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🌱 How new Belle Oaks bonds and Trebisky upgrades will affect your neighborhood

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What's up Richmond Heights! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How new Belle Oaks bonds and Trebisky upgrades will affect your neighborhood
  • What Richmond Heights police handled this week at Meijer and beyond
  • Richmond Heights officers describe unusual details in a third OVI arrest

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

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 64, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Richmond Heights council approves Belle Oaks bond issuance as apartment construction progresses (cleveland.com) — Richmond Heights City Council has approved new taxable bonds to help finance additional Belle Oaks apartment buildings and related improvements at the former Richmond Town Square site, with the first units expected to open in early November. Council also backed a grant application to enclose drainage culverts and add a continuous sidewalk along Trebisky Road, aiming to improve both walkability and stormwater management for nearby residents.
   

2. Woman says Meijer employee wrongfully accused her of theft: Richmond Heights Police Blotter (cleveland.com) — Richmond Heights police recently handled a dispute at Meijer where a shopper said she was wrongly suspected of theft, an alleged assault involving a boyfriend on Richmond Road, and several shoplifting cases at Meijer and Dollar General. Officers also assisted an intoxicated man left at Kiwanis Lodge and documented threatening texts reported by a resident.
   

3. Woman fails to 'hold to it in' three times during drunk driving arrest in Richmond Heights (cleveland.com) — Richmond Heights police arrested a 28-year-old Euclid woman on Sept. 26 after she nearly struck a cruiser on Richmond Road and showed clear signs of intoxication. During the stop and later at the jail and hospital, officers reported several incidents of public urination, and noted this was her third OVI arrest.
   

4. 2026 Midterm Election Voter Guide for Cuyahoga County (signalcleveland.org) — Richmond Heights voters are part of Cuyahoga County Council District 11, where Democrat Christine McIntosh and Republican William McLaughlin are vying for the seat, alongside several countywide levies that could raise property taxes for social services. This comprehensive 2026 voter guide also outlines judicial races, statewide offices, and Ohio's voter ID rules so you can prepare well before casting a ballot.
   

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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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