When Oxford resident Beverly Shufflin decided to turn her 74 Pontiac St. home into a child care facility, it was supposed to be a temporary thing to help her oldest son pay for college. “I was only going to stay in it for probably five years,” said the 61-year-old. Two decades and more than 100 […]
Two Oxford teens traveling west on Seymour Lake Rd. Sunday picked up an unexpected passenger – a fawn. The two 17-year-olds were just east of Baldwin Rd. when a fawn attempting to cross Seymour Lake Rd. ran straight into the open passenger side window of their 1995 Saturn. “The deer hit them. They didn’t hit […]
You might be surprised to learn that the woman who decorated rock legend Elton John’s kitchen lives on W. Burdick St. Shay O’Connor, owner of Are You Finished?, has brought her faux finish and decorative painting business from Atlanta, Georgia to Oxford, Michigan. Faux finishing is a painting technique used to create the illusion of […]
Whether you just bought a Victorian fixer-upper in the village or want to add on to your brand new home in Waterstone, Avalon Remodeling and Design Company is ready to meet all Oxford’s home improvement needs. Owned by Addison resident JoAnn Watters, the home improvement center is preparing to open at 3 N. Washington St. […]
The people have spoken, but will the Oxford Village Council listen? Last week, village voters denied their government permission to sell a portion of S. Mill St. by a margin of 78-73. Although the ballot proposal was specifically asking permission to sell the land, voters were clearly given the impression that if it failed, the […]
If you have electricity and water, they will come – and buy stuff. Victims of what’s being dubbed the “Blackout of 2003 – which began shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday – flooded the Oxford area Friday like refugees from a neighboring worn-torn country. “We heard there was power in Oxford, plus I know there’s a […]
Usually when there are widespread power outages, it seems like Oxford and Addison townships are among the first to go dark and the last to see the light again. But during the “Blackout of 2003” it appears fortune, and perhaps even a Higher Power, smiled on this area by sparing the majority of its residents […]
A 6-year-old Rochester Hills boy died Saturday night as a result of a boating-related accident on Squaw Lake in western Oxford Township. According to Deputy John Graham, of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Marine Division, Tyler Lee Jones fell off a pontoon boat driven by his grandfather around 9:15 p.m. Graham said Jones stepped outside the […]
Tony Duke believes a district court judge has “failed” both his son and Oxford Township by allowing a “dangerous” canine to continue to live in his neighborhood. “It was very disappointing,” Duke said of the judge’s decision. “The dog is dangerous. It’s a threat. It needs to be put down.” Although 52-3 District Court Judge […]
Oxford Township’s supervisor, clerk and treasurer will receive a modest pay increase next year. The township board last week voted to increase the annual salary of each elected position by 2.6 percent for 2004. “Generally, the board votes to keep our salaries in line with the cost of living,” said Supervisor Bill Dunn. Dunn’s annual […]