🌱 Patch AM: What Oxford families should know about Talawanda’s free college-credit options

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In today's newsletter:

• What Oxford families should know about Talawanda's free college-credit options
• How one Talawanda teen wiped out Chromebook fees and lunch debt

Also on today's calendar: Fall Career and Internship Fair and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 82, low: 57.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Talawanda High School offers college credit (oxfreepress.com) — Talawanda High School is expanding in-house College Credit Plus options so Oxford-area students can earn free college credit without leaving campus. Families pay no tuition for CCP or AP coursework, though AP exam fees remain, giving students multiple pathways to affordable credits that transfer to Ohio public universities and many colleges elsewhere.
   

• 'Abbie's Helping Hands': Talawanda senior continues mission of giving, pursues nonprofit status (oxfreepress.com) — A Talawanda High School senior is turning years of tutoring and school-supply drives in Oxford into a formal nonprofit, Abbie's Helping Hands, to better support local students and families. After wiping out Chromebook fees and lunch debt, organizing holiday meals, and clothing drives, she's now seeking 501(c)(3) status so the effort can grow and continue after she graduates.
   

📸 Around Oxford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oxford

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 3
• Joe Cowels host the open mic at The Bearded Saddle! →
  THE BEARDED SADDLE SALOON, 1435 Trenton Oxford Rd, Oxford
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 15
• Fall Career and Internship Fair →
  Millett Hall, 500 Weeb Ewbank Way, Oxford
  1:00 pm
• 2026 Miami University Fall Career and Internship Fair →
  Millett Hall, 500 Weeb Ewbank Way, Oxford
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Joe Cowels host the open mic at The Bearded Saddle! →
  THE BEARDED SADDLE SALOON, 1435 Trenton Oxford Rd, Oxford
  6:00 pm
Friday September 25
• UConn Huskies at Miami (OH) RedHawks →
  Yager Stadium, 700 Weeb Ewbank Way, Oxford
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• Girls Tennis - Home vs. Fairfield (@ Bridgeport Elementary)
  Garfield Middle School Bridgeport Elementary School, 2171 Bridgeport Dr, Hamilton, OH 45013, USA
  4:00 pm
• Football - Home vs. Middletown
  Garfield Middle School , 250 N Fair Ave, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball (A Team) - Away @ Creekside
  Garfield Middle School Creekside Middle School, 1111 Nilles Rd, Fairfield, OH 45014, USA
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball (B Team) Home vs. Mt. Healthy
  Garfield Middle School Wilson Middle School, 2260 NW Washington Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45013, USA
  4:30 pm
• Golf - Away @ Plains (@ Green Crest GC)
  Garfield Middle School Green Crest Golf Club, 7813 Bethany Rd, Liberty Township, OH 45044, USA
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball @ Waynesville
  Eaton Middle School Eaton, OH 45320
  5:30 pm
• Dine to Donate-The Cone
  Heritage Early Childhood School The Cone
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Miami University posted a job opening for Building and Grounds Assistant (Custodial/Janitorial ) in Oxford. Apply here.
• Capstone Real Estate Investments, LLC posted a job opening for Leasing Consultant in Oxford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oxford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hamilton

• LLBWS roundup: Ohio stops New Jersey to climb lower bracket (statenews.net)
• ICE has begun targeting and detaining Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio (mariettatimes.com)
• Video shows former Hamilton County judge learning of arrest on prostitution charge (wlwt.com)

Fairfield

• Fairfield joins Great Miami riverfront tourism, economic development initiative (wvxu.org)
• 14-year-old Fairfield football player struck by car; family seeks witnesses (wcpo.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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