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Hey hey Stow! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will Ohio adopt Stow's drive-thru safety rule as state law?
  • Stow's own Fred Gissendaner earns a major hall of fame honor
  • How much new housing investment is headed to Stow and neighbors?

Also on today's calendar: Dave Banks Big Band Featuring Scott Brotherton and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 72, low: 66.
  • Sunday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Family pleading for 'Megan's Way Out' to become Ohio law (fox8.com) — A Stow family is pushing hard for "Megan's Way Out," a proposed Ohio law that would require escape lanes in all newly built drive-thrus, after their daughter was killed in a Stow Taco Bell drive-thru with no way to exit. Stow and several nearby cities have already adopted similar local rules, but the statewide bill is stalled in committee, and the family is urging residents and lawmakers to act before the legislative session ends.
   

• Fred Gissendaner to enter Akron Public Schools Athletics Hall of Fame (beaconjournal.com) — Longtime Stow resident and former Kent State football standout Fred Gissendaner is being inducted into the Akron Public Schools Athletics Hall of Fame at an Oct. 19 banquet in Akron. The 83-year-old, whose son Lee starred at Stow High School, is celebrated for his record-setting track and football career, decades of coaching and school leadership, and deep commitment to family and the Akron–Stow community.
   

• Summit County executive lays out course to navigate economic headwinds (beaconjournal.com) — Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro says residents will shape how the county, including communities like Stow, weathers economic and political headwinds, highlighting new housing units financed in Akron, Barberton, Sagamore Hills and Stow. She detailed opioid-settlement-funded grant programs, efforts to preserve SNAP access, and workforce initiatives, urging residents to stay engaged with state lawmakers and local planning around taxes, data centers and downtown investment.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for quality work, remove old bathtub and surround, replace with new.
    Slab home Cuyahoga Falls. Any recommendations? (Nextdoor Northeast Stow)
  • STOW ESTATES TRAILER PARK
    if you used to live here ive got a whole pile of mail that sais for HANAH A BLASKO! If anyone knows her. In guessing i take it to the post office?… (Nextdoor Sanford Ave)
  • Panda Express posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (P1-4203981-1) in Stow. Apply here.
  • Burger King (Carrols) posted a job opening for Team Member in Stow. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stow here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hudson

  • Hudson council sends Clinton Crossing plan to Planning Commission for final review (cleveland.com)
  • Syracuse men's lacrosse receives commitment from 4-star Ohio midfielder (syracuse.com)
  • Hudson delays short-term rental vote for second time (cleveland.com)

Cuyahoga Falls

  • Meet Crosby, a new therapy dog in Cuyahoga Falls, and why he's the first of his kind in Ohio (news5cleveland.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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