Fairlawn-Bath News Digest:

Here’s a roundup of news and features to help you start the week caught up with what's been going on in the local news.

SB5/Ohio Issue 2 -- Lobbying on both sides of the fight to revamp collective bargaining for public employees in Ohio continues. Read Fairlawn-Bath Patch readers' take on the issue in our comments roundup.

Ohio voter registration deadline -- Are you signed up to vote in Ohio? The deadline is Oct. 11. Read the requirements here and find out where to sign up.

Parenting -- Our moms columnists weigh in on teaching children a work ethic and commiserate on the horror that can only be the tween to teen hormone surge.

Pets -- Read our homeless pet column on Saturdays and think you'd love to help but might not be ready for a full commitment? Pet columnist Lee Peterson might have the answer in her piece about pet fostering. 

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