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🌱 Patch AM: Oxford Looks To Fix Problems With Aging Radio System

Also, don't miss Jay Medal Soirée on the Oxford Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Oxford weighs costly fixes to aging emergency radio network
  • How Oxford neighbors can support local cancer care at Griffin's October 5K

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 77, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oxford Looks To Fix Problems With Aging Radio System (patch.com) — Oxford officials are weighing upgrades to the town's aging emergency radio system after fire leaders reported intermittent communication problems that could affect public safety. Proposed changes include moving radio connections to fiber, updating receiver sites, and linking the Oxford Center Fire Station to the regional dispatch center so problem sites can be monitored and shut down remotely. Funding sources and a completion timeline have not yet been announced.
   

• Griffin Hospital Annual 5K Set For Oct. 24 (newhavenindependent.org) — Oxford residents are invited to join Griffin Hospital's 18th Annual 5K Walk/Run in Derby on Saturday, Oct. 24, supporting cancer care close to home for the Lower Naugatuck Valley. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., with options to walk, run, form fundraising teams, or purchase commemorative signs honoring loved ones while helping expand advanced radiation therapy services.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I bought my shed about 12 years ago and it is still holding up great no issues at all and the paint is still like new.
    Great place to work with they handled everything. (Nextdoor Quaker Farms / Riverside)
  • Ametek posted a job opening for Welder - Hiring Now in Naugatuck. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Newtown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oxford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Naugatuck

  • Naugatuck Animal Control Seeks 'Desperately Needed' Home For Dog (patch.com)
  • West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in Shelton, days after first human case (ctpost.com)

Southbury

  • Book beginner golf lessons and programs in Southbury, CT (pga.com)
  • Sandy Hook builder approved for new homes near Southbury line over neighbors' flooding concerns (nhregister.com)
  • FEMA approves nearly $50 million for New England disaster recovery and flood protection (fingerlakes1.com)

Shelton

  • Shelton Home With 'Exceptional Entertaining Space' Listed For Sale (patch.com)

Ok Oxford! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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