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🌱 How Amherst’s proposed data center pause could reshape future development.
Happening soon: Amherst Chess Players Society on the Amherst Patch calendar
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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!)
- 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.
📸 Around Amherst
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Amherst
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★ Featured events ★
- Amherst Chess Players Society →
Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St, Amherst
5:30 pm
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- Somatic Breathwork →
45555 North Ridge Road, Amherst
7:00 pm - Falcon Tailgate
Falcon Stadium By the
5:30 pm - Choral Color Run
FES
2:00 pm - Board Meeting →
Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St, Amherst
6:30 pm - ESP BREWING (AMHERST) — Charles Geil & His Ghost Band →
ESP Brewing Company, 8055 Leavitt Rd, Amherst
7:00 pm - Charles Geil & His Ghost Band at ESP BREWING →
ESP BREWING, 8055 Leavitt Road, Amherst
7:00 pm - ESP BREWING →
ESP BREWING, 8055 Leavitt Road, Amherst
7:00 pm - ESP BREWING (AMHERST) — Charles Geil ... →
ESP Brewing Company, 8055 Leavitt Rd, Amherst
7:00 pm
Thursday September 24
Friday September 25
Sunday September 27
Tuesday September 29
Saturday October 3
📣 Amherst Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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
Thursday September 24
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💬 Chatter
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)
Elyria
- Quick progress being made on reconstruction of historic Elyria mansion (chroniclet.com)
- Joellen Mary Alberts (chroniclet.com)
- High school football: Matt Wilhelm Award watch list for Sept. 22 (morningjournal.com)
Ok Amherst! 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: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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