🌱 How the new SR 241 roundabout could change your drive near Green

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In today's newsletter:

• How the new SR 241 roundabout could change your drive near Green

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with decreasing clouds, with a high of 75 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 74, low: 40.
• Sunday: Some sun, windy and chilly, with a high of 49 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ODOT gears up for busy construction season (akron.com) — Drivers near Green should prepare for a new roundabout and yearlong closure on SR 241 south of Shuffel Street, plus a 60-day shutdown of the SR 241–Shuffel intersection starting this fall. ODOT’s broader $3.4 billion construction season also brings multiple long-term projects across Summit County that could affect Green commuters’ routes on I-77, SR 8, and other key corridors.
   

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📸 Around Green

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Green

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Saturday April 18

• The Summit 93.1 Music and Movement Program
  Green, OH Calendar , 4224 Massillon Road , Green
  10:00 am
• Friends of the Library Book Sale
  Portage Lakes Branch Library - Community Room
  10:00 am
• Anime Afternoon
  Ellet Branch Library - Community Room
  2:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Tiny Tots Arts and Crafts: Earth Hands
  Springfield-Lakemore Branch Library - Meeting Room
  2:00 pm
• Tales from the Speculative Shelf
  Portage Lakes Branch Library - Conference Room
  6:00 pm
• Teen Advisory Board
  Springfield-Lakemore Branch Library - Meeting Room
  6:30 pm
• Line Dance Classes
  Green, OH Calendar , 1795 Steese Road , Green
  6:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Family Storytime
  Springfield-Lakemore Branch Library - Meeting Room
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Mountain of Food (MOF) — OPEN M
  OPEN M Ministry , 941 Princeton St , Akron
  9:00 am
• Book Sale - Friends Only Preview
  Portage Lakes Branch Library - Community Room
  2:00 pm
• Homeschool Hangout
  Stark Library - Lake Community Branch , 565 Market Ave SW , Uniontown
  2:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Friends of the Library Book Sale
  Portage Lakes Branch Library - Community Room
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Northeast Wisconsin Technical College posted a job opening for Part-Time Prototype and Design Instructor in Green. Apply here.
• Ohio Department of Education posted a job opening for High School Custodian - 2nd Shift in Green. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Green here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Barberton

• Barberton City Schools asking voters to approve 11-mill operating levy; See what's at stake (cleveland.com)
• Spaghetti dinner at First Baptist aims to support a new mission (thebarbertongazette.com)
• ‘He didn't just dream dreams, he dreamed big dreams' – Barberton Middle student was shot and killed with his mom last month in Akron (thebarbertongazette.com)

Mogadore

• Ohio Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for April 15, 2026 (beaconjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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