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Weekly menu for FPCC lunches

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Friendship Park Community Center has posted the weekly menu for the community lunches. Guests are asked for donations of $2.50 per meal, and lunch is served at 11:45 a.m.

FPCC to host two family events this October

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The Point-Shoreland community is invited to two free family events at Friendship Park Community Center this October. On Friday, October 13, there will be a Halloween family dance from 6 to 9 p.m.

Mercy offers mobile mammograms in October

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Mercy Health’s mobile mammography unit has visits scheduled throughout the region in October. The mobile mammography unit is customized for patient convenience and will deliver 3D mammograms to women age 40 and older.

New hours at food pantry

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The Salvation Army food pantry, 620 North Erie Street, has new hours. The food pantry will now be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.

Grants to streamline threat response at schools

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reports that $4 million in grant funding is available to local school districts. The funds can be used to buy technology that links them to law enforcement in an effort to improve crisis response and crime prevention.

How to minimize the impact of asthma on kids

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According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, asthma is one of the most common diseases in the United States, affecting nearly 25 million people— about 1 in 13. Approximately 5.1 million of those afflicted with this chronic disease are children.