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Hello again Toledo! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want to hear a national humanist leader speak in Toledo Sunday?
  • What Toledo police and city officials are changing after 16 fatal crashes.
  • Toledo man's tree job nightmare highlights a costly contractor warning.

Also on today's calendar: Libbey House Tours During Ohio Open Doors and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
  • Monday: Not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Director of Humanist organization to visit Toledo on speaking tour (toledoblade.com) — Toledo residents can hear American Humanist Association director Fish Stark speak this Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the Yager Center in Swan Creek Metropark. The free event, hosted by the Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie, includes a Q&A, refreshments, and a chance to connect with the local humanist chapter.
   

2. 16 fatal crashes prompt renewed push for road safety in Toledo (wtol.com) — Toledo residents are being urged to slow down and stay alert after 16 fatal crashes and 58 serious injury crashes in the city so far this year, including recent crosswalk incidents. Police and city officials outline enforcement and Vision Zero infrastructure changes, while state transportation leaders launch a safety campaign aimed at reducing pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
   

3. Toledo man says tree removal crew took money, vanished (13abc.com) — A Toledo homeowner says he lost a $1,000 deposit to a tree removal crew that never returned, prompting a police report and ongoing investigation by Toledo officers. His experience, captured on home security video, serves as a cautionary tale for other residents to verify contractors carefully and follow up quickly if promised work doesn't begin.
   

4. How A Jeep® Liberty Became A Moving 9/11 Memorial (moparinsiders.com) — Toledo's Jeep plant played a special role after 9/11, commissioning flag-themed Wrangler and Liberty models that became rolling patriotic tributes visible from I-75. One dealer-commissioned Liberty, inspired by those Toledo-built originals, has been lovingly preserved and still travels to shows, keeping the story of the city's contribution to national remembrance alive 25 years later.
   

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    Saturday September 12
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    I will definitely use her services in the future! (Nextdoor Reynolds Corners)
  • Looking for some strong guys to move some wooden trailer steps for me today or this weekend.
    It is within the park and around the corner from me. (Nextdoor Reynolds Corners)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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