OXFORD – A moratorium on gas drilling will appear on the agenda at the Oxford Town Board meeting Wednesday night at 7:30.

Irving Wesley Hall, a former American History professor at SUNY Morrisville in Norwich and prominent activist in the 1960s, will present a three-page list of questions to town councilmen about “critical issues our community and our leadership confronts in the coming weeks.”

Hall states that Oxford is not prepared for drilling to begin with the release of the state’s pending new environmental regulations and should postpone any activity for at least 24 months after. He will also urge the board to appoint a joint industrialization task force to work with the elected boards, their agencies, departments, planning boards and all interested parties in Oxford to help prepare long range plans.