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🌱 Patch AM: Two 120-Foot Bridges Planned For Flood-Damaged Oxford Trail

And on the Oxford Patch calendar - Sidewalk Sale - September 18th-20th

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Good morning Oxford! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Two long-awaited bridges planned to reconnect Oxford's flood-damaged trail

Also on today's calendar: Sidewalk Sale - September 18th-20th and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two 120-Foot Bridges Planned For Flood-Damaged Oxford Trail (patch.com) — Oxford residents who use the Larkin State Bridle Trail could see two new 120-foot pedestrian bridges built to replace crossings destroyed in the August 2024 flood. Planned near Pope Road and Christian Street, the bridges are being designed to withstand severe storms, with construction targeted between June 2027 and May 2028. The work will restore damaged embankments and match the trail's existing gravel and stone dust surface.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The Seymour Library again welcomes the historian John Cilio.
    Mr. Cilio will give a talk on one of the enduring symbols of old New England--along with old houses and stone walls--the tombstones of the Puritans… (Nextdoor Oxford Rd)
  • Nesco Resource posted a job opening for Shipping & Receiving Associate in Ansonia. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Beacon Falls

  • Connecticut high school girls soccer top performances, games to watch (Sept. 14) (rep-am.com)
  • The 60th Seymour Pumpkin Festival Is Sunday (newhavenindependent.org)

Naugatuck

  • Police Seek 2 Suspects In Naugatuck Larceny (patch.com)
  • Op-ed: Federal austerity is funding what kills us (planetizen.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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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