🌱 What Bloomingdale voters just approved for roads and schools

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In today's newsletter:

• What Bloomingdale voters just approved for roads and schools

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 68.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Van Buren County election results for Tuesday, August 4 2026 (wsjm.com) — Bloomingdale Township voters have narrowly approved a new road millage, ending its status as the only township in Van Buren County without one and setting up new funding for local streets. Bloomingdale Public Schools also saw its operating millage renewed, alongside several other countywide public safety, ambulance, and senior services millages decided in Tuesday’s primary.
   

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📸 Around Bloomingdale

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bloomingdale

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 1

• Join Us at the Lawrence Ox Roast & Homecoming Festival Parade →
  Van Buren County Youth Fair, 51960 Co Rd 681, Lawrence
  10:00 am

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Other local events

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📣 Bloomingdale Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Jake Banfield →
  Warner Vineyards, 706 S Kalamazoo St, Paw Paw
  7:00 pm

Friday August 7

• 9 & Dine - LYNX GC →
  LYNX GC, 900 Lincoln Rd, Otsego
  5:30 pm
• Andy Frasco →
  Warner Vineyards, 706 S Kalamazoo St, Paw Paw
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Dad’s Classic Car Show →
  Otsego Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3030, 124 N Farmer St, Otsego
  10:00 am
• So Good - The Neil Diamond Experience →
  Warner Vineyards, 706 S Kalamazoo St, Paw Paw
  7:30 pm

Sunday August 9

• Baaaa & Bend Goat Yoga →
  DayDreamer Domes & Dine Restaurant, 397 Blue Star Hwy, South Haven
  10:00 am

Monday August 10

• Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting →
  Otsego County, MI Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Otsego Board of Education Meeting
  Otsego Public Schools OPS Administration Office Board Room, 400 Sherwood St., Otsego, MI 49078
  7:00 pm
• Board of Education Regular Meeting
  Dawson Elementary School 550 5th St, Allegan, MI 49010, USA
  7:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Board of Commissioners Meeting →
  Otsego County, MI Calendar
  9:30 am

Thursday August 13

• Transportation and Building & Grounds Committee Meeting →
  Otsego County, MI Calendar
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Allegan Area Schools Application Consortium posted a job opening for Full Time Substitute Custodian in Allegan. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Allegan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bloomingdale here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Allegan

• MI Fiber Festival returns to Allegan Fairgrounds (wilcoxnewspapers.com)
• This Week in Allegan County: Riverfront Concerts, Country Markets and Quiet Corners, Aug. 6–12 (wilcoxnewspapers.com)
• Quick action by local employees prevents dock fire in Saugatuck (wilcoxnewspapers.com)

Paw Paw

• LIVERPOOL LEGENDS to Bring Beatles Tribute Show to Paw Paw (broadwayworld.com)

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Ok Bloomingdale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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