Members of Oxford Cub Scout Pack 366 gathered at Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery Sunday to honor all the veterans buried there. After raising the flag, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and saying a prayer, the scouts went through the cemetery, row by row, planting American flags beside the graves of veterans who served during times of […]
Hope is a big component in most cancer-related fund-raisers. Hope for a cure. Hope for a longer life. Hope for the future. Sadly, in this case, Nicole ‘Colie? Burton’s hope is gone as the Oxford resident passed away at home on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. She was 9 years old. But while nothing could be […]
If the essence of a community can be found in a single person, then Loretta Lee ‘Corky? Hallead was the epitome of everything good in the Oxford school district. Sadly, Hallead, a lifelong Oxford resident who worked for the district for 37? years, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. She was 76. ‘Corky was […]
A simple ‘thank you? can mean so very much. Just ask Jaime Hazan, who served as a volunteer first-responder in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. A group of 28 Oxford Middle School seventh-graders in teacher Meredith Summer’s advisory and humanities classes sent […]
The majority of construction on Enbridge’s crude oil pipeline through Oxford and Addison townships will not begin until spring of next year. That was the word from Jason Manshum, spokesman for the Canadian energy distribution company, in a Nov. 1 letter sent to Oxford Township Supervisor Bill Dunn. Originally, Enbridge had planned to complete construction […]
It was a small crowd, but the opinions expressed were favorable regarding the concept plan for calming M-24 traffic and improving safety in Oxford Village. ‘I’m happy with what I see,? said Ron Rolando, owner of Great Lakes Mercantile (8 S. Washington St.) in downtown Oxford. ‘There’s not a lot of fluff. It’s got things […]
Before drinking that next glass of Oxford Township or Village water, residents should know one thing ? it’s clean. That was the conclusion of some reports township and village officials recently received regarding the 18 monitoring wells the two municipalities installed to detect the presence of pollutants in the groundwater supply. ‘There is no degradation […]
‘Fear is a good thing.? That was U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Dave Zanin’s message to Leonard Elementary fifth-graders during the school’s Veterans Day celebration Friday morning. ‘I want you guys to remember that as you’re growing up,? he said. Zanin, an Oxford resident who recently retired from the military after a career that included […]
A group of Oxford High School students armed with rockets gathered Nov. 7 under the cover of darkness at the big rock near the football field. But there’s no need to alert Homeland Security or start building that fallout shelter because it was just the high school’s award-winning robotics team. The team, known as TORC […]
Leonard Elementary held a Veterans Day celebration Friday that included interviews, poems and heartfelt speeches, all of which were designed to honor the brave men and women who fought America’s wars, protected its borders, liberated foreign lands and helped preserve the peace.