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Happening now!! City of Oxford employees spent the morning labeling, filling, capping, and boxing
@catheadvodka
hand sanitizer that will be FREE and distributed tomorrow. Thank you
@catheadvodka
for this amazing partnership and for helping us keep our citizens safe.
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The wait is over! We are proud to announce the opening of West Oxford Loop Extended. This road has been many years in the making! Please use caution as you drive this beautiful new road. The ribbon cutting for the road will be held next Thurs., Aug. 8th at 1:00 pm.
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Water boil notice has been cancelled! Oxford water is clean and safe to drink!!
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Ready for the hospital car parade in honor of healthcare workers! What an incredible turnout
#wegettolivehere
#smalltownmagic
💫
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Joy to the world! The canopy is lit, in loving honor of Nina Goolsby, who campaigned tirelessly (in a 🎅🏼 suit) to bring back the lights. They look amazing!
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City of Oxford employees from numerous departments found a way to practice social distancing while serving the community by picking up trash on Highway 6 this morning. We 💚 our employees!
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Update 11:50 am Tuesday: We are thrilled to report that our water samples came back clean and we are LIFTING THE BOIL WATER notice effective immediately. Again, we are so grateful for your patience and for the hard work of all of our City employees.
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Face coverings in ESSENTIAL businesses will be required for both employees and customers beginning tomorrow morning at 8:00 am.
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Meet Charles Ivy 👋 Charles has worked for the city driving a front end loader for 29❗️years. If you live in, own or operate an apartment complex in the city, he’s your guy. 🚛+ His fav part of Oxford?
@DoubleDeckerArt
! Thanks for all of your hard work, Charles!
#WorthyWednesday
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This is not a drill:
Happy
#NationalWaffleDay
to
@cityofoxford
and
@VisitOxfordMS
! RT so we know how many waffles to bring!
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Congratulations Chargers!! ⚡️
Oxford has won their first ever MHSAA state championship.
Final score: Oxford 31. Oak Grove 21
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Cont: For those of you who are prayer warriors, please join me in praying this is the fix. For those of you sending encouraging messages, we can’t tell you how much you are appreciated.
The Boil Water Notice remains in place.
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What’s that you hear as you shop on the Square? It’s the sound of Holiday music drifting through the air!
Back by popular demand, and with much help from busy elves and citizens… the Square will have holiday background music for the rest of the season! Enjoy!
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We are just as excited as Kingston Atkinson for the Grand Opening of the Ulysses “Coach” Howell Activity Center (named for Kingston’s grandfather) and grateful that Frances Howell and Kesha Howell-Atkinson were there to help us with the ribbon cutting.
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Recognizing that this is a time of need for many people, we’ve temporarily changed local Little Free Libraries to Little Free Pantries. We encourage our citizens in need to take what you need and our community to feel free to restock these as you are able and willing.
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Flashback Friday! Oxford Hardware was located on the corner of the Square where the men’s department of Neilson's is now.
(Date unknown)
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What an honor to announce the naming of George G. “Pat” Patterson Parkway (the West Oxford Loop extension)! If you haven’t yet, do yourself a favor and take a drive down one of the prettiest roads in Oxford.
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We are so grateful for the help of Corey Blount this week. He has helped us navigate how best to serve our Deaf community in these difficult times. We are happy to inform you that you can find transcripts of our updates as well as ASL translated videos on our website.
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This is
#smalltownmagic
💫 First photo: Saturday 9:30pm
Second: Sunday Noon ☀️
Thank you, Enviromental Services, for all your hard work during DD & getting Oxford back to its clean self after a GREAT festival!
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Congratulations to Officer Alan Ivy, the 2018 recipient of the Virginia H. Chrestman Outstanding Employee Award!
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Join us tomorrow... be LOUD and bring signs. Let's show the Rebels how proud we are! PARADE STARTS AT 5:15 PM. Route is below: from Midtown Shopping Center, through the Square and out to the South, concluding at the Ford Center.
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In observance of Veterans Day, there is FREE parking on the Square today!
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Oxford's very own, Julia Dennis, swims in the Olympic Trials today! Watch and support on Peacock! She swims in the 100 Free, Heat 3, Lane 4. Tune in around 12:45 pm. LET'S GO JULIA!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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RE: Joint Request for Immediate Plan for Highway 7 Safety Improvements in Lafayette County
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Thank you
@bubbarmyman2
@krystal
for delivering lunch to City Hall today! Much needed fuel to get us through these days. 🍔
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IMPORTANT TO NOTE: a peak date for Oxford, MS has not yet been determined and therefore Phase 1 of the Recovery Plan adopted in today's Board meeting DOES NOT have a start date yet.
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FAQs regarding the Mayor and Board's Stay at Home Order
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Great job, Mayor!
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Senior Hour at Kroger starts MONDAY: 7am - 8am
55 years & up
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Let’s go, Shelby! Watch him jump tonight at 7:00 pm CST!
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UPDATE: The City Water Department has isolated the area of the water leak. The water towers are beginning to fill. It will be a gradual return of water & pressure. We appreciate your patience. The precautionary water boil remains in place for all City of Oxford water customers.
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Get out today and shop the Square- the garage is OPEN! 🚘🚖🚙🚗
The Downtown Parking Garage is OPEN!!! Free parking on all levels. Come check it out!
#Oxford
#WeGettoLiveHere
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The RESERVED spots on the Square are for curbside pickup! 🍽 It’s important to support restaurants during this time- but safely! Spots are near: Oxford Grillehouse, Saint Leo, Tallahatchie Gourmet, City Grocery, the old S&J, Cicada.
#ServingOxfordSafely
#WashYourHands
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Flags at all City of Oxford buildings will be flown at half-mast this week in honor of Sheriff F.D. “Buddy” East. His dedication to our community will be forever remembered and…
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Did you know the tulips planted around the Square aren’t the same color year to year? 🌷 Last year’s were pink, purple & yellow!
#themoreyouknow
🌈
#tuesdaythoughts
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114 Courthouse Sq., home of Rooster’s & Oxford Grillehouse has a rich history: recently remembered as Jennie’s Hallmark & Sneed’s Hardware prior to that, this building also housed our first Federal jail. Rowdy bar patrons might beware: there are still jail cells in the basement.
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The canopy of lights strung from the courthouse will be lit tonight! 💫✨ Grab the fam and come check em out!
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Oxford has issued a self-imposed precautionary boil-water notice for all customers that receive water from the City of Oxford, including those customers outside the City limits. This notice is following one or more water main breaks due to the excessive flooding. CONT.
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The City of Oxford has received 8.05 inches of rainfall over the last 36 hours and over 2.5 inches of rain in the last 3 hours this morning. Several city streets including Anderson, CR 401, Harlan, Hathorn, Maplewood Cove, Park and S. 18th are partially or totally flooded.
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What a beautiful morning to unveil Mayor Pat Patterson’s portrait!
@louiscarrfineart
captured Pat’s spirit so very well and we couldn’t be happier with it.
#nailedit
#fistbump
👊🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻 (photo credits to
@brucenewmanphotos
for the photo of Pat with his portrait)
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FREE PARKING TODAY: The meters are off today for the holiday. Enjoy!
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The timing was perfect and our Mayor for the Day got to call our special board meeting to order. DJ Stribling is going places and we are so happy to know him.
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In the last year alone, the park hosted over 2,000 teams, resulting in a $4.5 million economic impact 😱 We are so thrilled for this next phase of
@mtradepark
⚽️⚾️🥎
#newnamesamepark
💫
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You may have noticed... it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!! Buildings and Grounds employees are working hard to get the lights ready for the season and needed a little help from OFD today.🎄🎄🎄
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It is with deep sadness that we report our beloved Ulysses “Coach” Howell passed away late last night. We have lost a great leader and we will always cherish his friendship and his unwavering commitment to our community.
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You can make a difference... TODAY: free vaccine pop-up site at RSVP Plaza (next door to City Hall) from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
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10:06 am:
City crews have located & are repairing a break that was located in a ditch behind Urgent Care at Hwy 7 & Belk. We have the break isolated. We are cutting water back on at this time. Until equalized, we will not be able to say with certainty that the issue is 100% fixed
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Mayor Robyn Tannehill has taken the Girl EmPOWERment class to Jackson and the Governor’s Mansion today!
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The construction of the pocket park next door to City Hall got us nostalgic and curious... so we dug up some old photos and found a treasure trove! We will be posting old photos to our social media so follow along and let us know if you have information on the pics we share!
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T H E S H E L T E R S H O W is up! Surprise! Art in OUT bus shelters will be popping up all over town for the next few weeks. First up, “Mask Up” by Sarah Frances Hardy at the shelter by the skate park and the public library. You’ve got to see it 😎😎😎
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The Mayor and will hold a Special Called Meeting on Thurs, April 2nd at 10:00 a.m. The Board will consider an extension of the time frame of the Resolution passed March 22nd. The current Resolution is to expire on April 6th. The Board will consider extending this to April 30th.
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It was 27❄️ outside when these 2were already on the Square @ 6am. Meet Brian Kilpatrick & Tom Bullion 👋 While Brian has only been with us 6 mo, Tom has been working the city flower beds for 6 yrs. Thank you Brian & Tom for your hard work with Bldgs & Grounds!
#WorthyWednesday
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The Board of Aldermen met this afternoon to adopt the 13th Emergency Resolution. It can be viewed at the link below.
The mandate states that “every person in the city of Oxford shall wear a face covering, covering the nose and mouth, while inside a business, or other building or
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🤦♀️ Twinkle is at it again... he left City Hall yesterday to make a call to the big guy 🎅🏼 & never returned! He’s been spotted this morning strolling on the west side of the Square. Send your tips in if you see him!!
#wheresTwinkle
#findtheelf
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Hanging the canopy lights is not for the faint of heart, but the views are pretty spectacular! Thank you, Buildings and Grounds!
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Please continue to pray for those facing the recovery process and for those leading in recovery efforts. We are
#StrongerTogether
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We wrapped up Mayor for the Day 2019 with Carson Ellis, who wrote one of the best essays we’ve seen in a while. He’s got big ideas and even schooled us on some new recycling/environmental services technologies! Carson arrived ready to rock the day and we enjoyed every minute 😃
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***Highway 7 and University Avenue***
The City of Oxford receives multiple complaints monthly about the traffic and safety issue at the intersection of University Avenue and Highway 7. As this is state owned right of way and roadways owned and maintained by the MDOT, the City
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Don't miss the Friday night fireworks - visible from lots of areas!
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Those beautiful medians don’t just happen overnight 🌷💐🍃 Our Building & Grounds crew is the 💣
#jumpfreezone
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We should have clear skies by mid-afternoon and the parade is ON!
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Doors of Hope in Oxford is helping families with rent/utilities. Donation info below
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