It’s been a long time ? at least 10 minutes or so ? since a public official has angered me as much as Janet Thomas has. Words cannot even begin to describe the sheer loathing and utter contempt the current vice president of the Oakland Schools Board of Education generates within me. Much like a […]
The site of what was formerly Mike’s All World Market at 999 S. Lapeer Rd. could be home to a new drug store and retail shopping center next year. The Clarkston-based Lehman Investment Co., LLC had a pre-application conference with the Oxford Township Planning Commission March 25 to discuss its conceptual site plan for the […]
Two incidents of an Oxford Village Police dispatcher allegedly misusing the Law Enforcement Information Network are the subject of an internal investigation ordered by the Michigan State Police. ‘They feel that the information (obtained on LEIN) that was disseminated (by the dispatcher) wasn’t supposed to be given out,? said village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski, who’s […]
For the parent of a child severely allergic to everyday items like milk or peanuts, the first visit to a new day-care or the first day of preschool can be nerve-racking experiences. Will the people in charge remember my child’s allergy? Will they remember what he or she looks like among all the other kids? […]
Kingsbury School student Erik Hunstad was one of 100 top fourth-through-eighth graders from around the state to compete in the Michigan finals of the 2004 National Geographic Bee held April 2 at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, students from 500 schools from around the state participated in local […]
Even though the cold weather doesn’t make it feel like spring, the calender says it is. Time to start thinking about planting, growing, weeding, mulching, fertilizing, watering and all the other fun chores your typical green-thumbed person loves to do. Members of the Oxford Garden Club gathered Monday at the township-village complex for their first […]
It’s been a long time ? at least 10 minutes or so ? since a public official has angered me as much as Janet Thomas has. Words cannot even begin to describe the sheer loathing and utter contempt the current vice president of the Oakland Schools Board of Education generates within me. Much like a […]
One day in January 1970, then-Oxford resident Cathy Kowalski decided she needed to find a job. ‘I started at the end of (Washington Street) and was going to go into each business,? she said. The first business she entered was Sherman Publications, Inc. (The Oxford Leader). As luck would have it, the business was hiring […]
Some members of Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ gathered in the Centennial Park gazebo Easter Sunday for a special sunrise service at 7 a.m.
The story is pure Horatio Alger. Hometown boy leaves rural America to join the navy. While serving his country, he sees the world and receives a college education. The boy, now a man, returns home several years later to become a successful business and family man. Craving the chance to make a difference in his […]