🌱 Patch AM: How Lakewood’s Blue Envelope program could change your next traffic stop

What's up Lakewood! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Lakewood’s Blue Envelope program could change your next traffic stop

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very cold with a few flurries, with a high of 24 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 28, low: 22.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 27 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bay Village taking part in Blue Envelope program (news5cleveland.com) — Lakewood drivers with autism or other conditions should know their police department already uses the Blue Envelope program now being adopted by nearby Bay Village. The initiative helps make traffic stops calmer and clearer by organizing key documents and signaling communication needs to officers, including through an optional window sticker.
   

📸 Around Lakewood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakewood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Cleveland Home Show
  Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, 300 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Schools Reopen for Grades 6-12
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Tuesday January 6

• Schools Reopen for Grades PreK-5
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Saturday January 10

• The Pirate Queens
  Maplewood at Chardon , 12350 Bass Lake Rd , Chardon
  2:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Julia Grant
  Western Reserve Masonic Community , 4931 Nettleton Rd , Medina
  2:00 pm
• Networking Happy Hour
  Crumb & Spigot , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

📣 Lakewood Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Health and Wellness Fair 2026
  Rocky River Rec Center , 21016 Hilliard Blvd , Rocky River
  10:00 am

Monday January 5

• Schools Reopen for Grades 6-12
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood
• Organizational Meeting
  Brooklyn, OH Calendar Brooklyn, OH 44144
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Schools Reopen for Grades PreK-5
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Wednesday January 7

• Board of Control
  Brooklyn, OH Calendar Brooklyn, OH 44144
  8:30 am
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coalition Regular Meeting
  Fairview Park, OH Calendar , 20777 Lorain Road , Fairview Park
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• **UPDATE**
  No chip. Going to give it a few more days to see if I can locate the owner. _____ Found this kitty outside. I live in Apartments on Lake Ave, I… (Nextdoor Overlook Park)
• Automobile question.
  If you get new spark plugs, are you required to have a tune-up? Are there any situations that both have to be done at the same time? Thank you to… (Nextdoor Lakewood Island)

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Lakewood. Apply here.
• Public Storage, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lakewood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fairview Park

• Fairview Park sixth-grader promotes kindness in the community (cleveland.com)

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Ok Lakewood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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