When two or more candidates run against each other for a government position, it’s called an election. When an incumbent official runs unopposed for his position, it’s called a formality. The first is a healthy process whereby the system of representative government renews, refreshes and perpetuates itself. The second does nothing to strengthen representative government. […]
Last week the Rivest family, of Addison Township, suffered a tragedy few of us can relate to or even imagine. An explosion and subsequent fire robbed the family of their world. Mike Rivest, 43, a father and husband, is gone. Twenty-month-old Gage, a son and brother, is gone. The family home is gone. All their […]
An injured swan in Oxford Township received protection and aid from three guardian angels Tuesday. Oxford residents John Guzman and Jerry Modders and Metamora resident Chris Graye rescued the swan, who was found sitting in the middle of Oxford Road, just north of Noble Road. “He wouldn’t move,” said Guzman, who was the first to […]
A northbound car driving in the southbound lane caused an accident Thursday, Jan. 8 on M-24, just north of Drahner Road, around 3 p.m. According to the report from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, a 17-year-old Clinton Township man, who was northbound in his 1999 Ford Mustang, “admits he was not paying attention and crossed […]
A revised five-year dispatch contract retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004 was unanimously approved by the Oxford Village Council Tuesday night. The contract to provide fire/EMS dispatch services to the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission was a revised version written by township attorney Chris Kaye, according to village President Steve Allen. It contains the same […]
If Kate (Henson) Brown achieves all her dreams, Oxford residents will be saying, “I knew her when. . .” The 25-year-old former Oxford resident and 1997 OHS graduate moved to California two years ago to pursue her dream of becoming a famous and successful recording artist and television personality. Brown, the daughter of Oxford residents […]
A total of 660 brand new books will be donated to Children’s Hospital of Michigan thanks to Oxford High School senior and DECA Club member Courtney McGraw, Oxford Big Boy owner Chris Heins and the first-grade students of teacher Marion McGraw’s class at Pine Tree Elementary in Orion. During the months of October, November and […]
A $54,000 per year contract with the Colorado-based Environmental Firm of William T. Carlson was unanimously approved by the Oxford Village Council Tuesday night. The three-year, $162,000 contract will be paid for with monies from the village’s Sewer and Water Fund. “The village staff does not have sufficient expertise to comply with federal and state […]
An Oct. 28, 2003 resolution authorizing the village attorney to make a purchase offer not to exceed $175,000 for 20 Hudson St. was rescinded by the Oxford Village Council Tuesday night. Council’s unanimous action came as a result of a recent decision by the Oxford Community Development Authority to not contribute any funds toward the […]
A public hearing to solicit citizen input regarding a proposed car wash facility in downtown Oxford has been cancelled. According to village Planning, Building and Zoning official John Elsarelli, the applicant has requested the item be “withdrawn” from the planning commission’s Tuesday, Jan. 20 agenda and indicated he’s “willing to consider other options” for the […]