🌱 Patch AM: How overnight Mentor Avenue construction could change your commute Monday night

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In today's newsletter:

• How overnight Mentor Avenue construction could change your commute Monday night
• Want Poe, "The Raven," and a Garfield home tour in Mentor?
• Where Mentor lands in this year's preseason volleyball power rankings

Also on today's calendar: Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Breezy; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 72 and low of 60 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 71, low: 60.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mentor Avenue resurfacing begins Monday (cleveland.com) — Overnight resurfacing on Mentor Avenue starts Monday, meaning one lane each way will stay open but drivers should expect slower traffic from west of Hopkins Road to the Painesville Township line. Work runs 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through October, bringing new pavement, curb repairs, and upgraded radar-based traffic signals along this key Mentor corridor.
   

• An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe in Mentor Events (farmanddairy.com) — Fans of classic horror can catch "An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe" at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site on Mentor Avenue from September 24–26, with performances at 6 and 8 p.m. Each show features dramatic readings like "The Raven," plus refreshments and a tour of the Garfield home, with tickets available online for $30.
   

• News-Herald volleyball preseason Top of the Crop (news-herald.com) — Mentor's volleyball team opens the season ranked seventh in the News-Herald's preseason "Top of the Crop," behind programs like NDCL, Lake Catholic, and Gilmour. The write-up notes Mentor has set a high standard that younger players across the area are now chasing as the fall schedule gets underway.
   

📸 Around Mentor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mentor

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau →
  LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
  5:00 pm
• Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau →
  LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
  5:00 pm
• Summer Luau Reverse Raffle & Fundraising Event →
  LaMalfa 5783 Heisley Rd. Mentor, OH 44060,
  5:00 pm
• Summer Luau →
  LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 23
• Blackbrook Audubon's last visit to Veterans Park →
  Veterans Park, 5730 Hopkins Rd, Mentor
  8:00 am
Monday August 24
• Monday Night Book Club In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Village Room, Main
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Computer Class Setup In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Frances Cleveland Room, Main
  9:00 am
• Lift, Laugh, Parachute play! In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Village Room, Main
  10:00 am
• Basic Computers & Internet In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Frances Cleveland Room, Main
  2:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Computer Class Setup In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Frances Cleveland Room, Main
  9:00 am
• Learn to Use your Android Phone - Computer Class In-Person / Online
  Mentor Public Library Frances Cleveland Room, Main
  2:00 pm
• Word 2 - Computer Class In-Person
  Mentor Public Library Frances Cleveland Room, Main
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Full list of recent food recalls:
  August 2026 Dreyer's Outshine Fruit Bars: Foreign matter (glass) — August 18, 2026 Indus Foods Pickled Meat & Poultry: Produced without federal… (Nextdoor Johnnycake Ridge)
• Good morning, Susan Kusmier here .
  I have recently moved From Mentor, Ohio.. I would just like to add that I enjoyed my time in Mentor, Ohio. I am a fundraiser. And I also work with… (Nextdoor Case-Cadle-Presley-Nowlen)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager - Up to $18.50 / hr to start in Mentor. Apply here.
• Avery Dennison Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler, 550p-600a, 2-2-3 in Mentor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mentor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Willoughby

• Annual Recovery Concert of Hope returns to Willoughby (news-herald.com)
• Sol restaurant in Willoughby: Popular fusion spot listed for sale (cleveland.com)
• Relay For Life of Lake County to celebrate cancer survivors, raise funds (news-herald.com)

Painesville

• The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra keeps big band tradition with 'Sentimental Over You' (themusicuniverse.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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