Oxford City Hall: 770-786-7004
Alcohol Abuse Accredited 24 Hour
Helpline and Treatment 1-800-274-2042
Ambulance (EMS), Fire, Local AA, Police 911
Newton General Hospital 770-786-7053
Poison Control 1-800-282-5846
Elementary Palmer-Stone Elementary School
1110 North Emory Street., Oxford 770-784-2696
Middle Cousins Middle School
8187 Carlton Trail, Covington 770-786-7311
High Newton High School
140 Ram Drive, Covington 770-787-2250
The Newton County Emergency Alert Siren is tested every Wednesday at noon. This will only be a test and no action is required.
The Oxford College siren system will be tested at approximately 12:00 noon on the first Wednesday of each month, weather permitting. If the weather is questionable on any given test day, the test will occur on the following month on the first Wednesday.
The City of Oxford provides curbside pick-up for garbage, trash, recyclable items, and yard debris. Particulars and limitations of this service appear below. Further specifications appear in the city ordinances.
The City provides a 95 gallon wheeled cart for each residence for household garbage and trash, refuse which must be bagged prior to placing it in the cart. Call City Hall for your neighborhood's scheduled day of pick-up: Monday or Tuesday.
All garbage must be contained in cart. Items other than household garbage (i.e., cardboard, furniture, metal, tires, construction waste, etc.) should be taken to Newton County recycling centers. There are two centers within a mile and a half of Oxford: on Cook Road just before railroad crossing, and on Stone Road north of Oxford off of Highway 81.
The City also provides two green recyclable bins for each residence. Newspaper, glass bottles, recyclable plastics, steel and aluminum cans may and may be recycled through this curbside service. Because the landfill situation has become critical, all citizens are urged to recycle as many items as possible. Wednesday is recycle day.
Residents are responsible for placing carts and bins at their curbsides no sooner than 7:00 in the evening before the scheduled pick-up day. Likewise, residents are responsible for removing their own empty carts and bins promptly on the day of pick-up.
. Litter along streets, roads, and highways has become an ugly blight on our whole society. We can all help tame this disease by picking up our own neighborhoods at least. Litter gathered by citizens should be placed in garbage bags, which should then be deposited in the wheeled carts to await pick-up.
If we all help, Oxford can be clean and beautiful.
Schedule:
Monday and Tuesday (by districts) Curbside Carts
Wednesday (whole town) Recycle Bins
(no bottle caps or wet newspapers)
Thursday & Friday and Yard Waste
other days as time permits (whole town)
Requirements:
Leaves, brush, etc., must not be placed in storm water ditches to impede flow!
The landfill requires that trash material be separated by like kind and that no yard trimmings be mixed with other trash. Please help us be more efficient by separating your piles of trash as much as possible:
Our City Ordinances address certain kinds of trash the city service does not cover:
such brush and trimmings requires a permit from City Hall and minimum fee of $50.00, with agreement to pay all actual costs of disposal, up to $200.
Open burning of yard waste: Leaves, brush, and trimmings may be burned on your own property at times allowed by the State Forestry Service. Call the Newton County Burn Permit number (770)784-2115
to find out if burning is permitted. Open burning is usually prohibited between May and October during summer months.
Regarding LITTER:
Oxford residents participate in Great American Cleanup litter pick-up events annually. Occasionally, we have community service workers doing litter pick up as part of court sentences.
City staff does some litter pick up before mowing rights-of-way. But we must largely depend upon citizen volunteers to help pick up litter along streets in their own neighborhoods.
Thanks to the multitude of citizens who show personal and public pride by carefully tending their own yards and street rights-of-ways, who make our trash collection plans work, and who voluntarily pick up trash that has scattered.
NON-LICENSED SALES (YARD, GARAGE SALES, ETC.)
Citizens of Oxford are permitted to hold yard sales at their residences once every six months. Notification form of such sale must be filed at City Hall. Also, no persons may hold yard sales at any locations more often than
once every six months. No signs of any kind may be placed at any time on City utility poles or stop signs. Temporary signs for yard sales must be on their own stakes; they may be placed no more than two days before
such a sale, and must be removed immediately after the sale.
Vehicles, boats, mowers, etc. may be offered for sale for no more than two months at a time, and must be in operable condition and have a current license, if required. Notification of vehicle for sale must be
filed with City Hall, dated and signed. (See also City of Oxford "Junk Car" Ordinance, which prohibits the storage of inoperable, unlicensed vehicles on properties in City.)
FOR ALL CITIZENS AND FRIENDS OF OXFORD
FEBRUARY PANCAKE SUPPER
The Oxford Lions Club sponsors a Pancake Supper on the last Friday in February from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Palmer Stone Elementary School cafeteria. There is a nominal charge for this "all you can eat" meal.
JULY INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
The City of Oxford and the Oxford Lions Club sponsor a 4th of July parade and the entertainment following at "Old Church" on Wesley Street. Monetary prizes reward parade entries in various categories. Bring your picnic or enjoy lunch purchased from the food concession stand, which the youth groups of Oxford churches run. The Lions Club provides free slices of watermelon for everyone.
NOVEMBER THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The churches in Oxford sponsor a community-wide Thanksgiving Worship Service, held at Old Church on Wesley Street. See "Calendar of Events" on home page of City web site, and check local church bulletins for time.
Oxford College Library - 770-784-8380
Available for public use on site, no check-out. General public does not have computer access; contact a librarian for assistance in searching for materials by computer.
Newton County Library -