🌱 Patch AM: Oxford Approves Spending Request After Overtime Debate

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In today's newsletter:

• Oxford officials defend rising police overtime and legal costs
• How 150 new Oxford apartments could change traffic and housing

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

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A morning shower; some sun, with a high of 73 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 43.
• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oxford Approves Spending Request After Overtime Debate (patch.com) — Oxford residents may want to know that selectmen unanimously approved a spending request that includes nearly $140,000 for police overtime, after questions about why costs are rising despite more officers on staff. Officials stressed that much of the overtime is reimbursed by outside contractors and agreed to show those offsets more clearly, while also debating whether a town planner could help reduce mounting legal expenses.
   

• 150-Unit Oxford Apartment Hearing Set (patch.com) — Oxford residents are being invited to a key public hearing on October 20 at Oxford High School about a proposed 150-unit Little River Apartments complex on Oxford Road, including 45 long-term affordable units. The developer is seeking zoning changes under Connecticut's 8-30g law, and local officials say they're weighing traffic on Route 67, infrastructure capacity, and broader development impacts before any decision is made.
   

📸 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

Thursday October 8
• Food Bank →
  733 Oxford Road, Oxford
  5:00 pm
• Cultural Arts Commission →
  486 Oxford Road, Oxford
  7:00 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
Wednesday October 28
• The Truth Behind Investigating the Unknown →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:30 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.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Shelton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oxford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beacon Falls

• 28 CIAC football teams match or surpass 2025 win totals (thehour.com)

Seymour

• Paul John Haluschak, Jr. (newhavenindependent.org)
• This Week In History: 1934 (newhavenindependent.org)

Naugatuck

• Rescued Hawk Released Back Into Wild In Naugatuck: Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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