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In today's newsletter:

• Why University City is rethinking its $200,000 Flock camera contract.

Also on today's calendar: Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with clouds and sun, temps: high: 74, low: 58.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a shower possible, with a high of 72 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• There is little state regulation of Flock cameras in Iowa. That could soon change. (iowapublicradio.org) — University City residents and officials are wrestling with whether to keep or remove Flock automated license plate reader cameras that police say have helped hundreds of investigations. A council vote on a $200,000 contract extension was delayed amid privacy and immigration-enforcement concerns, while local advocates gather signatures and highlight how other Missouri communities and state leaders are rethinking the technology.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in University City

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 25
• Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts →
  Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 25
• Bourbon Friday // Networking & Bourbon Tasting →
  TechArtista UCity, 725 Kingsland Avenue, University City
Saturday September 26
• Annual LEF 'Due Run (1-mile walk/run) →
  Old Bonhomme Elem., 1201 Warson Rd, St. Louis
  8:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Electronics Recycling Collection Event →
  975 Pennsylvania Ave., University City
  9:00 am
• Starlight Concert Series-The Drew Project →
  Heman Park (Midland & Shaftesbury Entrance), University City
  3:00 pm
Monday September 28
• City Council Meeting →
  City Hall, 6801 Delmar Blvd, University City
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• Economic Development Retail Sales Tax Board Meeting →
  University City Calendar
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• TBGC Women's October Bible Study →
  6701 Delmar Blvd, University City
• Battle Of The Decades Trivia Night →
  The Machinist Hall, 12365 St Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton
  5:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• Saint Louis Chamber Chorus "Choral Elements Fire" →
  Second Baptist Church, 9030 Clayton Rd, St. Louis
  3:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Dancing While The World Is Ending Tour - Stanley Simmons at Blueberry Hill Duck Room →
  The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd, University City
  8:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Curations: Trending Materials and Finishes →
  Crescent Plumbing Supply, 6614 Olive Boulevard, University City

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🗞 Nearby News

Clayton

• Airline leaders gather in Clayton to talk St. Louis' global growth (kmov.com)
• Casa Don Alfonso to host Vicia for special dinner in October (saucemagazine.com)
• Correct Capital Wealth Management Emphasizes Goals-Based Portfolio Monitoring for Mid-Year Alignment (democratandchronicle.com)

St. Louis

• WANTED: St. Louis police searching for garage burglary suspect (firstalert4.com)
• Zack Fox Brings a Genre-Spanning DJ Set to The Pageant in St. Louis on October 16 (deluxmag.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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