A 15-year-old Oxford girl sustained minor injuries Monday night after being struck by a vehicle while crossing M-24. The accident occurred around 7:38 p.m. while the victim and her sister were crossing M-24 from the southeast corner to the southwest corner of the Burdick intersection. While crossing the southbound lanes of M-24, the 15-year-old was […]
Ron Meyer enjoys shooting wild animals and putting them in children’s books. Don’t worry, he hunts with a camera. The wildlife artist/photographer and author of ‘Freddy Fox? and ‘Casey Cougar? is one of Oxford Township’s newest residents. ‘A lot of people move to the country just because they want country life,? said Meyer, who owns […]
Good news for the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) and its many riders ? the agency will once again receive the huge chunk of federal/state funding it had lost this year. ‘We’re happy we got this,? said NOTA Director Pat Fitchena. ‘We were worried. We don’t like to tell people, ‘No, we can’t take you […]
Detroit could get some local competition when it comes to selling water. The Oxford Village Council last week voted 5-0 to contact the Village of Lake Orion and find out if there’s any interest in that community purchasing water from its neighbor to the north. ‘Currently, we have nobody that’s expressed interest in purchasing water […]
This isn’t so much a column as it is an obituary. A close friend of ours, the State of Michigan, died early Monday morning. I’m not talking about the state as in the woefully wasteful and haplessly mismanaged governmental entity we’ve come to know and loathe. I’m talking about the state we live in and […]
Getting a budget passed in Lansing may be a rough proposition, but Oxford Township had no problem approving one last week. Budgets equalling $10,122,434 and property tax rates totalling 9.8572 mills for the 2008 fiscal year were okayed by township officials. The overall budget amount represents almost a $900,000 increase over the total originally adopted […]
Detroit could get some local competition when it comes to selling water. Last week, the Oxford Village Council voted 5-0 to contact the Village of Lake Orion and find out if there’s any interest in the village purchasing water from its neighbor to the north. ‘Currently, we have nobody that’s expressed interest in purchasing water […]
Oxford Township’s economic future is getting a whole lot brighter with the prospect of up to 200 new jobs coming into the community. The Detroit-based American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc. is locating some of its operations to a vacant 50,000-square-foot industrial building at 2300 X-Celsior Drive, across from Steel Master Transfer, Inc. ‘I can confirm […]
No need to rush this Halloween because the Village of Oxford has extended its official trick-or-treating time by 30 minutes. ‘I think parents know what’s best for their kids,? said Councilman Tony Albensi. ‘Is it really government’s responsibility to mandate the time that kids can trick-or-treat? . . . If we must, I would be […]
Residents of the Lake Villa Manufactured Home community have a new landlord. Last week, the Auburn Hills-based Christopher Investment Company sold the park to KDM Development in Rochester, New York. ‘They own it now,? said Greg Christopher. ‘He’s a good guy and I’m sure he’ll do a good job. Hopefully he’ll work with the community […]