It was Mini-MITES Monday in Oxford High School’s auto lab as 24 students put their skills and knowledge to the test. MITES stands for Michigan Industrial and Technology Education Society. Every year, MITES hosts a state competition for high school students studying the various skilled trades. A contingent of OHS auto students is always sent […]
There’s no better place for children to learn a lesson in local economics than their neighborhood toy store. Clear Lake Elementary second-graders visited Funky Monkey Toys in downtown Oxford Friday to learn all about how small businesses benefit communities. Store owner Tom Jones (also known as Mr. Monkey) explained to students how each dollar spent […]
Maintaining existing services, hiring additional staff, refurbishing old trucks to increase their life-span and maintaining budgetary reserves. In a nutshell, that’s what the millage proposal for the Oxford Fire Department boils down to in the Nov. 4 general election. When Oxford voters trek to the polls, they’ll be asked to approve a six-year, 3.5-mill property […]
A six-figure settlement was proposed last week in U.S. District Court regarding Marion Patricia Paad’s federal lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution and constitutional rights violations on the part of Oxford Village and two of its officials. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, which were read into the court record before Judge George Steeh, the former […]
Despite strong opposition from residents who favor low density and larger lots in their area, a recommendation to approve the preliminary plan for White Pine Estates ? a 32-unit residential development proposed for the southwest corner of Oxford Township ? was given Oct. 9 by the planning commission in a 4-3 vote. ‘If we really […]
Plans for a substantial addition to Oxford Fire Station #1, located at 96 N. Washington St., were approved 4-0 last week by the village planning commission. Site plan approval was conditioned on the fire department submitting a landscape plan for administrative review/approval and all of the issues raised by the village engineer being addressed within […]
Good news for Oxford Township taxpayers ? they won’t see an increase in their municipality’s operating millage rate when they receive their winter tax bills in December. As it has since the 1990s, the board once again kept the township’s operating tax at 0.95 mill as officials last week approved their 2015 budgets and set […]
Oxford High School’s Freda Quayle Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) inducted 51 new members last week. NHS Adviser Josh Budden said it was the largest group of inductees in the chapter’s 52-year history. To join NHS, students must epitomize the organization’s four core beliefs ? scholarship, service, leadership and character. They must also […]
Voting for Oxford Village Council candidates is going to require a little more effort than simply filling in the ovals next to some names on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. A total of nine candidates are running for five seats and five of those candidates are write-ins. Write-in candidates include Bonnie Staley, Tanya Heuser, […]
A step toward potentially selling the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center was taken by the township board last week. Officials voted 7-0 to ‘consider the sale? of the 28 N. Washington St. building, commonly known as the Vets Hall, and the parking lot behind it ‘through a local licensed commercial real estate agent.? As part […]