After three straight wins on the season, Girls? Tennis suffered their first loss to Farmington on Monday night in a 7-1 score. ‘They were pretty down that they lost, but I have to keep reminding them we are a first year team and we’re playing pretty established teams,? said Head Coach Gayle Bailey. But I […]
A benefit in memory of former Oxford resident Ryan Nauseda was held on Tuesday, April 16 at the 24th Street Sports Tavern (13 S. Washington St.). After three weeks in ICU at the University of Illinois, Nauseda succumb to complete organ failure at age 29. The benefit was held to help defray the cost of […]
Oxford Girls Varsity Tennis played their first match ever against Southfield Lathrup and won 7-1. Coach Gayle Bailey said she couldn’t be more excited. ‘We made a history,? she said. ‘This is the first time in Oxford High School’s history that we had a tennis team and they came out big and won.? Bailey said […]
After many postponements due to bad weather, Oxford’s Boys and Girls Track Team had their first meet of the season against the Clarkston Wolves on April 16. The boys lost to the Wolves 91 to 37. In the 3200 meter relay Oxford’s Joseph Ufolla, Noah Jenkins, Ryan Gillespie and Michael Tuski took second place with […]
What exactly is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Exhibition? Five fifth-graders from Oxford Elementary gave the Oxford Leader some insight. ‘Exhibition is a project that all the fifth graders do at the end of their Primary Years Program (K-5) for the International Baccalaureate program in our school,? said student Maddie Cutler. ‘You get in a group […]
Fifty-two athletes from Oxford High School’s winter sports program were recognized at the April 10 board of education meeting for being ‘Scholar Athletes? named to the All-Oakland Activities Association Academic Team. A student becomes a scholar athlete by attaining a cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.5 or higher as well as earning a varsity […]
Runners and walkers get your athletic shoes on and get ready for the Addison Township Library’s first-ever ‘Born to Read 5K and Speed Reader’s Fun Run? on May 18 at the Addison Oaks County Park. The library is hosting the event along with the Friends of the Library. The early registration cost to race, which […]
The more I hear about the ‘changing of education,? the more I worry about the upcoming generations. In the April 10 edition of the Oxford Leader, I wrote a story about how traditional letter grades are going to be eliminated at all Oxford elementary schools and a ‘standards based? system will be the new mechanism […]
Are you at least 18 years old and want to make a little extra cash on the side while doing something meaningful? Then apply today to join the Addison Township Fire Department Team. ‘We need some paid-on-call firefighters/EMTs to . . . be part of a good fire department and a member of something they […]
Tom Burnside, master of Mason Brotherhood Lodge 561, presented a $500 check to Amber Golden’s Special Education Classroom at Oxford Middle School. ‘I have a check from our Brotherhood Lodge and all Masons in Michigan for the special needs children,? Burnside said. ‘Half of the money is from our (local) lodge and half from the […]