🌱 Could your Kettering home qualify for this new $1.7 million grant?

Coffee in hand, Kettering? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Could your Kettering home qualify for this new $1.7 million grant?
• How Kettering police helped end a 30‑year international manhunt

Also on today's calendar: 🎸 Live Country Music: Britches Down at Wandering Griffin! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; a few morning showers, with a high of 64 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and cool, temps: high: 63, low: 46.
• Friday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 69 and low of 56 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• City gets $1.7 million grant to reduce lead hazards (whio.com) — Kettering has secured a $1.7 million federal grant to inspect and fix lead hazards in local homes, with priority for low- and moderate-income families and households with young children. The city’s Planning & Development Department will use the funds for inspections, remediation, and broader Healthy Homes repairs, and residents can call 937-296-2441 to learn how to apply.
   

• Fugitive Wanted for Murders in Belgium and Albania Captured After Nearly 30 Years (usmarshals.gov) — A long‑wanted international fugitive was located and arrested in Kettering after investigators discovered he had been living in the U.S. under a false identity. Local Kettering police worked with federal and international agencies to apprehend him on immigration violations tied to serious convictions overseas, underscoring how global law enforcement cooperation can reach into local communities.
   

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📸 Around Kettering

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kettering

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 15

• 🎸 Live Country Music: Britches Down at Wandering Griffin! →
  Wandering Griffin Brewery & Restaurant, 3725 Presidential Dr, Beavercreek
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• Valerie Woebkenberg - Author Visit
  J. E. Prass Elementary School Dayton, OH 45440
  8:30 am
• Stitch Club Dayton →
  Park Avenue Needlepoint, 4025 Marshall Rd, Kettering
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• JFK Mrs. Flanegin's class Publishing Party in classroom
  J. E. Prass Elementary School Dayton, OH 45440
  8:45 am
• Woodland Historic Tour
  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Inventors and Their Inventions
  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
  11:00 am

Monday May 18

• JFK Fun Day
  J. E. Prass Elementary School Dayton, OH 45440
  8:30 am

Thursday May 21

• Woodland Historic Tour
  Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton
  6:00 pm

Monday May 25

• Memorial Day Service
  Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• JFK Miss Homan's class Publishing Party in classroom
  Kettering City School District Dayton, OH 45429
  8:45 am
• Woodland Arboretum Tree Tour
  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
  10:00 am

Thursday May 14

• Clean Sweep →
  Centerville, OH Calendar Centerville, OH 45458
• Valerie Woebkenberg - Author Visit
  Kettering City School District Dayton, OH 45429
  8:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Oakwood

• Man sentenced for robbing mail carriers at gunpoint (whio.com)
• Oakwood lawyer sentenced for voyeurism, pics of nude minor (wdtn.com)
• Donna J. Scott « The VW independent (thevwindependent.com)

Centerville

• William Daniel McClaskey (elizabethton.com)

Dayton

• Dayton: Fourth-grader shares pills with classmates at school; all okay (wdtn.com)
• Meet Penny, our Pet of the Day for May 12 (dayton247now.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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