Do you find your child is having difficulty in school? Or maybe your son or daughter just can’t seem to get over that one hurdle? Could your student just be showing signs of boredom or not being challenged? Do you have difficulties getting your young one to go to school? Or perhaps you just want […]
Two Oxford High School students were selected to attended this year’s Michigan Youth Leadership Conference at Concordia University. Lindsay Anderson was chosen as the OHS tenth grade MYLead ambassador, while Sabina Grusnick, last year’s ambassador, was selected to return for a second year as a Team Ambassador (TA). ‘It was incredible,? said Anderson. ‘The people […]
Effective today (July 1), employees of Addison Township will be paying more to keep their health insurance coverage. This past fiscal year, the rate for coverage of a single person through the township was $423, for two individuals the cost was $941 and for a family the cost was $1115. All employees receiving coverage pay […]
Addison Township residents don’t have to look far to see how much the township’s new fire hall is appreciated – just take a glance at the smile on Fire Chief George Spencer’s face when he talks about the project. ‘Our goal was to get a strong, functional building with good, utilitarian equipment,? said Spencer during […]
Oxford High School’s top graduate in the class of 2004 is on her way. Laura Grai, 18, has been named a Regents Merit Scholar and LSA Merit Scholar by the University of Michigan; has received the Scholar Recognition Award from the University; and has already been named one of WXYZ-TV Channel 7’s ‘Brightest and Best.? […]
Three Oxford youths recently participated in a production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar held at Springfield Oaks Pavilion in Davisburg June 18-20. Chelsea Landry, Nichaolas Risinger and Mary Beth Skylis performed in the play through Michigan Youth Theater (MYT), an organization that teaches students communication skills, personal expression and creativity through training in the performing […]
A challenge constantly facing teachers today is answering the one question continuously asked by students throughout the generations: when will I ever use this? Oxford Middle School language arts instructor Jennifer Bennett has found one solution to this never ending problem – have the students create a portfolio that not only demonstrates their skills and […]
Oxford School Board incumbents Judy Kubina and Carol Mitchell-Bliemeister reclaimed their board seats by a landslide in Tuesday’s elections. Only 405 of the 14,148 registered voters, a mere three percent of the district’s voting population, participated in the election. Mitchell-Bliemeister received a total of 290 votes (260 at the OES site and 30 at the […]
At their June 7 regular meeting, the Addison Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a site plan from Sprint PCS for the construction of a cell tower in Addison Oaks Park. Sprint originally requested for the tower to be built at a site in Copper Hills Golf Course, but difficulties with permits and several complaints […]
Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Director Ron Davis attended the June 8 regular meeting of the Oxford Schools Board of Education to answer one very important question on many voters? minds ? who will get to use the new high school swimming pool and when? Oxford Schools Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro explained that when the district […]