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WEBTrains, tracks and trails plan connects community sites. By Kaitlin McDowell • September 12, 2024. Oxford plans for its fifth stage of the Oxford Trail System expansion will make it easier for students to bike or walk to school next year. In November 2023, the city announced plans for Phase 5 of the trails, which is expected to be constructed ...
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Welcome to the Oxford Observer
WEBAug 31, 2018 · Welcome to the Oxford Observer. [David Wells was Editor in Chief of the Oxford Observer from 2018-2022, and passed away in 2023.] A newspaper is a mirror to the face of the community, reflecting the joys, the sadness, the successes and the failures for all to see. Sometimes, it even painfully brings some warts and wrinkles into focus.
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Oxford’s Climate Action Plan makes progress toward neutrality goals
WEB2 days ago · Data provided by Reena Murphy. This month marks the first year since the adoption of “Towards a Sustainable, Resilient Future,” the City of Oxford’s Climate Action Plan. The main goal of the plan is to reach “community-wide net neutrality” by 2045, which is based on the results of a greenhouse gas emissions inventory completed in 2019.
Oxford reinstates mask requirement – Oxford Observer
WEBJan 21, 2022 · Oxford residents will witness a major COVID-19 restriction go back into effect as more than 14,000 Miami University students return for the spring semester. City council voted to reinstate an indoor mask mandate at its meeting this Tuesday, Jan. 18. The ordinance went into effect immediately and will expire March 1. …
Oxford locals transform city’s restaurant scene
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Oxford’s food scene has experienced a significant transformation. Driven by shifting demographics and a unique entrepreneurial spirit, Oxford now offers a more diverse range of food offerings. But one thing has remained constant – the community’s deep commitment to its local businesses. On the front end of the last decade, much of Oxford’s restaurant scene...
Oxford introduces forgivable loan program to expand childcare …
WEB2 days ago · To provide affordable childcare to Oxford residents, the City of Oxford created a forgivable loan program to alleviate stress of working parents with more childcare options in the city. Loan forgiveness will include amounts up to $30,000 for costs relating to the growth and development of new licensed child care services within Oxford. This effort...
City returns to in-person meetings and open dining rooms
WEBJun 4, 2021 · Habits and restrictions of the pandemic are easing in Oxford as the city council met face-to-face on Tuesday for the first time since March 17, 2020 and restaurants began opening tables for inside dining as Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine lifted the state’s COVID-19 restrictions June 2. Plexiglass barriers divided council members, but no one was...
Council selects Snavely as new mayor of Oxford
WEBWilliam Snavely is once again the mayor of Oxford, selected at the city council’s organizational meeting Tuesday night. Snavely, who had been vice-mayor, succeeds Mike Smith, who was ineligible to run for re-election to council this year because of term limits. Snavely, a retired professor from Miami University’s Farmer School of …