Director Ed Moore of the City of Toledo department of public utilities provided an update regarding the ongoing water meter replacement project. Initiated a year ago, the project aims to replace 116,000 outdated water meters across Toledo and Lucas County, with no rate increase for customers.

The Lake Erie harmful algal bloom bulletin has continued monitoring algae containing potentially harmful cyanobacteria in western Lake Erie over the past few weeks. In the last bulletin, released on Monday, July 17, the National Center for Coastal Ocean Science measured the area of the bloom at 120 square miles, unchanged from the previous week.

For most songbirds, the job of raising young is over. Their hatchlings have literally flown the coop. You may have noticed some birds that look a bit different or are a bit plainer than their parents; or speckled, or some other giveaway that they are this year ’s babies. They can be seen often at feeders, introducing their young to the seeds and suet offered.

Join the Ottawa River Kleanup Association Inc. (ORKA) at Cullen Park and the islands on Saturday, September 9, at 8:30 a.m., for fall cleaning.