Will the third time be the charm? That’s what the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) board is hoping. Last week, the NOTA board held a special meeting at which its members voted 6-0 to place a five-year, 0.25-mill property tax proposal on the May 5 ballot in Addison Township. Addison Clerk Pauline Bennett submitted the […]
In an effort to gain some breathing room, a longtime, well-known Oxford business is planning to build a brand new office on a vacant piece of land located in the village. Last week, Walton & Becker Eyecare presented a conceptual plan to the village planning commission calling for the construction of a one-story building approximately […]
Host it and they will come. That was definitely the case for the Oxford Public Library when it hosted ‘The Way We Worked,? a traveling Smithsonian Institute exhibition focused on the evolution of labor in America, from Dec. 6 through Feb. 1. Library Director Bryan Cloutier reported the facility welcomed 15,416 guests during the exhibit’s […]
It seems like government at all levels these days is either talking about, asking for or implementing tax increases. But not Oakland County. Last week, county Executive L. Brooks Patterson proposed cutting the county’s property tax rate by 0.15 mills over the next two years. County Commissioner Mike Spisz (R-Oxford) is all for it. ‘Anytime […]
There was a blackout last week during Oxford High’s Winterfest pep assembly, but it wasn’t due to a power failure. To make things more interesting and fun, the assembly took place in the dark.
The results were mixed for two of storytime’s most notorious villains as the Oxford Middle School Drama Club presented ‘Fairy Tale Courtroom? Thursday evening. There was little sympathy for the Big Bad Wolf as the jury convicted his hairy hide. But the Wicked Witch must have cast a spell over the jurors because they voted […]
It appears the Oxford/Addison area weathered its first major snowstorm this winter without any significant problems based on reports from local officials. ‘Knock on wood, so far, so good,? said Oxford Fire Chief Pete Scholz. Somewhere around a foot of the white stuff fell at a steady pace for about 28 hours between Sunday, Feb. […]
Five days after coyotes were blamed for the death of a horse on a farm in Oxford Township, the wild canine predators are being blamed for the serious wound another horse suffered on the same property. On Friday, Jan. 30, Lady in Black, a 7-year-old thoroughbred mare, sustained a lengthy gash on her side as […]
A W. Drahner Rd. house that’s been a familiar fixture in Oxford since the 19th century will soon come tumbling to the ground. Demolition of the three-story Dominican Center, located on the Dominican Sisters of Peace property, is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Lapeer-based North American Dismantling Corporation is handling the project. […]
A fire truck showed up Friday morning at the home of Oxford resident Margaret Payne. It wasn’t there responding to an emergency situation. It was there to pick up Payne for her last day of work. After 20 years with the department, Payne retired from her position as finance manager. ‘It’s really been a great […]