🌱 Patch AM: Which Dayton investigations in 2025 most changed how your tax dollars are used?

Good morning to you Dayton! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Dayton investigations in 2025 most changed how your tax dollars are used?
• How firefighters contained a smoky Huffman Avenue attic blaze

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve Silent Disco & Ball Drop and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 66 and low of 22 degrees.
• Monday: Cloudy, windy and much colder, temps: high: 27, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: Cold; breezy in the morning, with a high of 27 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Greeting: Sunday morning briefing 12-28-25 (daytondailynews.com) — Dayton readers get a year-end roundup of Dayton Daily News investigations that dug into local crime patterns, city payroll, nonprofit pay, and how your tax dollars are spent. The briefing highlights probes into Dayton neighborhoods’ gun violence, oversight of vulnerable children, immigration enforcement in Ohio, and political dysfunction in nearby communities, all aimed at holding local leaders and institutions accountable.
   

• Huffman Ave. house fire starts in attic, crews declare 'all clear' (dayton247now.com) — Fire crews quickly knocked down a house fire in the 700 block of Huffman Avenue in a Dayton neighborhood Saturday afternoon, after heavy smoke was seen coming from the attic. Dispatchers say the blaze is now all clear, though the extent of damage isn’t yet known. Officials are still gathering details, and no injuries have been reported so far.
   

📸 Around Dayton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dayton

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Monday December 29

• Choose Your Own Adventure Read-Aloud Book Club
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  5:00 pm
• Zumba at Full Circle Wellness
  Full Circle Wellness , 2340 Grange Hall Rd. , Beavercreek
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  11:30 am
• New Year's Eve Silent Disco & Ball Drop
  The Brightside Music & Event Venue , 905 E 3rd St , Dayton
  8:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Year Blind Box
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek

Saturday January 3

• Wii Play Day
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  12:30 pm
• Wolf Moon Howl
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  6:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Baby Story Time
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  10:30 am
• Everyone Can Exercise!
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  12:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Traditional Pierogi Making
  Warehouse 4 Coffee (Kettering) , 3131 Wilmington Pike , Kettering
  12:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Choose Your Own Adventure Read-Aloud Book Club
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  5:00 pm
• Zumba at Full Circle Wellness
  Full Circle Wellness , 2340 Grange Hall Rd. , Beavercreek
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Beavercreek Community Library , 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road , Beavercreek
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This girl just showed up in our front hall to our building.
  No idea where she came from or what to do. Looks like she's hungry and maybe homeless. On Fairview by Rays Drivethru off Catalpa. Anyone know where… (Nextdoor Fairview)
• There is a white little dog maybe a Pomeranian or a long-haired Chihuahua running around linden heights on Hodapp Ave.
  almost got hit by some idiot who was speeding. Couldn’t get a picture and the dog wouldn’t come to me. (Nextdoor Linden Heights)

• Shaner Hotel Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Night Auditor | Dayton Fairfield Inn Water Street in Dayton. Apply here.
• P.F. Chang's China Bistro posted a job opening for Expeditor in Dayton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dayton here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes host No. 4 UCLA Bruins (daytondailynews.com)

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• Sports rewind: Every 2025 Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week (mahoningmatters.com)

Trotwood

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-- The Patch AM Team

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