The Oakland County Republican Party has until Monday to select a new candidate to replace Patterson on the Nov. 7 ballot, according to Oakland County Deputy Clerk James VanLeuven. ‘I anticipate they’re going to give us a name by Monday,? he said. ‘I told them Monday morning.? ‘If they don’t pick a candidate, basically there’s […]
A total of 41 stretches of gravel roads in Oxford and Addison townships will have their speed limits increased significantly as a result of a new state law which takes effect in early November. ‘All of them are going to change ? all the ones that are currently the 25-mile-per-hour residential districts,? said Craig Bryson, […]
Farm and family are the two things that drove Mark Hickmott to work hard and play hard during his full, rich, yet short, life. ‘He would sleep two or three hours a night and be perfectly content with that kind of life just to make sure we could all be happy and survive as a […]
Although the discussion was put off for two weeks, Oxford Township officials listened as those opposed to the idea of a local pit bull ban spoke their minds at last week’s regular board meeting. ‘It has been empirically proven that breed specific legislation is ineffective, unenforceable, impractical, uneconomical, a violation of civil liberties and property […]
An 824-pound orange monster grown by a Berlin Township man won the 6th annual pumpkin weigh-off Friday evening at Louie’s Food & Spirits in Lakeville ? and that wasn’t even this newcomer’s largest one. ‘This is my second biggest,? said Steve Zuhlke, who’s winning pumpkin was set on the scale by a crane. At the […]
Lapeer East and Holly were the Oxford girls varsity basketball team’s latest victims. Oxford beat Lapeer East at home Thursday 38-25. Leading scorers for the Lady Cats were sophomores Joelle Harms with 14 points and Jessica Raisch with 9 points and 6 rebounds. The Lady Cats traveled to Holly Tuesday night and beat them 58-33. […]
Wait and see what Addison and and Orion do. That’s what Oxford Township officials voted to do last week in response to the North Oakland Transportation Authority’s (NOTA) request for an additional $15,556 to help put a 10th bus back on the road. ‘I am asking to try and keep a level of service that […]
Budgets equalling $9,243,575 and property tax rates totaling 9.9072 mills for the 2007 fiscal year were approved by the Oxford Township Board last week. For the 13th consecutive year, the township will levy 0.95 mill to support its General Fund Operating Budget, which was approved at $1,819,745. The operating millage is paid by all township […]
On Oct. 16, the 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) died at the POH Medical Center in Pontiac after being hospitalized for a week. He was 75. Elected to office in November 1998, […]
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 […]