Veterans Among Us: Terry Hunt “My tour in the Navy also allowed me and my family to see parts of the world that none of us would ever have seen, otherwise.”
Local Legends: The calm and the chaos In 2025, the Oxford Fire Department responded to 3,442 calls, many of which were EMS runs, the legacy of Shoemaker’s creation of the first life squad and the 271 calls it was responding to by the time of his retirement.
On My Plate: Cantaloupe I didn’t learn why the town – as well as the melon – was named for two common Italian words, “canta,” which translates to singing, and “lupo,” which translates to wolf, that have nothing to do with agriculture.
New 186-acre MetroPark to open in Hanover this fall “If you like hiking, if you like being in a quiet, natural environment, if you like just spending a little bit of time in the woods, it’s going to be a fantastic park for you to visit.”
How the OPD uses Flock cameras to investigate crime “This is not new technology. It is just much improved technology today.”
OPD proposes new oversight for Flock cameras City council will consider six recommendations after residents raised concerns about privacy, surveillance and access to camera data. After weeks of public concern over Oxford’s Flock Safety cameras, Oxford’s Police and Community Relations and Review Commission (PCRRC) voted on Aug. 6 to send a series of recommendations to
Back to School Bash returns to Oxford this weekend “We wanted to make sure that we were providing things that everybody would need to be successful in going back to school, while making it fun.”