Oxford’s fire and police millages were the big winners in the Nov. 4 general election. Township and village residents approved the six-year, 3.5-mill fire tax by a vote of 4,136 to 2,835. The 1-mill increase will allow the fire department to hire two more full-time firefighters/paramedics and create a part-time position that’s filled 12 hours […]
Next year, the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) will no longer give any rides to residents of Addison Township, including the Village of Leonard. That’s because in the Nov. 4 election, Addison residents voted 1,257 to 1,216 to reject a five-year, 0.25-mill property tax request to help fund NOTA. Addison will no longer be part […]
Last night, the new Oxford Village Council was sworn in and it consists of three old faces and two new ones as a result of the Nov. 4 general election. Incumbents Sue Bossardet, Bryan Cloutier and Maureen Helmuth were all re-elected to four-year terms with 557, 509 and 380 votes, respectively. Retired village Clerk Rose […]
Veterans who have experience working with boilers while in uniform would be able to use those skills toward licensing requirements for certain occupations under a bill approved today by the Michigan House. House Bill 5751, sponsored by state Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-Oxford), would allow military experience to count toward the experience requirement for boiler installer, […]
Sitting down to a bountiful Thanksgiving feast is an American tradition that many families eagerly look forward to every November. But for those families whose daily reality consists of an empty refrigerator and bare cupboards, the holidays can place even more emphasis on everything they’re lacking. Fortunately, the fine folks at Oxford/Orion FISH are working […]
‘We did what had to be done and we truly are a band of brothers.? That’s how Addison resident Bob Godkin summed up being a veteran Friday morning as Leonard Elementary’s fifth-graders hosted their annual Veterans Day celebration. ‘I’m proud to be a veteran,? Godkin said. ‘I still enjoy putting on my uniform and marching […]
‘I long for my camp, my whiskey, and my chance to let the farting bird dogs out to take a dump.? ? P.J. O’Rourke As I sit here and write this column, my mind is already somewhere else. It’s sipping a Scotch and smoking a pipe while relaxing by a roaring fire in a rustic […]
Oxford and Addison voters went to the polls Nov. 4 to participate in the general election. Numerous local millage proposals were on the ballot as well candidates for the Oxford Board of Education and Oxford Village Council. Pictured: Oxford resident Sharon Worden casts her ballot at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center. Photo by C.J. […]
‘It’s pretty sad.? That’s how Oakland County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Patterson, commander of the Oxford Township substation, summed up the six-hour ordeal that ended with him having to shoot and kill an aggressive pit bull running loose in the Waterstone development on Oct. 28. It all began when Patterson and Deputy Jason Louwaert came across […]
At first glance, a dwelling full of pot and guns looks like a drug dealer’s lair, not the home of a man who planned to retire from a skilled trades job and operate a medical marijuana business. But Mount Clemens attorney Mark Metry contends it was the latter in the case of his client Andrew […]