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In today's newsletter:

  • What's planned for the blighted property at 429 Eastern Avenue in Leesburg?

Also on today's calendar: 2026 STEEL Conference and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Humid with showers around, temps: high: 72, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Highland County land bank board awards demolition bids, discusses future of program (highlandcountypress.com) — A Highland County land bank meeting has direct implications for Leesburg, where a low bid was selected to demolish a blighted property at 429 Eastern Avenue under the 2026 grant program. Board members also weighed new state rules that will require more local cost-sharing for future demolitions, discussed brownfield cleanups, and reviewed finances that determine how many problem properties across the county can be addressed.
   

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    Thursday October 1
  • Girls HS Soccer @ Home vs. Whiteoak
    Greenfield Exempted Village Schools Greenfield, OH 45123
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    Greenfield Exempted Village Schools Greenfield, OH 45123
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    Washington Court House City Schools, 306 Highland Ave, Greenfield
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    Pizza Patt's, 155 W Main St., New Vienna
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    Roberts Centre, 123 Gano Rd, Wilmington
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Dayton man convicted of 22 counts in 'biggest fentanyl case that Highland County has ever had' (newsbreak.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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