Two more bomb threats were found in Oxford Schools this week, bringing the total up to four since Friday, Oct. 26 ? two at the middle school and two at the high school. A bomb threat was found by a student written inside a stall in the sixth-grade girls restroom at Oxford Middle School around […]
Classes went on as usual Monday at Oxford Middle School despite the threat that a bomb was going to explode at noon. Following the discovery of a bomb threat in a restroom Friday (Oct. 26) afternoon, the middle school was repeatedly searched by staff, members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department and bomb-sniffing dogs. Nothing […]
A group of unknown vandals broke into Oxford Middle School Sunday, Oct. 21 and damaged costumes and props belonging to the Drama Club. ‘It’s just sad. It really is,? said Jack Gray, a sixth-grade language arts teacher who serves as the club’s advisor. ‘We have some leads,? said OMS Principal Ken Weaver. ‘We think they […]
Helen Smith is either the luckiest woman on the planet or a magnet for scam artists from Canada. From Oct. 18-22, the veteran Oxford resident received through the mail three checks from different sources totalling $13,395. ‘They look like real checks,? Smith said. Contained with the three checks were four letters, all from different people […]
During his lifetime, Vern J. Neeson visited many exotic and distant places from the islands of the Pacific Ocean to all 50 states in the Union, but he never found anywhere he liked better than ‘quiet little? Oxford. ‘There’s no place I’d rather come home to than Oxford,? he told the Leader in Aug. 1985. […]
Local veterans will be honored with an evening of music and memories as Oxford’s choirs present their 4th Annual Americana Concert 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at the high school’s Performing Arts Center. ‘We are very honored to be able to do this for our veterans,? said Jan Flynn, middle school choir director. ‘This is […]
Kids! I don’t know what’s wrong with these kids today! This week’s paper is chock full of news stories about kids committing really stupid, irresponsible and destructive acts at Oxford Middle School. Breaking and entering, vandalism, carrying weapons, making a bomb threat ? whatever happened to passing notes or skipping class to go to the […]
Lakeville Elementary’s normally quiet library was filled with screams Friday night after the PTO transformed it into a Haunted House filled with all sorts of ghoulish sights and fiendish characters. The 6th annual Halloween fund-raiser generated $2,500 for the PTO. ‘It all goes to the kids,? said Oxford resident Kristen Hulbert, who’s organized the Haunted […]
Vino flowed and checkbooks opened as the Friends of the Addison Township Public Library hosted a wine tasting and silent auction at Addison Oaks Oct. 25. More than 110 people attended the fund-raiser, which generated over $5,000 for the Friends? efforts to someday build a new township library with loads more space, modern amenities and […]
Students and parents at Clear Lake Elementary designed spooky banners, ate treats and watched a fun magic show as part of their Halloween party held Friday, Oct. 26.