Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Loveland artist Mike Gertz has hidden more than 100 hand-painted birds across 30 downtown businesses in a scavenger hunt benefiting Love Our Land, with a Sept. 9 deadline for the prize drawing.
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Ed Humphrey, who served on the Clermont County Public Library board since 2020 and championed accessible parking at the Milford branch and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, died Saturday, Aug. 15, at age 82 after decades of public service in the Milford and Miami Township area.
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Eleven downtown Loveland businesses are hosting Garage Fest 2026, a weeklong passport crawl running through Saturday, Aug. 22, with live music, drink specials and a grand prize drawing featuring a Clopay garage door worth up to $10,000.
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Talbert House, a Cincinnati nonprofit, is expanding its free Fatherhood Project into Clermont County through a state-funded initiative, offering local dads parenting classes, co-parenting coaching, legal help and job placement services for the first time.
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LIFE Food Pantry is calling on Loveland-area businesses and residents to donate gift cards of $25 or more for the mystery gift card raffle at the fifth annual Empty Bowls luncheon on Sept. 26.
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LIFE Food Pantry's biggest giving opportunity of the Simply Give campaign arrives Saturday, Aug. 15, when Meijer's Double Match Day turns every $10 checkout donation into $30 for the Loveland-area nonprofit.
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Milford's Oktoberfest returns Saturday, Aug. 15, with Little Miami Brewing Company hosting a 12-hour festival at 208 Mill St. and the Kiwanis Club of Milford running Das Kiwanisfest at Five Points Landing Park from 4 to 10 p.m.
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Loveland-based CancerFree KIDS launches its 2026 100 Mile Challenge in September, asking participants to complete 100 miles in 30 days while raising funds toward a $1 million goal for childhood cancer research at Cincinnati Children's and Nationwide Children's hospitals.
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Clermont County Historical Society historian Cindy Johnson will present a free talk Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Batavia Branch Library tracing the Revolutionary War veterans who settled in what became Loveland and Milford, as part of the America 250 commemoration.
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Cincinnati children's book author Loren Long found the inspiration for his No. 1 bestseller The Yellow Bus while walking his dog on the Little Miami Scenic Trail near Camp Dennison, highlighting the trail's role as a creative and civic asset for Loveland.
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The 3rd Annual Hamilton County Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, Aug. 15, at TQL Stadium offers same-day VA health enrollment, 100-plus resource tables and free food for area veterans and families, with organizers expecting 5,000 attendees.
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Clermont County's annual Tire Collection Event returns Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12, at the fairgrounds in Owensville, giving Loveland, Milford and Symmes Township residents a low-cost way to dispose of old tires.
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