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Municipal Awareness Week November 21 - 27, 2022
- Published: November 22, 2022
ova Scotians are invited to celebrate their communities and the people who lead them during Municipal Awareness Week from Nov. 16 to Nov. 22, 2022.
Did you know that Nova Scotia has 51 municipalities with nearly 400 elected officials?
Municipal Awareness Week promotes the importance of municipal government in people's daily lives. It celebrates the dedicated mayors, wardens, councillors and public servants who are essential to the effective governance of municipalities. It also encourages public participation in council meetings, hearings, committees and elections.
In recognition of Municipal Awareness Week (November 21-27, 2022), please watch a video message from the Honourable John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Notice of Public Hearing December 7, 2022
- Published: November 16, 2022
THE TOWN OF OXFORD has made an application to the Board under section 369 of the Municipal Government Act to confirm the number of councillors. This matter will be considered in a public hearing as follows:
Hearing starts
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 9:30 AM
Place
Council Chambers
Oxford Town Hall
105 Lower Main Street
Oxford, Nova Scotia
Remembrance Day 2022
- Published: November 10, 2022
The Town of Oxford services will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022, for Remembrance Day
The Transfer Station will be open on Saturday, November 12, 2022, from 8:30 to 4:30 pm and Town Hall will be open Monday, November 14, 2022, 9 am to 4 pm. Council and Staff would like to thank those who served our Country and thank those that continue to serve.~ They gave their tomorrows so we could have our today... Lest we forget ~ author unknown
Transfer Station Cards mail out requests
- Published: November 1, 2022
** Transfer Station Cards for the Town of Oxford **
For those residing in the Town of Oxford: If you require a new Transfer Station card and are unable to get into the Town Office during normal business hours:
(Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm), we will gladly mail you a new card. Please remember that we can only issue one card per civic address.
To request a new card by email, please email info@oxfordns.ca include your name, civic address with post office box, and phone number.
Oxford Transfer Site requires Authorization Card
- Published: October 31, 2022
Oxford Residents - Important Notice
The Town of Oxford is enforcing the use of the Transfer Site to those authorized to do so.
Our staff will be asking people coming into the Transfer Site to produce their Transfer Site Cards.
If you currently have a transfer station authorization card, remember to take that with you to the transfer site.
If you have misplaced your transfer card, come to the Town Office to have one reissued to you.
Office hours are Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm
November 11, 2022 - Oxford Remembrance Day Services
- Published: October 31, 2022
Remembrance Day - November 11, 2022
- There will be no parade and the legion will not be open on the morning of 11 November 2022
- The service will commence at 10:45 am at the cenotaph
- Wreaths will be placed prior to the service and remain on the stands until 3:30 pm
- There will be no gathering after the service at the legion or evening dinner
To order your wreath, please call (902) 447-2426.
Oxford Legion Br #36, Poppy Committee
#OxfordRemembers
Reminder for Policing Review Survey Deadline Approaching
- Published: October 29, 2022
Time is running out to complete the Town of Oxford Policing Services Review Community Feedback survey!
Your voice matters in making an informed recommendation on policing services in the Town of Oxford.
Did you attend our public consultation session on October 19? If you did, we thank you. If you did not, you can still listen to the audio from the Community Consultation Meeting.
Please take the opportunity to listen and fill out the survey before the deadline of November 23, 2022.
View pdf Policing Services Review Community Consultation Meeting (205 KB) .
Nova Scotia Housing Needs Assessment until Dec 4, 2022
- Published: October 27, 2022
As you all may know, housing availability, and affordability of housing, are major issues in Nova Scotia. To get a sense of the various housing needs across the province, the province is collecting data through a province-wide survey. The Town of Oxford is looking to share its input with the province by encouraging residents to provide their valuable feedback in the Provincial Housing Needs Assessment survey which will be open to input until December 4, 2022. The Housing Needs Assessment will provide data and information on current and projected housing needs for each of the 49 municipalities in Nova Scotia.
This information will be invaluable to all levels of government, the private sector, and community housing partners as they work to collectively improve the housing situation in Nova Scotia in both the short and long term. The results will not only inform the number of housing units that each community needs, but also the type of housing that needs to be built.
The data and information collected will also be used to inform the development of two new Housing Strategies: The Provincial Housing Strategy, as well as the Student Housing Strategy, which is focused on housing for post-secondary students studying in Nova Scotia.
To get more information about the survey, please see the news release Survey on Housing Needs Now Open from Municipal Affairs and Housing.