriculum for Oxford schools. ‘The teachers are looking forward to […]
The Oxford varsity Lady Kickers once again had a victorious 4-2 win over Lapeer East on Monday. Oxford got off to a quick start and scored two goals in the first half. Both were scored by junior forward Sam Bono. Lapeer East crept up on the ladies with a goal late in the first half […]