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In today's newsletter:

  • How will 47 new Antioch Homes units change your neighborhood?

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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A stray thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 94, low: 77.
  • Friday: Hot, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 47-unit multifamily development at old SMSD site in northern Overland Park sails past city council (johnsoncountypost.com) — Overland Park's city council has unanimously approved rezoning for the 47-unit Antioch Homes multifamily project at 7235 Antioch Road, replacing a long-stalled nursing facility plan. Neighbors previously raised concerns about density, traffic, and fit with nearby single-family homes, but the council cited the city's housing shortage and praised the project as a model for infill redevelopment.
   

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  • FOUND!
    Black lab/terrier mix this evening near 72nd and Glenwood. No chip, no collar. He's definitely a puppy, probably around 30lbs. We are turning him… (Nextdoor 75th and Metcalf)
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    I also love going there for date night with my husband. (Nextdoor Round Hill-Beverly Hills Estates)
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🗞 Nearby News

Leawood

  • At current pace, Leawood's pipe fixes would take 60 years. Voters get a say in speeding that up (johnsoncountypost.com)
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  • Tuesday -- September 15, 2026 (blogspot.com)

Olathe

  • Korean pastor serving gomtang — How a US Minister Feeds 250 Bowls Daily (koreadaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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