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Girls Scouts to Collect Food For Vets

by Oxford Girl Scouts | Feb 10, 2012 10:49 am | Comments (0)

Oxford Girl Scouts are holding a food drive at Town Hall Saturday to benefit veterans.

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Oxford Fire Prevention Poster Contest Winners Announced

by Oxford Fire Department | Feb 10, 2012 10:17 am | Comments (0)

Oxford officials have handed out awards to several students for their participation in the annual Fire Prevention Poster Contest.

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Oxford Parks and Recreation Offers Three Weekend Trips

by Oxford Parks and Recreation Department | Feb 9, 2012 4:00 pm | Comments (0)

Below is a list of three overnight trips offered by Oxford Parks and Recreation this year.

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Judge Continues Oxford Dog Attack Case

by Ethan Fry | Feb 9, 2012 11:30 am | Comments (0)

Saying the parties involved “need more time to resolve some ancillary issues,” a judge on Thursday continued the criminal cases against an Oxford woman accused of not cooperating with authorities after her dogs allegedly attacked and killed another dog at Jackson Cove Park last summer.

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Boys & Girls Club Offers Science Mentoring Program

by Jennifer DeLeon | Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley | Feb 9, 2012 10:26 am | Comments (0)

The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley has started the Immersion Mentoring Program, a new science-based mentoring program with 40 mentees and 10 mentors as a part of its partnership with Immersion Learning, a division of the Sea Research Foundation, Inc..

In January, the Club was announced as a sub-grantee of a $1 million grant awarded to Sea Research by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to establish the Immersion Mentoring Program within other Clubs in 11 states, including Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

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Ansonia, Derby Schools Slated To Gain The Most Under Malloy Plan

by STAFF | Feb 8, 2012 9:40 am | Comments (1)

Gov. Dannel Malloy’s office released a statement Wednesday morning saying the state wants to provide more than $50 million in new money to the “Education Cost Sharing” formula — state aid to local schools.

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Valley Realtors Host Legislators For Luncheon

by STAFF | Feb 7, 2012 1:32 pm | Comments (0)

The Valley Association of REALTORS, Inc. hosted a general membership luncheon on Feb. 1 at Antonio’s restaurant in Ansonia.

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VA Seeing Spike In Homeless Vets With Families

by Peggy McCarthy | Feb 7, 2012 1:12 pm | Comments (0)

Andy and Miriam Miranda don’t fit the historical profile of homeless veterans. Former teachers with master’s degrees who have a six-year-old son, they have lost a house to foreclosure and were evicted from an apartment for falling behind on rent.

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Former Oxford Tax Collector Makes Brief Court Appearance

by Ethan Fry | Feb 7, 2012 11:23 am | Comments (0)

The lawyer representing former Oxford Tax Collector Karen Guillet said that discussions with prosecutors are ongoing in the case but it would be “premature” to call them plea negotiations.

Guillet appeared briefly in Superior Court in Milford Tuesday, where her case was continued to March 15 by Judge Richard E. Arnold.

Her lawyer, Dominick Thomas, told Arnold that he is still reviewing documents provided through the discovery process, and that he also needs time to respond to discussions he held with State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor.

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Navel Gazing: Meet The New Guy

by STAFF | Feb 6, 2012 11:04 pm | Comments (2)

In the latest edition of the Valley Indy podcast, we introduce new reporter, Ethan Fry.

Fry, who started Feb. 1, will be covering Shelton and Oxford for the Valley Indy.

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