When you’ve worked at a small town hardware store for a quarter-century, you’re more than just an employee, you’re a member of a family. That’s exactly what Ortonville resident Debbie Tyler is to the Grove family, who owns the Oxford Ace Hardware, along with five other stores. ‘Debbie has always been like one of my […]
Oxford Village residents will be paying the same millage rate as last year to finance the 2003-04 village budget adopted by council May 27. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, council unanimously approved a $4,768,820 budget supported by a 12.62-mill property tax levy, which breaks down to 11.28 […]
Oxford Village voters will be asked for permission to sell a portion of Mill St. in an Aug. 5 special election. Council May 27 approved ballot language requesting voter-permission to sell the portion of Mill St. located between village-owned properties at 32 and 36 E. Burdick St. The portion in question measures 79 feet long […]
About a dozen or so citizens attended a meeting Thursday night to discuss possible cityhood for the Village of Oxford. ‘We have grown. We’re a city now. All we have to do is change the name,? said village Councilman Dave Bailey, who attended the meeting and stated his support for cityhood. The meeting was organized […]
Seventy-three Oxford High School senior athletes were honored Sunday by the Oxford Wildcat Booster Club at the group’s annual Senior Athletes Dinner held at the Boulder Pointe Conference Center. ‘Your high school career is coming to an end, but many new and exciting challenges await you,? said Booster President Chuck Gall. ‘Some of you may […]
Members of the Oxford Village Council made their feelings crystal clear Tuesday night ? they favor cityhood for the village. ‘I think it’s the right thing to do for the community,? said village President Steve Allen. Council voted 4-0 to ‘thank? village resident Tracy Miller for organizing a pro-cityhood committee and researching the subject, and […]
The slightly-discounted monthly water bills Oxford Village residents have enjoyed for more than a year will end next month. Citing the increased costs of compliance with unfunded federal mandates as the main reason for the action, the village council Tuesday voted 4-0 ‘to eliminate the $2 (per month) water credit effective on water bills dated […]
‘Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.? ? Animal Farm […]
Lakeville Elementary is losing almost a half-century of experience, dedication, caring and love with the retirements of the school’s leading ladies, secretaries Marilyn Benner and Dawn Maguire. ‘I hate it that they’re leaving,? said Lakeville Principal Sharon Karpinski. When asked for few kind words about the pair, Karpinski replied, ‘I could write a book about […]
If you’re looking for places to escape the mosquito invasion this summer, then head out to your nearest Oxford Township park. On Monday, the St. Clair Shores-based Tri-County Pest Control began spraying Stony Lake Park, Seymour Lake Park and Powell Lake Park with an insecticide aimed at controlling the adult mosquito population, which is the […]