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🌱 Patch AM: How University City kids turned a café into a lifeline

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Hi University City! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How University City kids turned a café into a lifeline

Also on today's calendar: Battle Of The Decades Trivia Night and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Media Coverage: September 2026 (umsl.edu) — University City residents might be especially interested that local kids helped design a café now feeding families facing a major funding gap, highlighted in recent media coverage of UMSL. The roundup also notes regional education and innovation stories, including Jennings schools, violence-prevention discussions, and new fast-track healthcare training programs that could affect students and workers across St. Louis County.
   

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  • My cat escaped and he hasn't been home in 2 days.
    His name is Binnington/Binny. He hasn't golden eyes and is a tuxedo. I'm on Balson And he usually stays on my block. Pls lmk if you find him. (Nextdoor Blackberry)

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  • Former 7UP headquarters in Clayton to be revived as apartments (fox2now.com)
  • Page's proposed St. Louis County budget includes cuts and pushes dire need for new revenue (stlpr.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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