Oxford News

Residents are being urged to keep an eye on their pets after a raccoon tested positive for rabies Tuesday, according to a press release from First Selectman George Temple's office.

Residents are being urged to keep an eye on their pets after a raccoon tested positive for rabies Tuesday, according to a press release from First Selectman George Temple's office.

Last week, Oxford received two donations of $20,000 apiece to be put toward a new playscape in town that First Selectman George Temple wants to build.

The Oxford Board of Education budget for 2013-14 will be voted on at referendum this coming Tuesday, May 14 th .

Taxpayers will vote on a proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budget between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at Quaker Farms School, 30 Great Oak Road.

Town officials decided Monday during a town meeting to eliminate $218,000 from the capital and non-recurring budget that was supposed to go toward an ambulance, a snow plow and a pickup truck for the Department of Public Works.

The attorney for an Oxford woman charged with 41 counts of animal cruelty says his client has good intentions but simply became overwhelmed with so many animals.

Good afternoon, today is Friday, May 3. This is a Code Red Advisory Message from the Monroe Police Department.

A billboard advertisement in the middle of Naugatuck near the Whittemore Memorial Bridge certainly has accomplished one of its main objectives: it has people talking.

Around 3,000 motorcycles will roar through Main Street in Monroe this Sunday when the Green Ribbon Ride honors the families of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims.

State Rep. David Labriola, R-Oxford, and State Sen. Rob Kane, R-Watertown, applauded the state's Bond Commission for approving a $1,197,379 grant to the Oxford Housing Authority to revitalize housing units.

The Nine Mile Players are proud to present their spring musical production, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown , Friday June 7 at 7 p.m., Saturday June 8th at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., and Sunday June 9th at 2 p.m. at Oxford Center School at 462 Oxford Rd Oxford, CT 06478.

A controversial Harlem church that ordered action figures in the image of its leader has sued the toy maker.

An Oxford woman who animal control officials accuse of neglecting horses , dogs and dozens of other animals was charged with 41 counts of animal cruelty Wednesday.

This Saturday, April 27th, 2013, Backpack Basics , along with the Oxford Patch , will be hosting their second annual Donation Drive.

About 75 people attended a public hearing on the proposed town and school budgets Monday night at Quaker Farms School.

Danbury Police have charged an Oxford man with interfering with EMS after the man drove an ambulance from a medical scene in that city on Friday night, according to a police report.