The Arts Commission’s “Art Loop” event series is returning this summer and fall, with four events planned from July until November. The events will take place in concentrated areas, and will focus on walkability and variety in various indoor and outdoor spaces.

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown visited fifth through eighth grade students for the first day of “Making It!” Wood County’s STEM Manufacturing Camp at Owens Community College’s Dana Incorporated Advanced Manufacturing Center.

On Monday, July 17, Friendship Park Community Center, in partnership with City of Toledo, will host a concert in the park, from 7 to 9 p.m. Music will be presented by Glass City Steel, a high school steel drum group from the Toledo School for the Arts.

The days of yesteryear will be on display Sunday, July 16, at the Five Point Steam Threshers 61st annual reunion. The event, free and open to the public, will feature wheat threshing and plowing demonstrations, along with a variety of antique tractors, gas and steam engines.

Meet Charcoal! Charcoal is a gray domestic short hair. She came to THS after being found as a sick stray.

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission approved its 2023 Lake Erie Protection (LEPR) and Restoration plan at the June quarterly meeting. The LEPR, last published in 2020, reflects actions the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and its member agencies will undertake over the next two years to protect, preserve and restore the great lake and promote economic development for the region.