Oxford News

Four women-led businesses in the Naugatuck Valley picked up $4,000 in grants Tuesday from the Women in Networking Entrepreneurial Program.

A two-alarm fire caused substantial damage to a Seymour home early Saturday morning.

A 46-year-old man was killed Friday night when his motorcycle lost control on Quaker Farms Road and continued several hundred feet on a grassy area.

A overnight storm with some winds gusts approaching 50 mph had left about 1,200 Connecticut residents in the dark this morning, including about 250 in Stamford and 120 in Darien.

A Derby man and an Oxford man were arrested Tuesday after police found more than a hundred thousand dollars in cash and drugs in a McKinley Street home.

Two people were injured in a head-on crash in Oxford Friday evening. Police said the crash was reported on Route 34 near Punkup Road at about 7 p.m. A portion of the roadway was closed following the crash, state police said.

An Oxford man was charged with evading responsibility, among other charges, after allegedly abandoning a wrecked car, according to Newtown police.

A Shelton man is dead after a head-on crash on Roosevelt Drive Friday night. John Sheehan, 62, of 703 Long Hill Ave., was killed when a Ford Explorer driven by Brian Hull, 20, of Milford, crossed over into his lane coming the opposite direction, State Police said.

First Selectwoman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers and Selectman Dave McKane were sworn into office Monday as more than 150 residents and politicians from both sides of the aisle looked on at Town Hall.

If former Democratic state Sen. Gary A. Hale hadn't voted the way he did 18 years ago, he might not owe the state $77,951 in back taxes today.

Jodi Rell is an accidental governor. An attractive, unthreatening running mate for John "Why Should I Resign If I've Done Nothing Wrong?" Rowland in 1994, she presided over the sandbox that is the state Senate for nine-and-a-half years.

An early morning fire destroyed a Bassett Street residence Wednesday, leaving seven people homeless and by afternoon only a pile of debris where the home had stood.

A Superior Court judge Tuesday said the Planning and Zoning Commission must permit Garden Homes Management Corp.

Photos from the lower Naugatuck Valley elections Tuesday, Nov. 3.

A recount is scheduled for Monday to double check the close results in the Oxford Selectmen race.

Linda and Stephen Chalfin, of Columbia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Chalfin, to Ryan Chmielewski, son of Renea and Richard Chmielewski, of Oxford, Conn.

H1N1 Vaccine Clinic at the Middlebury Fire House, 65 Tucker Hill Road, from 5:00pm - 6:00pm Nasal Spray & Injectable Vaccine Available, but only by appointment.

We should have seen this one coming. Richard Heene, much better known these days as "Balloon Boy's dad," has been made into an action figure.

Richard Heene , also known as the Balloon Boy 's dad, has made it big. He's now an action figure.

The town’s Economic Development Commission Oct. 20 made the highly unusual move of endorsing three independent candidates for the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission.