If you plan to vote in Tuesday, August 3 primary election, remember to only vote straight Republican or Democratic tickets, otherwise your vote won’t count. Addison Township Clerk Pauline Bennett wants to make sure voters remember to not split the partisan section of their ballots. If a primary voter does happen to select candidates from […]
A bumpy stretch of Indian Lake Road will soon become a smooth ride thanks to the Levy Corporation, the Oakland County Road Commission and Oxford Township Supervisor Bill Dunn. Dunn recently secured a donation from Levy Corp. of 3,000 tons of ?21-AA? crushed stone, which will be used to resurface Indian Lake Road between M-24 […]
It appears one of Oxford Township’s inspectors did report he was overpaid. Last week, the Leader reported that three township inspectors were overpaid a combined total of between $100,000 and $140,000 from January to June 2004 due to a ‘computer error.? According to township Building Official Mike Darling, Bob Gerds, who serves as the mechanical […]
I’ve been writing columns and opinion pieces for more than 10 years. From the East Detroit High School newspaper (The Shamrock) to The Michigan Review at the University of Michigan to The Oxford Leader, I’ve commented, criticized, praised, speculated, poked fun at and opinionated on a wide variety of subjects and people. But in all […]
A 1994 Ford Taurus and 2003 Dodge minivan collided Sunday afternoon on S. Washington St. (M-24) near Minnetonka St., in front of the Oxford Marketplace. According to the Oxford Village Police report, the Dodge minivan, driven by 36-year-old Oxford man, was exiting the Oxford Marketplace parking lot and turning right onto M-24 while an unknown […]
A trio of Oxford Township inspectors got much larger than usual paychecks for the last six months due to a computer error and have now agreed to repay all the money. Building Inspector Jim Wilson, Electrical Inspector Dale Birch and Mechanical and Plumbing Inspector Bob Gerds were overpaid a combined total of between $100,000 and […]
The Polly Ann Trail has a new manager and her name is Lois Golden. The 53-year-old Rochester Hills resident began her new job on July 16. Golden’s contract with the Polly Ann Trail Management Council calls for her to be paid $26,000 per year and work an average of 30 hours per week (including weekends), […]
Someone is stealing Oxford Township Supervisor Bill Dunn’s campaign signs. Dunn filed a report with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department on July 13 stating that between 15 and 20 of his blue-and-white colored re-election signs were stolen ‘from businesses and private property throughout Oxford Township? by an ‘unknown person(s).? ‘I’m angry,? the supervisor said. ‘I […]
Proposals for a bond issue and operating millage to expand and maintain Oxford Township’s safety path network were sent back to committee last week to examine how including village taxpayers would affect the numbers presented. The township’s safety path committee ? which consists of Treasurer Joe Ferrari, Trustee Pat Fitchena and Planning Commissioner Sam Liberto […]
Firefighters were called to the Oxford Hills Golf and Country Club Monday afternoon to extinguish a fire inside a wall between the cooking grill line in the kitchen and the walk-in coolers. Oxford Fire Chief Jack LeRoy said a wooden wall separated the two and ‘over the years the fire rating of the wall had […]