When Oxford Township moves into its new office complex on Dunlap Road next month, it will have virtually everything to better serve the public ? except for a safety path. ‘We do want to do it, we just don’t have the funds right now,? said Trustee Charles Kniffen, who’s overseen construction of the new township […]
Oxford Township voters outside the village will be asked to renew their police millage later this year, however, officials are still determining how many officers will serve the community. Officials last week voted 4-1 to place a five-year, 2.9152-mill proposal on the November ballot for contract police services from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. The […]
‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.? ? Mark 10:25 Have you ever watched a fight where you didn’t feel like rooting for either side? A fight that involves two unsympathetic characters slugging it out. One’s […]
Changes in the way the Polly Ann Trail is governed and funded were recommended by the Oxford Township Board last week. Township officials voted unanimously to recommend reducing the total number of members on the Polly Ann Trail Management Council (PATMC) from 10 to five, one representing each community. Currently, the council consists of two […]
About 18 months ? that seems to be the average life expectancy of an executive director for the Oxford Downtown Development Authority. DDA Director Amanda Cassidy, who was hired in March 2005, submitted her letter of resignation Monday, Aug. 14. Her last day is Aug. 28. ‘My leaving is really because I tried this (job) […]
The loss of $300,000 in federal and state grant money recently motivated the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) board to eliminate weekend services and take one vehicle off the road. ‘We are okay for this year,? said Pat Fitchena, director of NOTA. ‘We don’t want to put the people into a panic.? Unless additional funding […]
Election Day in Addison Township brought sweet victory for firefighters and bitter defeat for Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies. By a margin of 432-376, voters approved an eight-year, 0.75-mill tax for local fire and ambulance services in the Tuesday, Aug. 8 primary election. Conversely, voters weren’t so generous when in came to funding police services, failing […]
Oxford and Addison voters followed the rest of the 46th District by selecting incumbent Jim Marleau as the Republican candidate for the Michigan State House of Representatives. Marleau won the Aug. 8 primary with a total of 4,284 votes, beating challengers Dan Myslakowski who garnered 1,445 votes and Thomas Poulin who came in third with […]
Downtown Oxford’s northeast parking lot was once again the center of controversy Friday as a large portion of it was closed to the public on the eve of Celebrate Oxford. But it wasn’t the village who barricaded the area containing more than 50 parking spaces, it was the property’s new owners ? Knauf Family Properties, […]
Oxford’s oldest church sanctuary was rededicated Sunday following a six-month renovation project, most of which was underwritten by an anonymous donor. ‘Today, we’ve come to rededicate this space, this sanctuary to the glory and worship of God,? said Rev. Karen Moeschberger, of Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ. Sounds of joyful song and prayer flooded […]