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Hi and Happy Thursday:

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Boating safety course slated in Oxford

OXFORD - The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a one day Boating/Personal Watercraft Safety Course from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 20 at the American Legion Post, 43 Oxford Road. 

Admission is $60.

Upon completion you will be able to obtain your Boating/PWC license/certificate from the state DEEP, allowing you to operate a vessel and/or PWC. 

The About Boating Safety Course exceeds the state requirements that allow you to obtain that license/certificate. 

Topics include safety, Connecticut state law, trailering, waterways, canoes, motor boats, sailboats, PWCs, just to name a few. 

If interested and would like to pre-register please contact Peter Aiksnoras at 203-888-7252 or aiksnoras@sbcglobal.net. 

Walk-ins are welcomed. Lunch is included.

This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.

Seymour shops ready to celebrate first Saturday

This month's First Saturday event will be held from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. this Saturday in downtown Seymour.

Quoting from a Facebook event page:

"Enjoy First Saturday with live music, shopping, and refreshments, friends, and neighbors. Pick up a map at any of the shops downtown after 5 p.m. and search for treasures at each one. 

"Visit them all and you will be entered for a prize from this month's featured destination, Wildflour Confections."