🌱 Patch AM: How you can help Stow families displaced by the Friar Road fire

Hello Stow! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How you can help Stow families displaced by the Friar Road fire

Also on today's calendar: Stow Heritage Ringers - Winterscape: Scenes of Christmas and 7 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Snow showers in the afternoon, with a high of 39 and low of 21 degrees.
• Thursday: Colder with snow showers, temps: high: 27, low: 21.
• Friday: Cloudy, flurries; chilly, with a high of 30 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stow taking donations for 4 families displaced by Friar Road condo fire (beaconjournal.com) — Stow is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to help four local families who lost their homes in a Nov. 30 Friar Road condo fire, with drop-offs accepted at City Hall through Dec. 15. Fire and police from Stow and nearby communities responded, safely evacuating residents and containing the blaze, which remains under investigation but caused significant damage and displacement.
   

📸 Around Stow

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stow

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Stow Heritage Ringers - Winterscape: Scenes of Christmas
  Stow Presbyterian Church, 4150 Fishcreek Rd, Stow
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Music at Bath: Burning River Brass Christmas Concert
  The Bath Church, United Church of Christ, 3980 W Bath Rd, Akron
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Job Readiness - Learn How to Find Unadvertised Jobs
  Main Library - Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A
  10:30 am
• OhioMeansJobs (OMJ) - One-on-One Assistance
  Main Library - Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A
  12:30 pm
• Flow & Connect Community Yoga Fall Session II
  Stow, OH Calendar , 5344 Fishcreek Road , Stow
  6:00 pm
• Mayor's Mingle & Magical Lights Tour
  Stow City Hall , 3760 Darrow Rd , Stow
  6:00 pm
• Movies@Main
  Main Library - Auditorium
  6:15 pm

Friday December 12

• Wine & Design: Frost It Like It's Hot!
  Stow Community & Senior Center , 5344 Fishcreek Rd , Stow
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Winter Weather Gear Collection for Homeless - Drive Thru at Stow City Hall
  Stow, OH Calendar , 3760 Darrow Road , Stow
  10:00 am
• Drama Club: Lunch with Santa
  Stow-Munroe Falls High School , 3227 Graham Rd , Stow
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 10

• Coffee Talk
  Horseshoe Diner , 250 West Main Street , Ravenna
  8:30 am
• NOT AVAILABLE
  Munroe Falls, OH Calendar , 38 Guise Park Dr , Munroe Falls
  9:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Main Library - Children's Library Programming Room
  10:30 am
• Grinch Storytime
  Northwest Akron Branch Library - Community Room
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Auto repair anyone?
  I need to have a water pump and timing belt put on a 2010 hyundai accent. I already have the parts if anyone can give me a quote I'd appreciate it… (Nextdoor Wyoga Lake Estates)
• Report of police activity near Kent State University in Ohio.
  4:37PM on Dec 8: Police activity at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, per local source (Nextdoor )

• DoorDash posted a job opening for Restaurant Delivery - Sign Up and Start Earning in Stow. Apply here.
• MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $12-$22/Hr in Akron. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stow here.

🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I come in peace. You come in pieces.
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