It appears State Rep. Ruth Johnson has won the Republican primary race for the Oakland County Clerk’s Office. With 545 of 549 precincts reporting at press time, Johnson (R-Holly) was beating incumbent Clerk G. William Caddell by a margin of 50,244 to 39,647. In Oxford Township, Johnson trounced Caddell by a 2-to-1 margin. Johnson received […]
In 1978, an Oxford High School senior by the name of Kurt Woods won the coveted Oxford Cup ? the school’s highest honor. ‘I was surprised when I found out,? said the 44-year-old Woods. That high point in the young Woods? life was a sign of greater things to come, a greater man to come. […]
A familiar face is the new full-time executive director of the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA). Pat Fitchena, who’s served as an Oxford Township trustee for 16 years, was appointed to the position July 29 by a unanimous vote of the NOTA Board of Directors, which consists of appointed representatives from Oxford, Addison and Orion. […]
An Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy suffered extensive injuries as a result of a head-on collision in Oxford Village the night of July 26. According to the village police report, Deputy Gary Willemot, 45, was northbound on Washington St. (M-24) when he crossed into the southbound lanes near First St. around 11:23 p.m. Willemot’s 1994 Ford […]
‘No harm, no foul.? That was the consensus of the Oxford Township Board of Trustees last week after listening to representatives from the Oxford school district, Etkin Skanska, Inc. and Macomb Mechanical explain why the old water meter and back-flow preventor at the new high school were disconnected and moved, and why the fire suppression […]
‘And from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail and they played that as part of the blues. . .? ? ‘The Birth of the Blues? Muddy Waters. Elmore James. B.B. King. John Lee Hooker. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Alberta Adams. If you’re a Blues music lover like I am, these names are familiar […]
Get out your calenders, personal planners, palm pilots and make a note ? beginning Tuesday, Aug. 10 all regular Oxford Village Council meetings will be start at 7:30 p.m. According to Manager Joe Young, the meetings have been moved from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. so as to allow council members more time during their […]
A man suspected of trying to hack into the Oxford Public Library’s computer network last week was banned from the facility and is currently under investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. It all started Thursday, July 22 when the library’s computer system kept shutting down between approximately 2 and 6 p.m., according to Library […]
Lake Orion resident Kaitlin Cesarek, 4, feeds a duck in Paint Creek Saturday afternoon while attending the 10th Annual Duck Race and Family Picnic, sponsored by the Oxford/Orion Optimist Club.
If you gave him the choice, Mitch Cuckovich would have probably run all the way to Eugene, Oregon. After all, Mitch’s love of running is the reason he went there this week. The 10-year-old Oxford boy qualified to compete in 400-meter and 800-meter running events at the 2004 USA Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships […]