🌱 Sundays on the Square — Experience Mount Vernon and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Your Weight Matters Columbus at Columbus Airport Marriott
• Sundays on the Square — Experience Mount Vernon at Park National Bank: Mount Vernon Downtown Office
• Family Story Time

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 48.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 38 degrees.

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📸 Around Utica

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Utica

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17

• Your Weight Matters Columbus →
  Columbus Airport Marriott, 1375 N Cassady Ave, Columbus
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Sundays on the Square — Experience Mount Vernon →
  Park National Bank: Mount Vernon Downtown Office, 1 S Main St, Mt Vernon
  11:00 am

Monday October 5

• Family Story Time →
  Utica OH
  10:30 am
• Fire Prevention Awareness →
  Utica OH
  6:00 pm

Sunday October 11

• 6th Annual Johnny Appleseed Fall Festival presented by the Peoples Bank of Gambier →
  Ariel-Foundation Park, 10 Pittsburgh Ave, Mt Vernon
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• HS and MS Cross Country @ Pickerington North
  Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd, Pickerington
  7:30 am
• Granville Farmers Market →
  Granville Farmers Market, 1225 River Rd, Granville
  8:30 am
• MS CC @ Pickerington N
  Centerburg Local, 7800 Refugee Rd, Pickerington
  8:30 am
• Granville Farmers Market Fall Harvest Festival
  Raccoon Valley Park, 1225 River Road, Granville
  8:30 am
• HS CC @ Pickerington N
  Centerburg Local, 7800 Refugee Rd, Pickerington
  8:30 am
• MS/HS Cross Country @ Pickerington N
  Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd, Pickerington
  9:00 am
• MS/HS CC @ Pickerington N
  Centerburg Local, 7800 Refugee Rd, Pickerington
  9:00 am
• Mount Vernon Farmers Market →
  Mount Vernon Public Square, Mount Vernon
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Utica. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Utica here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Newark

• Newark Catholic adding 11 to Hall of Fame (newarkadvocate.com)
• In 1997, Longaberger built a seven-story, basket-shaped office in Ohio for about $32 million; it sold for $1.2 million in 2017 (parade.com)
• As a runner, these 5 new Nike releases are helping me transition into fall training (newarkadvocate.com)

Granville

• Roundup: Watkins Memorial's Grennan qualifies for district tennis (newarkadvocate.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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