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Milford police officers collected donated school supplies from Walmart shoppers on Saturday, Aug. 8, filling a patrol cruiser with backpacks and notebooks nine days before the first day of school.
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Loveland is collecting community submissions for a new time capsule that will be sealed until the city's 200th birthday in 2076, with items due at City Hall by Oct. 30.
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Family, friends and city officials packed Loveland City Hall on Aug. 1 to honor former councilmember Kent Blair, who died June 7 after a cancer diagnosis, remembering his five years of civic service and the Adirondack chairs he built along the downtown bike trail.
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Symmes Township confirmed Aug. 3 that traffic on Fields-Ertel Road shifted onto newly constructed pavement, ending a two-month detour and restoring two-way travel as the $39.7 million widening project continues.
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Ohio Magazine named Loveland one of five Best Hometowns for 2026-2027, citing its downtown business environment, community events and outdoor recreation access during the city's 150th anniversary year.
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The Dan Beard Council of Scouting America is waiving the $85 national registration fee for active-duty military families, following a summer that brought more than 2,000 youth to Camp Friedlander and Cub World Adventure Camp in Loveland.
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Max Geers, a 26-year-old country singer who grew up along the Little Miami River and recently played Bishop's Quarter in Loveland, opens the Voices of America Country Music Festival on Thursday, Aug. 6, in West Chester alongside headliners including Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton.
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The Loveland Branch Library and Symmes Township Branch Library offer a full slate of free August programming for families and adults, including weekly storytimes, a month-long scavenger hunt, a teen cooking class, and a Toni Morrison centennial book discussion.
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Symmes Township's outdoor Movie Night, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 1, has been postponed due to the weather forecast. As of Friday, July 31, no rescheduled date has been announced.
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Clermont County Public Library is hosting five free America250 events at its branches in August, including a WWII artifacts presentation from the TriState Warbird Museum, a Cincinnati chili history talk with author Dann Woellert, and family activities celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary.
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The Loveland Interfaith Effort Food Pantry will host its fifth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser luncheon on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, with $25 tickets covering a handcrafted bowl, soup, and dessert while sending 100% of proceeds to fight local hunger.
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Punchlines for Prevention, a stand-up comedy fundraiser benefiting mental health awareness and suicide prevention, takes place Saturday, September 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Loveland Stage Company in downtown Loveland.
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