Food tastes better local
Each week, Board President James Rubenstein takes a look at the fresh food on offer in Oxford.
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How to cook with kohlrabi, the space capsule of vegetables
Kohlrabi, a vegetable cousin of cauliflower and kale, is available at the Oxford Farmers Market. The vegetable's variety of uses make up for its unfortunate name, James Rubenstein writes.
From the Editor: Mark your calendars for our first print edition!
The Oxford Free Press's first print edition will be published on July 12. New this week, our website now has obituaries, and editor Sean Scott will hold public office hours at Lane Library.
Local varieties of raspberry coming in season in Oxford
The summer crop of raspberries is hitting stalls at the Oxford Farmers Market and in local grocery stores.
Tart cherries, now in season, make for simple baked treats
Locally picked tart cherries, currently available at the Oxford Farmers Market, are perfect in simple baked goods. Try mixing them with almonds and granola for a simple treat.
Delivering the news: A community project
My brothers and I (Tom, Dick, and Harry … seriously) started our working lives delivering the afternoon Dayton Daily News in our modest suburban neighborhood in the 1960s. Our mother (the woman who named us) won a contest in 2019 as the oldest continuous reader of the Dayton Daily News. Starting
From the board president: We hope to be the newspaper Oxford deserves
Welcome to the start of the Oxford Free Press, a new nonprofit newspaper which intends to fill the gap covering civic life in our community.