Construction of new fire hall to begin soon

No longer will the site for Addison Township’s new 13,968-square-foot firehall, located in the Village of Leonard, along Rochester Rd., look like a big boy’s sand box. Instead, crews will soon be moving to begin installing the footings and foundation for the large building. “We don’t have a final construction schedule yet, but I expect […]

Social club forming for Oxford women

Are you looking for a way to meet new people? Interested in just doing something fun and special for yourself with a group of women looking for the same thing? Then the Oxford Women’s Social Club may just be for you. The goal of this brand new group, the brainchild of Addison Township resident Linda […]

White makes school record board

Oxford High School junior Kenny White ran one of his best races ever – and managed to meet every one of his personal goals. White came in 71st with a time of 16:43.9 at the Cross Country State Competition held at the Michigan International Speedway. The placing is a vast improvement over his 150th place […]

Oxford Schools prepare for $800K in state cuts

Oxford Schools Assistant Superintendent Ron Franey is not certain yet how he’s going to balance this year’s budget with $784,000 in student foundation grant cuts looming on the horizon. “We haven’t exactly gone into this yet, but we’ve begun looking at the situation,” said Franey. “I’m not going to tell you though that we can […]

Injured man runs after collision

Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies spent a little over two hours hunting for an injured man who ran away from an M-24 collision that occurred around 9:15 a.m. on Friday. According to Deputy John Dobrowiak, Christopher Roskey, 19, of Imlay City, left the scene of the accident where he supposedly struck Christopher Williams’ white Chevy truck […]

Substance abuse counselor’s experiences inspire poetry book

Former Oxford resident Hope Brown, 61, of Waterford, describes her new book of poetry as “a positive book about dealing with life” that is straight forward and simple. “Most people don’t buy books of poetry – I know I don’t,” said Brown. “In fact, I don’t like to call them poetry. I’d rather you call […]

Schools transportation department lacks adequate facilities

A recently completed review of Oxford Area Community Schools’ transportation department consistently dealt with one all-encompassing question: “Does Transportation have adequate resources to meet current and future needs?” In some areas of the final report done by David Hott, owner of Pine Tree Systems Inc., the answer was a resounding no. From communication issues to […]

Lady Wildcats end a difficult season

The Varsity Ladies Basketball team completed a slow season with a 51-45 loss to Lapeer East in district competition at Waterford-Kettering. “This just was not one of our best games,” said coach Becky Graves. High scorer for the match up was Megan Stumph with 15 points. Following her lead were teammates Casey Cookingham and Jenni […]

“Luck be a Lady Tonight!”

A night of comedy, excitement and a trip back to the 1950s awaits you at Oxford High School’s production of Guys and Dolls this weekend, Nov. 20-22, at 7 p.m. in the commons area. Come and follow the tale of Nathan Detroit (Darren Johnston) as he tries to hold one of his infamous crap games, […]

Independence Township approves rezoning

No discussion accompanied the Independence Township Board’s approval of a self-initiated rezoning for almost 70 acres at the northwest corner of Waldon and Sashabaw roads near the I-75 intersection. According to Township Supervisor Dave Wagner, the agenda item was ‘pretty cut and dry? with all six of the trustees in attendance voting aye for the […]

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