Attend an Oxford freshman girls basketball game sometime and chances are you’ll see a little white-haired lady sitting in the stands, cheering on the Wildcats. She’s no ordinary fan. She’s a proud parent. You see, her child is 57 years old and the coach. Roseanne ‘Nan? Studinger never misses an opportunity to see her son […]
A unique product invented by an Oxford man recently garnered lots of interest in Europe. ‘If somebody over there wants it and needs it, I’m more than happy to send it that way,? said Tom Toteff, owner of Tom’s Hardware, referring to his invention FASTRAC for which he received a United States Patent last year. […]
A business arrangement that will financially benefit Oxford Village along with its residents and taxpayers was approved by council last week. Council voted unanimously Oct. 17 to lease the approximately 10,000-square-foot building, which sits on the property the village owns at 98 S. Glaspie St., to Oakland Mobile Marine for indoor winter storage of boats, […]
A familiar name and face will replace the late Bill Patterson in the race for the District #1 seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Patterson’s son-in-law Bradford C. Jacobsen, a lifelong Oxford Township resident and vice president of Jacobsen’s Flowers in Lake Orion, was selected Monday by the Oakland County Republican Party to […]
It looks like the third time was the charm. After losing in two courts, the Village of Oxford won its first victory Friday in the Michigan Supreme Court regarding the northeast parking property owned by the Knauf family. The state Supreme Court reversed the February 2006 judgment of the Court of Appeals which upheld a […]
An abandoned home in the Oxford Woods subdivision that was literally making a next door neighbor sick was recently deemed to be an ‘unsafe structure? by the township. Legal action to have the vacant home at 1120 Keble Lane demolished will begin within 90 days of Oct. 12 unless the owner, the California-based Nations First […]
Plans to build permanent restroom facilities for Centennial Park in downtown’s southwest parking lot were nixed by the Oxford Village Council last week. Council had been saving the village’s federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds over the last four years for the project, but the costs proved to be much higher than the available […]
As opposed as I am to government and taxes in general, even I see why voters must say ‘YES? to the Oxford school district’s 10-year, 18-mill tax RENEWAL on non-homestead properties. It’s real simple. If the school district’s millage renewal fails on the Nov. 7 ballot, Oxford will lose the entire 18 mills, which equals […]
A familiar name and face will replace the late Bill Patterson in the race for the District #1 seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Patterson’s son-in-law, Bradford C. Jacobsen, a lifelong Oxford Township resident and vice president of Jacobsen’s Flowers in Lake Orion, was selected Monday by the Oakland County Republican Party to […]
On Monday, the Oxford area lost not only its county commissioner, but a devoted servant and friend of the community for more than 40 years. Oakland County Commissioner William R. Patterson (R-Oxford) passed away at the POH Medical Center in Pontiac October 16 after being hospitalized for a week. He was 75. Elected to office […]