Is it legal for a township trustee to be employed as the director of the local transportation authority? Is it good policy? Those questions were at the center of an intense debate at last week’s Oxford Township Board meeting. At issue, Trustee Pat Fitchena was appointed interim executive director of the North Oakland Transportation Authority […]
Three vehicles collided Friday afternoon on Lakeville Road, just east of Glaspie St., sending a driver and passenger to the hospital. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s report, an 18-year-old Oxford woman driving a 1992 Dodge westbound on Lakeville Road was “unable to stop in time” and rear-ended a 1994 Ford, driven by a 17-year-old […]
In politics and the court of public opinion, perception and appearances loom large. The way an elected official or public body’s actions are perceived is just as important – if not more so – as the reality. Although it appears to be perfectly legal for Pat Fitchena to serve as the executive director of the […]
Oxford’s beacon of broadcasting freedom and local information over the airwaves has a new home. The offices and studio of Oxford Community Television Channel 19 are now located at 1775 N. Lapeer Rd. Housed in a new 2,800-square-foot facility (which costs $2,300 per month), the public access TV station is on a mission to improve […]
A pair of applications for $250,000 in recreation grants will be submitted on behalf of Oxford Village. Council last week voted 4-0 to direct village President Steve Allen to submit two grant applications to the Department of Natural Resources – one for a $200,000 grant to build a ramp park at Scripter Park and another […]
The Oxford Area Community Cable Commission got a boost from the Oxford Village Council last week. Council voted 4-0 to give the cable commission 4 percent of the franchise fees it receives from Charter Communications, the area’s cable television provider. Cable franchise fees are capped at 5 percent of each Charter cable subscriber’s total monthly […]
The Oxford Fire Department’s request for relief from its extremely high water bills garnered no sympathy from the Oxford Village Council last week. “I don’t think we ought to cut them any slack at all,” said Councilman George DelVigna. “(The fire chief) ought to be more fiscally responsible for the water he’s using.” In a […]
Hats off to Oxford Christian Academy students (from left) Brianna Kester (tenth grade), Amy Knauf (ninth grade) and Bradley Kester (eighth grade) who participated in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools annual spelling bee March 9 at Springfield Christian Academy in Clarkston. Knauf advanced to the second round.
It appears Michigan State election law was violated in Leonard Village’s March 8 election. Janet Ostrander was elected as a Leonard Council Trustee as a declared write-in candidate with 15 votes. She was sworn-in at the March 18 council meeting and began serving her term. The problem is Ostrander also served as “precinct election inspector” […]
Thanks to their love of reading and compassion for others, Daniel Axford Elementary students raised $400 to help a hospital and orphanage in Africa. As part of “March is Reading Month,” DA students (kindergarten through second grade) read a mind-boggling 2,320 books between March 1 and 19. For every five books each student read, they […]