Nine new Community Safety Zones arriving in Oxford County in 2024

Oxford County is introducing nine new Community Safety Zones this spring.

The new proposed zones, which were decided through an eligibility and evaluation process, are located in:

• Ingersoll: Oxford Road 10 (Ingersoll Street North) from Bell Street to Victoria Street, and Oxford Road 119 (Bell Street) from Ingersoll Street North to Cashel Street
• Woodstock: Oxford Road 15 (Parkinson Road) from Mill Street to Norwich Avenue, and Oxford Road 35 (Devonshire Avenue) from Vansittart Avenue to Huron...

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2023 Oxford Stewardship Award winners announced

Cobi and Steve Sauder named the 2023 Oxford Stewardship Award winners

Oxford County Warden Marcus Ryan presented the 2024 Oxford Stewardship Award to Cobi and Steve Sauder this morning at County Council to recognize their efforts toward land improvement and sustainability.

Cobi and Steve Sauder have dedicated their lives to outdoor education and conservation. The couple stood out to the award selection committee for their long list of stewardship projects at their 100-acre farm in Zorra Township....

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Get Smart! Energy audits for greener homes

Get Smart! Learn from local smart energy experts

Smart Energy Oxford is partnering with Oxford County Library to present Get Smart! Energy audits for greener homes.

Partner and Senior Energy Engineer at Walter-Fedy Patrick Darby will lead this discussion with South-West Oxford Mayor David Mayberry as they explore ways to find energy savings in your home to help lower your energy bills and reduce your climate impact. They’ll also outline the steps for conducting an energy audit in your home.   

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Council this Week: Highlights from the February 14 County Council agenda - 20240214

Oxford Stewardship Award, Community Safety Zones, Tourism Oxford annual review and more

County Council meetings are broadcast live at www.oxfordcounty.ca/livestream. To download the full agenda or view past recordings of council meetings, visit www.oxfordcounty.ca/council.

Warden Marcus Ryan will present a local landowner with the 14th annual Oxford Stewardship Award at the February 14 meeting of County Council. The award recognizes County landowners who have made...

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Construction on Oxford Road 59 bridge to start Feb 14

Traffic on Oxford Road 59 between Devonshire Avenue and Tecumseh Street in Woodstock to be reduced to a single lane northbound from mid-February to December 2024

Major rehabilitation work on the Oxford Road 59 (Vansittart Avenue) bridge in Woodstock is scheduled to start February 14, 2024, reducing traffic to a single lane northbound between Devonshire Avenue and Tecumseh Street until construction is completed in December 2024.

The bridge, originally built in 1967, is undergoing major...

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