🌱 Pittsfield mayor: Bring city concerns directly to us, not Facebook

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In today's newsletter:

• Pittsfield mayor: Bring city concerns directly to us, not Facebook

Also on today's calendar: Finance Committee Meeting and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.
• Thursday: Rather cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 47, low: 31.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Pittsfield City Council makes plea to residents (rivercountynews.com) — Pittsfield residents with city concerns should contact City Hall, their alderman or Mayor Gary Mendenhall rather than rely on Facebook posts. At the Nov. 4 council meeting, Mendenhall said officials may never see those posts. The council also discussed employee compensation and replacing weathered or storm-damaged welcome signs.
   

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📸 Around Pittsfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pittsfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday November 17

• GIS/IT Committee →
  Government Building- Upper Conference Room, 121 E. Washington Street, Pittsfield
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• PCS Girls Basketball
  Payson-Seymour
• PCS Boys Basketball
  Little Flower School
• PCS Girls Basketball
  Payson-Seymour
  6:00 pm
• PCS Boys Basketball
  Little Flower School
  6:00 pm

Monday November 16

• PCS Boys Basketball
  Calhoun Junior High

Tuesday November 17

• Finance Committee Meeting →
  Government Building- Upper Conference Room, 121 E. Washington Street, Pittsfield
  6:00 pm
• PCS Boys Basketball
  Brown County
  6:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• PHS Girls V Basketball
  PIKELAND CUSD 10 Waverly

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• PCS Girls Basketball
  Payson-Seymour

Monday November 16

• Middle School Book Fair
  Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4 Griggsville, IL 62340

Tuesday November 17

• PCS Boys Basketball
  Brown County
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Pittsfield. Apply here.
• The Maschhoffs posted a job opening for Projects Maintenance Engineer in Pittsfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pittsfield here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jacksonville

• Opportunity Zone Approved, Again for Jacksonville (wlds.com)
• Hiring of Chicago law firm by city, count raising questions (myjournalcourier.com)
• Man awaiting hearing in Jacksonville restaurant ruckus accused of trying to grab woman, bags (myjournalcourier.com)

Quincy

• ‘Roadmap for the future': Quincy takes action on housing strategic task force & clay sports park (khqa.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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