A stolen assault rifle and an alleged threat to shoot up the high school led to the arrest of two 17-year-old Oxford residents March 22. Kyle Michael Etherton, a former OHS student, and Kyle Reece Knox, a current OHS student, were arraigned in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court Friday on felony charges of receiving and […]
A self-storage facility in Addison contaminated by a mercury spill was quickly cordoned off and cleaned up Friday before any of the highly toxic liquid metal could spread elsewhere. ‘It’s a very positive outcome for something that could have been pretty bad,? said Addison Fire Chief George Spencer. Firefighters were called to Stor Your Stuf […]
Faced with the prospect of paying $5,600 more a year for sewer services, apartment building owner John Petrosky feels he and his tenants, mostly senior citizens of modest means, were ‘overlooked? by Oxford Township ‘I didn’t know anything about it until I read the newspaper,? said Petrosky, a retired dentist who’s owned Manitou Lane Apartments […]
A 60-day delay in implementing the new Residential Equivalent Unit (REU) value for mobile homes in Oxford Township was unanimously recommended last week by the water/sewer committee. Supervisor Bill Dunn, who sits on the water/sewer committee, made motions recommending the township hold off for 60 days on increasing the REU assignment of mobile homes from […]
Nearly 250 residents from the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community are expected to attend the March 28 Oxford Township meeting and present a petition protesting the REU increase for mobile homes, which will result in higher water/sewer bills. The petition contains more than 400 signatures, according to a press release from residents. Besides the REU […]
The myth that teenagers are nothing but selfish troublemakers is consistently shattered by National Honor Society students at Oxford High School. NHS students senior Amanda Helton and junior Kera Presbie recently organized and coordinated a school-wide drive which collected approximately 200 trash bags (30-gallon size) full of used clothing donations for the Society of St. […]
Oxford Village’s cityhood committee held its first official meeting Friday afternoon to discuss a variety of issues pertaining to the municipality’s potential incorporation. Headed by former village Clerk Rose Bejma, the committee consists of village President George Del Vigna, Councilman Dave Bailey, Manager Joe Young and resident Joanne Doyle. Attorney Thomas Ryan, special counsel retained […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Catherine Woolman needs to know which military units currently stationed in Iraq have Oxford High School graduates serving in them. And she needs to know soon. For the past few weeks, the OHS Student Council along with its pint-sized counterparts at Lakeville, Leonard and Oxford elementaries have been collecting food […]
There’s a radical idea being considered in Independence Township right now and I like what I’m hearing. The idea isn’t radical in the negative, destructive or militant sense of the word. It’s radical because it’s based on efficiency, common sense and doing what’s best for people ? concepts alien to government. As I write this, […]
Potential. Talent. Depth. Experience. Flexibility. All the elements for another great season of Oxford varsity baseball are there. ‘We’re not going to be a team that beats ourselves,? said Coach Kurt Nuss. ‘If you’re going to beat us, you need to come and out-play us on that day. And we’re going to make that as […]