Oxford Elementary lost a combined 64 years worth of experience Friday with the retirements of Adelle Lund, Kathie Schafnitz and Linda Lamphere. ‘I know I remember laughing a lot and that’s what’s most important,? said Lund of her 17-year teaching career, which has been divided between Daniel Axford and Oxford elementaries. Prior to taking a […]
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 […]
Plenty ‘Oohing? and ‘Ahhing? is on tap for Lake Orion’s annual Independence Day celebration. The Lake Orion Fireworks Association (LOFA) is hard at work raising funds to put on yet another spectacular fireworks display, slated for 10 p.m. July 3. The Lake Orion Review crew is trying to help this endeavor. Publisher Jim Sherman, Jr. […]
Had Joe Young made the cut on the Central Michigan University baseball team, he might have had a career in major league baseball instead of local government. ‘I wanted to play for the (Detroit) Tigers,? said Young, who began his job as the new Oxford Village manager Monday. But despite the strong pitching arm he […]
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 […]
Patron’s of Kalloway’s Restaurant and Pub received a special treat on June 11 as the eatery hosted WCSX 94.7 Classic Rock. WCSX selected Oxford as the week’s ‘City of the Week? and held a broadcast from Kalloway’s. Pictured are (left-right) WCSX promotions representatives Jon Logan and Patrick Karbon, WCSX personality Rhonda Hart, and Kalloway’s representatives […]
The Oxford Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a balanced budget at their June 8 regular meeting. The 2004-2005 general fund budget lists $36,097,595 as the total available for appropriations. Of this amount, $4,305,000 comes from local sources (tax levied, interest earnings, building rentals, etc.); $24,787,391 from state (primarily per student foundation monies and grants); […]
Despite a significant growth in property values over the past year, officials with Oxford Area Community Schools are still concerned about making ends meet with the property taxes levied each year. Assistant Superintendent Ron Franey reported during the June 8 school board budget hearing that property values for both homestead and non-homestead in the Oxford […]
A century. That’s ten decades. One hundred years. Just to put things in perspective, 100 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt was in the White House. Fifty-five years later, Hawaii became the 50th state to join the nation. That’s a long time if you ask me. But, if you were to ask Oxford’s own Dorothy Van Horn, […]