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🌱 How big is Springfield’s 120-acre antique extravaganza, really?

Springfield, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Springfield! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How big is Springfield’s 120-acre antique extravaganza, really?
  • Could Springfield become a hub for next-generation hybrid-electric airplanes?
  • Why Springfield’s Haitian neighbors are marching 45 miles to Columbus.

Also on today's calendar: Book Sale!!! and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out? 🤔 (Answer below!)

☑️ Important voting information: The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official Ohio election resources: Find your polling place | Register to vote | Check your registration | Absentee, mail and early voting.

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Cooler with a stray shower, with a high of 62 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Periods of clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 58.
  • Wednesday: Times of rain, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Sprawling Flea Market In Ohio Where You'll Want An Empty Trunk Before You Arrive (newsbreak.com) — Springfield’s Clark County Fairgrounds hosts the massive Springfield Antique Show and Flea Market nine times a year, drawing thousands of shoppers to 120 acres of barns and open fields. You’ll find everything from quilts and Shaker boxes to farm tools and records, with tips on timing your visit, early-bird passes, parking, and how to pack your trunk for big finds.
   

• Electra EL2 Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator Completes First Fixed Wing Takeoff and Landing at Manhattan Heliport (techeblog.com) — A new hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrator just proved it can take off and land in extremely short distances, and its larger successor is slated for production at a Springfield plant around 2030. That could eventually bring advanced aviation manufacturing, jobs, and industry attention directly to Springfield, tying the city to a potentially transformative clean-flight technology.
   

• ‘We Spend Our Days in Silence': Fear and Repression in Ohio as ICE Terrorizes Haitian Immigrants (rsn.org) — Haitian immigrants in Springfield describe living in fear as ICE traffic stops, home visits, and a loss of legal work status disrupt daily life in the city. Local activists have organized a 45-mile march from Springfield to Columbus, pressing for an end to aggressive enforcement in town and for a path to permanent residency for long-time Haitian residents.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Ready or not, here comes Halloween.
    Come by! We're setting the mood with Halloween decorations, our display is one for the books, and we'll be here late, so no rush. #TreatMap (Nextdoor Lindair Acres & Nearby)
  • We had trick or treaters first time in 17 years !!!!!!!!
    They were such cute kids I gave em all my candy and prayer cards for there families!!!!! (Nextdoor Greenon Hopper)
  • Dunham's Sports posted a job opening for Team Member in Springfield. Apply here.
  • Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in SPRINGFIELD OH S14172 in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Springfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Science fiction writer John Scalzi discusses his novel 'Monsters of Ohio' (ualrpublicradio.org)

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Ok Springfield! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out?" — Look in the mirror and see what you saw, take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out of the hole. (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Springfield

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