M-24 will be gaining a new traffic signal this summer and a private developer is picking up the tab. Right after the Fourth of July holiday construction work will begin on installation of a traffic signal which will allow vehicles to cross M-24 between the east and west sides of Market Street in the Waterstone […]
Usually when you hear about firefighters rescuing a cat, it involves some helpless feline stuck up a tall tree. That familiar old story got a new twist Friday night when Oxford firefighters rescued a small kitty trapped inside the stone wing wall of a Mausoleum in the township cemetery on the north side of W. […]
Those who feel the need for speed beware ? Oxford Village Police Chief Mike Neymanowski is looking into new, high-tech ways to slow you down. As such, the chief is recommending the use of portable radar speed signs which not only display drivers? speeds, but count vehicles and analyze their speeds so he knows where […]
In 1993, I fell in love. She comes in all shapes and sizes. Her exotic origins vary. Sometimes she’s from the Dominican Republic. Sometimes she’s from Honduras or Nicaragua. Sometimes she’s from Cuba. She’s always there to help me relax after a hard day of work or celebrate special moments. She’s been a constant companion […]
Unless Oxford Township cooperates, the chances of a piece of property on Lakeville Road being annexed by the village don’t look very promising. ‘This is a very convoluted area of the law,? wrote village attorney Bob Bunting. Jim McGowan has formally notified both the village and township of his request to have the village annex […]
Two ordinance amendments designed to change the makeup of the Oxford Village Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) had their first readings approved by council last week. The first proposed amendment would decrease the number of village council persons required to serve on the commission from two to one. The remaining eight planning […]
Here’s some news to make your bladder gladder. A local architect has been hired by the Village of Oxford to design restrooms for downtown’s Centennial Park. Council last week voted to pay the Oxford-based D.L. Jones & Associates Architects not more than $840 to provide construction bid specification documents for a two-unit restroom to be […]
‘Mom, you can start crying now.? It’s a pretty safe bet that senior class president Brad Grunewald’s mother wasn’t the only parent with tears in their eyes as Oxford High School graduated 239 seniors Sunday afternoon. Family and friends filled the high school football stadium’s bleachers to capacity to watch Oxford’s best and brightest receive […]
Plans are in the works to transform one of Oxford Village’s most prominent historic homes into a bed-and-breakfast. Jeff Gerds, owner of the Oxford-based Mitchell Corporation, a licensed building company, is working out an agreement with the Oxford Downtown Development Authority to relocate the two-story, 4,300-square-foot house at 19 W. Burdick Street. Built in the […]
A couple from Elkton took an unexpected trip to the hospital Friday afternoon when their 1995 Chevy was rear-ended in downtown Oxford. The 35-year-old Elkton man and his wife, also 35, were stopped on M-24, waiting to turn left onto Broadway Street, when a 1996 Jeep heading south on M-24 struck their car from behind. […]