The corner drug store. It’s a friendly place that conjures up Norman Rockwell-esque images of neighborhood kids sitting at the soda fountain and eating ice cream while a bespectacled pharmacist in a crisp white coat toils away amidst a sea of pills and bottles. In many towns, the corner drug store has vanished as a […]
Old Man Winter is on a rampage and he shows no signs of relenting. He ended 2013 with a destructive ice storm just before Christmas. Now, he’s kicked off 2014 with a brutal blizzard. The Oxford/Addison area found itself buried in more than a foot of snow following a severe storm that began Saturday evening […]
Soon the Oxford Public Library will have something in common with grocery stores ? self-checkout. Three self-check stations will be added in a few months to give patrons the ability to check out materials without having to rely on a staff member to do it for them. These self-check stations are part of a $212,000 […]
It’s a new year and Oxford Township has a new schedule of building fees. As of Jan. 1, it will cost significantly more to undertake any residential or commercial construction. Back in June 2013, the township board voted to increase the building department’s fee schedule in order to make it self-sustaining and end the practice […]
When Michigan State University won the Rose Bowl in 1988, Neil Maskill wasn’t even alive. The 2010 Oxford High School graduate is representative of an entire generation that never saw the Spartans travel to Pasadena, let alone return victorious. But that all changed on Jan. 1 as Maskill stood proudly on the sidelines and watched […]
Chicago resident Charlie Neiman, 9, enjoyed the warmer temperatures and sunshine Saturday by racing down the sledding hill at Seymour Lake Township Park. Neiman was in Oxford visiting his grandparents, Lyle and Julie Beadle, for the holidays. This front-page photo should make for a great souvenir of his visit. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Do Oxford residents want a combination senior/community center? That’s the question township Parks/Rec. Director Ron Davis and the five-member Parks and Recreation Commission are attempting to answer. Officials are exploring the possibility of asking taxpayers to fund construction of a senior/community center that could include amenities such as a swimming pool, two or three gymnasiums, […]
To Metamora resident Cheri Pfeiffer, the face of drug addiction is not some sinister mugshot in a newspaper or anonymous homeless person on the street. It’s the face of her 26-year-old son, who, at the time of this story’s publication, has gone 131 days without shooting heroin. ‘You have to take it one day at […]
Editor’s Note: A lot sure happened in 2013. Just in case you missed it ? or perhaps forgot ? here are the highlights. Enjoy. January 2 Former Oxford Village Deputy Clerk Marion Patricia Paad filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the village, Manager Joe Young and Councilwoman Maureen Helmuth. Paad, who was […]
Before 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, power was restored to all Oxford/Addison customers who had lost it as a result of the Dec. 21-22 ice storm. Nearly 8,600 local customers had lost their electricity following the storm. Many Oxford/Addison households went without power for the Christmas holiday as evidenced by 2,977 customers who were still […]