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🌱 East Palestine community remembers longtime school aide Rhonda L. Albert

East Palestine, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings East Palestine! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • East Palestine community remembers longtime school aide Rhonda L. Albert
  • Why experts say East Palestine’s derailment defines a new era of disasters.
  • Did flawed EPA sampling understate dioxin risks in East Palestine?

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 81 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 84, low: 58.
  • Friday: Very warm with some sun, with a high of 86 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Rhonda L. Albert, East Palestine, Ohio (wkbn.com) — East Palestine is mourning the loss of 72-year-old lifelong resident Rhonda L. Albert, a beloved aide in the local schools for three decades and an active supporter of the public library. She also served as a presiding judge for the Columbiana County Board of Elections. Local arrangements are being handled by Linsley-Royal Funeral Home in East Palestine.
   

• A Newer Species of Trouble (theamericanscholar.org) — An essay on modern “technological disasters” uses the 2023 East Palestine derailment as a key example of man‑made catastrophes that feel preventable and fuel anger, not resignation. It explains how events like the toxic train fire here blur with so‑called natural disasters as climate change and industrial risks collide. For East Palestine residents, it reinforces that what happened locally is part of a troubling national pattern.
   

• EPA Broke Dioxin Sampling Protocols in East Palestine (whistleblower.org) — New findings allege the EPA used plastic bags for dioxin soil sampling in East Palestine after the 2023 train derailment, a method experts say violates its own protocols and can understate contamination. A whistleblower group is calling current test results not credible and urging an independent reassessment of environmental and health risks for East Palestine residents.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in East Palestine

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in East Palestine

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.