🥢 Garden closes, dispensary grows

🏛️ Ohio universities clash over land acknowledgment policies after new law. Ohio State University has banned most land acknowledgments, citing compliance with Senate Bill 1 which prohibits DEI initiatives on public campuses. Meanwhile, Miami University plans to maintain its land acknowledgment, stating the law doesn't explicitly prohibit these statements. Miami has maintained a 50-year relationship with its namesake, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, through the Myaamia Center. Other public universities like Ohio University and Bowling Green State University still display land acknowledgments on their websites as institutions continue interpreting what constitutes "DEI initiatives" under the new law.

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🍝 Edgewood's Fall Spaghetti Dinner returns Friday before home football game. The traditional community meal will be served from 5-7 p.m. at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton, welcoming all families, community members and alumni. For $10 (adults) or $7 (children under 10), diners can enjoy pasta with marinara sauce, meatballs, salad, breadsticks, dessert and a drink. Tickets can be purchased online, at Edgewood High School through Friday, or at the gate with cash. The dinner precedes the home football game against Chaminade Julienne.

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🌿 Chinese restaurant transforms into Middletown's second marijuana dispensary. Naing's Garden on N. Verity Parkway closed after 35 years when owner Jon Tiev sold the property for $1.3 million to Verity Real Estate LLC. The building was selected by lottery for a dispensary license, though the new establishment's name and opening date remain unknown. This development follows Middletown City Council's July 2024 decision to overturn a 2017 ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, now permitting up to three dispensaries in the city. Terrasana, the city's first dispensary, opened in April on S. Dixie Highway.

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