😡 Vroom Complaints Pile Up + Touch-A-Truck Coming Soon + Smelly Garlic Party For You

It's been hot, humid and stormy this week, and that will carry over into the weekend. We may see some relief Tuesday. Before you head into your weekend, here's what you need to know.

• Clevelanders who buy cars from Vroom are having issues
• Touch-a-Truck is coming soon 🚚
• And so is the Cleveland Garlic Festival — the smelliest fest in the U.S. 👃🏽

Plus, we've got a big list for you of fun things to do.

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🌨️ Humid with a thunderstorm. High: 83, Low: 75

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Vroom Sputters With Many Cleveland Used Car Buyers Who've Filed Complaints

1) The online car seller Vroom is racking up Better Business Bureau and Ohio attorney general complaints from Ohioans, and Jason LaPierre of Cleveland is one of them. LaPierre bought a 2014 Jeep from Vroom and is still waiting for his papers and plates. The state will no longer allow him to drive the car on temporary tags. The BBB in Texas, where Vroom is based, says Ohioans account for hundreds of service complaints against Vroom there, too.

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2) Cleveland Metroparks annual Touch-a-Truck event is coming to Brookside Reservation on Aug. 21. We've got bulldozers, backhoes, police cars, bucket trucks and more. There will also be a 40-ton sandbox and tractor rides. This is FREE fun for big kids and little kids alike.

Get the details from Cleveland Metroparks

3) Now that the NFL has appealed the discipline handed down to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for sexual misconduct, who will sit in judgment this time? The commissioner has appointed Peter C. Harvey — an attorney who sits on the NFL's diversity advisory committee. He was arbitrator of Hue Jackson's claims the Browns forced him to tank games. He was also the first African-American attorney general in New Jersey history.

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• Related: Ashley Solis, who received death threats, calls out the NFL for not caring about Deshaun Watson’s accusers

4) The Rev. Michael G. Woost, a Cleveland native and St. Ignatius High School graduate, was ordained as an auxiliary bishop Thursday in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Woost, 63, who became a priest in 1984, is a faculty member of St. Mary Seminary. The last time a Cleveland priest was ordained as a bishop in the diocese was 21 years ago.

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5) Vampires, stay away. The Cleveland Garlic Festival returns the weekend of Aug. 27 to Shaker Square. The festival — called the "smelliest food festival" in America by Food & Wine Magazine — will feature all manner of garlic-infused foods, from beer to ice cream, fries to olive oil. The garlic festival would not be complete without the crowning of a Miss Garlic, too.

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15 Things To Do

• The Concert Truck piano show, Edgewater Beach Friday, Aug. 5, 1 to 3 p.m. | Details
• The Concert Truck piano show, Waterloo Arts, 15509 Waterloo Road, Friday, Aug. 5, 6 p.m. | Details
• Pokrova Ukrainian Festival, Parma, Friday, Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 7 | Details
• Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Dashboard Confessional, Agora, Friday, Aug. 5, 6 p.m. | Details
• Kid Rock and Foreigner, Blossom Music Center, Friday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m. | Details
• The Concert Truck piano show, Cleveland Public Library Carnegie West, 1900 Fulton Road, Saturday, Aug. 6, noon to 2 p.m | Details
• Barnyard Beer Bash, Frog Valley Farm in Valley City, Saturday, Aug. 6 | Details
• Puerto Rican Parade and Festival, Roberto Clemente Park in Cleveland, Saturday, Aug. 6 and Sunday, Aug. 7 | Details
• Summer Concert Fundraiser for CITY DOGS Cleveland!, Saturday, Aug. 6, 4 to 8 p.m. | Details
• Taco and Tequila Stroll in Willoughby, Saturday, Aug. 6, 1 to 5 p.m. | Details
• American Institute of Architects Sand Fest, Edgewater Beach, Cleveland, Saturday, Aug. 6 | Details
• Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Music Festival, Cuyahoga Falls, Saturday, Aug. 6 to Sunday, Aug. 7 | Details
• Twins Days Festival, Twinsburg, Friday, Aug. 5 to Sunday, Aug. 7 | Details
• Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, through Aug. 17 | Details
• Taste of Black Cleveland: Food Showcase 4.0, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 18 | Details

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Cleveland Chatter

• "José Ramírez is our 2022 winner of the @mlbpaa Heart and Hustle Award! A superstar through and through. 🐐 #ForTheLand" (Cleveland Guardians via Instagram)
• "One liver from a deceased donor saved two women in need of a life-saving transplant. The first time these split-liver sisters meet is a beautiful thing. More on Maria and Monica’s story: https://cle.clinic/3cR8NTS" (Cleveland Clinic via Facebook)
• "We set a NEW RECORD in July! Our cardholders borrowed more than 275,079 eBook and audiobook titles from our collection, the most we have ever loaned in a single month. https://ccpl.overdrive.com/ #FreeEbooks #FreeAudiobooks #CCPL100" (Cuyahoga County Public Library via Facebook)

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