Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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The City of Loveland is accepting entries for its annual Griswold Christmas Light Contest starting Oct. 1, with residential and business categories judged the week of Nov. 29 and winners announced at the Dec. 5 Tree Lighting Festival.
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Symmes Township is calling on residents to sign up for People Working Cooperatively's Prepare Affair, a Nov. 21 volunteer event where crews rake leaves and clean gutters for elderly and disabled homeowners across Greater Cincinnati.
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The Little Miami River Chamber Alliance's annual Loveland Oktoberfest returns to downtown Sept. 25–26 with food trucks, a biergarten, a wiener dog race at a new venue, a ceremonial keg procession and a free shuttle from the Loveland Early Childhood Center.
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Clermont County Park District's Pawpaw Palooza brings free naturalist-led hikes, a virtual class and an after-dark outing to three county parks, including Sycamore Park near Symmes Township, from Tuesday, Sept. 15, through Friday, Sept. 18.
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Clermont County's final 2026 History and Museum Day on Saturday, Sept. 19, includes free stops at the Loveland Historical Society & Museum Center and Promont House Museum in Milford, with a passport stamp program spanning roughly a dozen sites countywide.
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The fifth annual Empty Bowls luncheon benefiting LIFE Food Pantry takes place Sept. 26 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Loveland, with the 11 a.m. seating sold out and 1 p.m. tickets still available at $25 each.
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Four mascots, including the Cincinnati Cyclones' Twister and Puckchop and Xavier's D'Artagnan, will greet families at the Clermont County Public Library's Miami Township Branch in Milford on Sunday, Sept. 13, for free photos and a scavenger hunt as part of Ohio's America250 celebration.
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Loveland's homecoming parade steps off at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17, running from the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Health and Wellness Center through downtown to Loveland High School, with road closures expected along the route.
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The Loveland Athletic Boosters selected Elizabeth Madison, Loveland's only three-time state wrestling champion, as grand marshal of the Sept. 17 Homecoming Parade, honoring a 143-2 career that included two major surgeries and a perfect 40-0 senior season.
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Clermont County's 25th annual Suicide Awareness Candlelight Vigil takes place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Sycamore Park in Batavia, following the commissioners' proclamation of Sept. 13–19, 2026, as Suicide Prevention Week.
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A Loveland Daily News feature spotlights the moment Marge Simpson shouted "Thank you, Loveland!" in a 2000 Simpsons episode, while a second claimed reference may rest on a misread freeze frame.
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The Clermont Chamber of Commerce is running an eight-part monthly business education series called "Clermont Classroom" through April 2027, with the next session on sales strategy set for Oct. 13.
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