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🌱 How Jeffersonville pet adoptions are getting cheaper this month.

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Hello Jeffersonville! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Jeffersonville pet adoptions are getting cheaper this month.
  • Why a Jeffersonville riverside hotel abruptly stopped taking guests before festivals.
  • How Louisville's mail mess is slowing deliveries to Jeffersonville residents.

Also on today's calendar: The King's Council and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A stray thunderstorm, with a high of 97 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A stray t-storm; not as hot, temps: high: 88, low: 69.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 11 Indiana animal shelters join US initiative, will temporarily lower adoption fees (wishtv.com) — Jeffersonville Animal Shelter is joining a national Empty the Shelters campaign, temporarily cutting pet adoption fees to $70 or less from Friday through Sept. 30. All animals are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, giving Jeffersonville residents a more affordable way to adopt while helping free up space in crowded local shelters.
   

• Louder Than Life fans stranded after Jeffersonville hotel abruptly closes to guests (wave3.com) — Guests arriving for the Louder Than Life festival found a Jeffersonville riverside hotel suddenly closed to new check-ins, canceling reservations through October and disrupting plans for concerts and weddings. Local residents, including people in nearby New Albany, are stepping up by offering backyard camping and other last-minute lodging options to stranded visitors.
   

• USPS warns of Louisville mail delays as packages are rerouted to other processing centers (wave3.com) — Mail delays at Louisville's processing center are spilling over to southern Indiana, with at least one Jeffersonville customer seeing a package rerouted more than 1,000 miles after arriving in Louisville. USPS says Louisville is handling extra volume during Evansville upgrades and expects to be caught up by Sept. 20, but some Kentuckiana residents report bills and packages arriving weeks late.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I Just Want to ~ Brighten Up Your World!
    ~ Tell us how you can Brighten Up Someone's World! (Nextdoor Downtown Jeffersonville)
  • Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in JEFFERSONVILLE, IN S11763 in Jeffersonville. Apply here.
  • Parker Hannifin Corp. posted a job opening for Assembler II - Standard Pleats (1st Shift) in Jeffersonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jeffersonville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clarksville

  • Scholar Spotlight: Callie Williams Finds Her Voice in English Education (bsu.edu)
  • Texas Roadhouse Plans New Location in Waxahachie (whatnow.com)
  • Man wanted for murder in Mexico arrested in southern Indiana (wlky.com)

Charlestown

  • Futures Finalist Kinley Jones Sends Verbal to Vanderbilt for Fall 2027 (swimswam.com)

New Albany

  • Indiana Quilters Sew Wheelchair Blankets Sized to Never Tangle in the Wheels – WENG 98.1FM, 107.5 FM & 1530 AM (wengradio.com)
  • Hip Hops: Those first-ever draft Pilsner Urquells in Prague, 1987 (foodanddine.com)

Ok Jeffersonville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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