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In today's newsletter:

  • How Amherst's proposed data center pause could reshape future development.
  • Why Amherst volleyball's latest win matters in the area rankings race.

Also on today's calendar: ESP BREWING (AMHERST) — Charles Geil & His Ghost Band and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 67, low: 52.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Amherst committee advances data center moratorium (chroniclet.com) — Amherst officials are moving a temporary ban on large data centers to City Council, potentially pausing projects over 2.5 megawatts while they overhaul industrial zoning rules. Residents' strong opposition to a proposed 45‑megawatt Nordson site sparked the moratorium, and council members will debate how long the pause should last at their Sept. 28 meeting at City Hall.
   

• Morning Journal volleyball Top of the Crop for Sept. 23 (morningjournal.com) — Amherst's volleyball team holds the No. 3 spot in the Morning Journal's latest Top of the Crop rankings at 10‑4 after a key win over Midview. The roundup highlights how that victory, plus upcoming matches for area rivals like Avon and Olmsted Falls, could shake up conference races and postseason seeding for local programs.
   

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    Thursday September 24
  • Autumn Serenity Art Show →
    Vermilion Arts Guild Gallery, 685 Main Street, Vermillion
    10:00 am
  • Boys Junior High Football vs Oberlin Phoenix
    Tom Hoch Field
    12:00 pm
  • Second Harvest Food Distribution
    Amherst Exempted Village, 450 Washington St, Amherst
    12:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Target posted a job opening for GM and Food (General Merchandise, Closing, Fulfillment, Inbound, Food and Beverage , Food Service, Starbucks) (T2351) in Amherst. Apply here.
  • Lorain City Schools posted a job opening for Cleaner - 2nd Shift in Lorain. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amherst here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lorain

  • Second Harvest gears for annual Generous Helpings event (chroniclet.com)
  • 9 people booked on warrant charges in Lorain County on Sept. 17 (loraintimes.com)
  • Keystone vs. Brookside volleyball: Wildcats' single-season turnaround continues in sweep (morningjournal.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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