🌱 Patch AM: 150-Unit Oxford Apartment Hearing Set

Hey there, Oxford! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Oxford weighs 150 new apartments as moratorium sparks zoning debate
• See how Oxford's Gianna Sasso earned statewide soccer recognition

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest: A Fundraiser for Guilford VFW Post 7666 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 46.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 150-Unit Oxford Apartment Hearing Set (patch.com) — Oxford residents are being invited to a public hearing on Oct. 20 at Oxford High School about a proposed 150-unit Little River Apartments complex on Oxford Road, including 45 long-term affordable units. The project, near the Seymour line, is advancing under Connecticut's 8-30g law while the town's nine-month development moratorium prompts debate over traffic on Route 67, zoning rules, and infrastructure impacts.
   

• Girls soccer top performances, games to watch (Oct. 6) (ctpost.com) — Oxford girls soccer fans will be glad to see junior Gianna Sasso recognized for contributing two assists in the Wolverines' 3-0 win over Naugatuck. Her performance appears in a statewide roundup that also spotlights standout players and key upcoming girls soccer matchups across Connecticut this week.
   

📸 Around Oxford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oxford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Oktoberfest: A Fundraiser for Guilford VFW Post 7666 →
  Martin-Bishop Field, 111 Long Hill Rd, Guilford
  12:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Free College Admissions & Financial Aid Workshop →
  R.D. Scinto, 1 Corporate Dr, Shelton
  6:15 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• Silent Signatures: Chiseled in Stone →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:30 pm
• Board of Selectman →
  486 Oxford Road, Oxford
  7:00 pm
• Confession →
  733 Oxford Road, Oxford
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Friends of the Oxford Library used book drop-off →
  49 Great Hill Rd, Oxford
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Seeking Vendors for Craft Fair →
  Oxford Senior Center
  9:00 am
• Breast Cancer Awareness Scavenger Hunt →
  Quarry Walk Oxford, 300 Oxford Rd, Oxford
  2:00 pm
Monday October 19
• Landscape in oils Demo by Frank Bruckman →
  Shelton Parks & Recreation, 41 Church St, Shelton
  11:45 am
Wednesday October 21
• 100 Year Anniversary of Harry Houdini's Death: A Tribute →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Taste Of Poland →
  118 Prospect St, Naugatuck
  9:00 am
Sunday October 25
• The Plastic Detox - Featuring Dr. Swan's Research →
  Southbury Library, 100 Poverty Rd, Southbury
  2:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Moving Tag Sale
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Whitsons Culinary Group posted a job opening for Substitute Food Service Worker - Oxford School Nutrition in Oxford. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Seymour. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oxford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beacon Falls

• 2026-27 Big East Men's Basketball Summer Vibe Check: St. John's Red Storm (anonymouseagle.com)
• Made in Connecticut: Woodworker turns cancer struggle into magical creations that bring smiles (news12.com)

Seymour

• Paul John Haluschak, Jr. (newhavenindependent.org)
• CT high school football top performers from the past week (milfordmirror.com)
• Seymour Lions Club slates 57th annual benefit car show (blogspot.com)

Naugatuck

• Naugatuck Receives State Grant For River Greenway Trail Project (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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