After having put herself through college by selling real-estate and graduating from Oakland University with honors, Sarah Tierney was always goal oriented until one day she ‘didn’t care about anything.? In 2009, Tierney, lost her job as an account representative after 17 years with the company she worked for. Six months later, her mom died […]
With a $200,000 matching grant from the NFL (National Football League) Foundation, The Oxford Turf Committee is one step closer to paying off the remaining debt of Oxford’s High School’s synthetic blue turf, according to Turf Committee Chairman Jim Reis. ‘I think we’ve raised on our own about $228,000 and they donated $200,000. It’s awesome,? […]
Addison Township Art Group is a place for both learning and teaching. ‘We’ll gladly mentor others if they want to come in and we’ll gladly learn from others,? said Jerry Thomas, leader of the group. ‘It’s very rewarding.? The group, which has been meeting for about year, gathers every Friday in the Addison Township Senior […]
In order to fix Oxford Community Schools? $467,817 deficit for the 2013-14 budget, which is proposed to be $45.84 million, teachers and administrators agreed to take pay cuts across the board based on student population growth next year (see below). ‘The administrators and the teachers have agreed to give salary concessions of two percent, which […]
As an enticement ‘to help prevent layoffs and alleviate budget concerns due to the uncertainty of state funding,? Oxford Community Schools is offering a retirement incentive available to all Oxford Education Association (OEA) teachers with at least 10 years in the district. According to Deputy Supervisor of Human Resources Nancy Latowski, the incentive would be […]
Oxford Community Schools is looking to renew their contract with the Holland, Michigan-based Enviro-Clean for custodial services. The two-year extended contract would come with a price tag of $1,027,000 per year, which is $116,195 more per year than when Enviro-Clean was hired by the district in 2010 for $910,805 per year for a three year […]
Have you ever wondered how good an all-American hamburger would taste on a bun made of donuts? Well, now you can at DK Donuts & Burgers (1090 S. Lapeer Rd.). After running Knapp’s Donuts for 17 years in downtown Rochester Hills, David and Ky Lee decided to move their operations here to Oxford. ‘We came […]
School and government officials from Tlalnepantla, Mexico visited Oxford High School and Lakeville and Leonard elementary schools last week as apart of their sister school agreements with Oxford Community Schools. ‘We were pleased to be able to host them,? said Superintendent Dr. Bill Skilling. ‘They were such great hosts (to) us and showed tremendous hospitality […]
The Lady Wildcats Lacrosse season came to an end on May 23 after the Academy of the Sacred Heart beat Oxford 19-5 at the MHSAA Regional playoffs. ‘Sacred Heart is a good team and they played well,? said Coach Andrew Bausack. ‘We weren’t able to get into any sort of rhythm the entire game.? Sophmores […]
The Lady Booters season came to an end after losing 4-0 against Rochester High School on May 30 at the MHSAA District semifinals. ‘We played for a really good 33 minutes against Rochester. Then we gave up a goal and then I think we ran out of gas,? said Head Coach Larry Ferris. ‘We had […]