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Meet The New VEMS (Building)!

by Liana Teixeira | May 16, 2012 11:00 pm | Comments (0)

The Valley Emergency Medical Services (VEMS) has a new headquarters in Oxford, which includes a three-bay garage, paramedic training classroom, office space and an employee lounge.

Want to check out their new digs?

VEMS is hosting an open house Saturday, May 19 from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. to show off the newly renovated building at 300 Oxford Road. Saturday’s open house will also give visitors a taste of what the medics do.

VEMS leases the building from Haynes Construction Co.

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Gov. Malloy Signs War Memorial Bill Into Law

by STAFF | May 16, 2012 3:36 pm | Comments (0)

Gov. Dannel Malloy this week signed into law a bill that enhances penalties against people who vandalize war memorials.

The bill, “An Act Concerning Desecration of War or Veterans’ Memorials,” was proposed after a rash of thefts in the lower Naugatuck Valley of bronze plaques from war memorials.

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Voters Approve Oxford Budgets

by Ethan Fry | May 15, 2012 9:17 pm | Comments (0)

Oxford First Selectman George Temple was surprised Tuesday night.

Not that the town’s proposed 2012-2013 budgets passed at referendum, mind you.

“You know what surprised me? People could get here,” he quipped after voters overwhelmingly approved $734,000 to improve what he called the “very poor condition” of town roads, one of three questions asked on Tuesday’s ballot.

Light applause broke out from the officials gathered at the Quaker Farms School gymnasium after election moderator Augie Palmer, a former first selectman, announced that all three questions on Tuesday’s referendum passed.

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Oxford Referendum Results

by STAFF | May 15, 2012 8:01 pm | Comments (0)

Here are the results of the Oxford referendum, which split the $40.7 of proposed spending into separate components:

Municipal budget of about $13.4 million:
YES – 725
NO – 717

Schools budget of about $26.5 million:
YES – 800
NO – 646

Road improvements of $734,000:
YES – 921
NO – 518

Story will be updated later.

Mother Goose Killed On Oxford’s Route 67

by Ethan Fry | May 15, 2012 5:30 pm | Comments (2)

Slow down!

That’s what Sandy Merry, Oxford’s animal control officer, is telling people after a Canada goose and several goslings were flattened by Route 67 traffic Monday afternoon.

Merry was driving north on Route 67 about 3 p.m. on her way to Oxford’s animal shelter when she noticed vehicles in front of her slow down near the intersection with Mountain Road.

“I noticed a traffic holdup, then I saw a mother goose and little babies all squashed in the road,” Merry said.

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UPDATE: Turnout Light In Oxford Budget Vote

by STAFF | May 14, 2012 3:26 pm | Comments (0)

UPDATE: Voter turnout in Tuesday’s referendum was slow just before noon as rain fell outside Quaker Farms School.

“It’s a light turnout right now,” election moderator Augie Palmer, a former first selectman, said. “It started off light before the rain.”

As of 11:50, 421 of the town’s 8,365 registered voters — just over 5 percent — had cast ballots.

By comparison, 996 people voted in the first budget referendum last year.

Original story is below:

Oxford residents go to the polls Tuesday, May 15, to decide whether to approve budgets for next year totaling about $40.7 million dollars.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Quaker Farms School. Click here for a map.

The referendum, a sample ballot for which is posted below, asks residents three yes-or-no questions:

• whether to approve the municipal budget
• whether to approve the school budget
• whether to approve a one-time expenditure for road improvements.

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Oxford Homestead Begins Regular Hours Sunday

by PRESS RELEASE | May 14, 2012 11:44 am | Comments (0)

The Twitchell Rowland Homestead Museum at 60 Towner Lane will be open on a regular basis beginning Sunday, May 20, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Oxford Historical Society plans to open the 1755 saltbox’s doors to the public on the first and third Sunday of each month.

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Oxford Theater Group Announces Summer Classes

by PRESS RELEASE | May 11, 2012 3:27 pm | Comments (0)

If your child is ready to grace the Broadway stage, give them the tools to become a triple-threat here at the Ultimate Broadway Experience summer classes offered by Oxford’s Nine Mile Players.

Students will work with motivated theatre professionals on becoming all-around performers learning acting, dance, and musical theatre as well as being able to take specialized workshops.

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Things To Do This Weekend

by The Valley Indy | May 11, 2012 9:48 am | Comments (0)

Wow.

The Valley is hopping this weekend.

Here is a list of things to do this weekend.

If you don’t see your event listed, it means you didn’t upload it to our super-duper events calendar. Registration is required.

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Oxford Firefighters To Host Wet Down For New Engine

by STAFF | May 11, 2012 7:36 am | Comments (0)

Oxford’s Center Fire Company will host a celebratory “wet down” for its new Engine 42 next month.

The event will be June 2 at Center FIre House, 484 Oxford Road, from noon to 4 p.m.

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