Missing more days has more serious consequences
School is serious business to the Oxford School Board. Beginning this year, the district is taking measures to ensure students and parents make attendance a priority. (July 13, 2010, Page 3B)
A parking garage in city’s future?
Ongoing parking woes and a discussion over the need for a parking garage downtown resurfaced at Tuesday’s Oxford Board of Aldermen meeting. City Engineer Bart Robinson presented a proposal for a new parking study for the city, but noted that several parking studies have been done since 2002 and another may not be necessary.
The city will continue to look into the feasibility of a parking structure downtown. (May 5, 2010, Page 6)
Out on the Street in Istanbul
OUT ON THE STREET – Oxford Town street beat reporter Phyllis Nobles slipped out of town about 10 weeks ago and literally hit the streets of Istanbul where she now works seasonally as an English teacher. In an effort to keep her Oxford ties strong, Nobles reports in this week to give us a glimpse of the Turkish culture as well as a heads up on when she expects to be hitting our streets again. This week’s Oxford Town features Nobles in the streets of Istanbul as she plans her return as a regular at Bottletree. (April 29, 2010, Page 12)
Will hot dog cart remain?
A law aimed at cracking down on transient vendors is on hold as the Oxford Board of Aldermen tries to figure out how to word the measure in a way that it doesn’t harm small businesses, such as the popular hot dog cart frequently parked outside the Freeland Law Firm. (April 21, 2010, Page 1)
Leaping back to the ’80s
Leap Frog, started as an outreach program at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and now a nonprofit organization serving more than 90 first- and second-grade students, will be taking on some time travel in its upcoming fundraiser, an April 29 “Leap Back in time ’80s Prom Bash.” (April 12, 2010, Page 3A)
Square too flashy?
The Oxford Planning Commission approved Monday a change in the city’s sign regulations that could soon lead to fewer neon signs and banners on the Square, if the change is approved by the Oxford Board of Aldermen.Schools need assistance in dealing with cuts
Funding problems are only going to get worse for Mississippi educators with the governor announcing more budget cuts. Administrators want to make the cuts without affecting the education process, and they say they need a bit more assistance from lawmakers and education officals at the state level. (February 5, 2010, Page 4A)
It’s time to consider Sunday alcohol sales
News Editor Jonathan Scott isn’t stuck on Valentine’s Day, but he does see it as a catalyst to discuss the possibility of Oxonians joining other towns across the state in deciding to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (February 4, 2010, Page 4)
Friday brought back memories of 1994
When the frozen precipitation starting collecting on tree limbs and branches and just about any other spot it could freeze last Friday, how many of you started having flashbacks of 1994 when Oxford was shut down by “the ice storm”? (February 1, 2010, Page 4A)
The kindness of strangers
Staff writer Melanie Addington got a first-hand look at how strangers can be helpful when someone stopped to help her out with an empty gas tank. (January 29, 2010, Page 4A)
