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    Photos from the 49th annual Troy Strawberry Festival, which was held June 6-8, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    A giant list of spring festivals and events in the Dayton region27m ago
    Cecil & Lime at 227 E. Cecil St. in Springfield. CECIL & LIME / CONTRIBUTED
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    Springfield’s Cecil & Lime listed for sale, will be closing
    (Left to right) Robert Englund as "Freddy Krueger" and Ken Kirzinger as "Jason" in New Line Cinema's "Freddy Vs. Jason."  (Photo Credit: James Dittiger (c) 2003 New Line Productions )
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    Feeling unlucky? Its Friday the 13th in the Miami Valley
    The Silver Slipper is a wine bar located at 1105 Wayne Ave. in Dayton. NATALIE JONES/STAFF
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    Why Silver Slipper might be Dayton’s coziest bar
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    Watch: Kings Island gives sneak peek of new Phantom Theater ride
    Mindfulness practice and hiking combine to help Silent Hike Club participants connect with themselves and nature. CONTRIBUTED
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    Silent Hike Club experience in Dayton area is an immersion in nature and aims to be...
    Moderator Cathy Ponitz (left) interviews the 2026 YWCA Dayton Women of Influence honorees: Debbie Blunden-Diggs, Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; Robyn Lightcap, Executive Director, Preschool Promise; Myla Cardona-Jones, CEO, Brunner Literacy Center; Heather Salazar, President and CEO, Pink Ribbon Good; Lisa Wagner, Executive Director, Levitt Pavilion Dayton; and Vicki Giambrone, Partner, CBD Advisors, recipient of the Betsy Whitney Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony took place March 12 at the Dayton Convention Center. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    YWCA Dayton honors influential women who have empowered, strengthened community
    The biggest addition to Kings Island for the 2026 season is the "Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare" ride, a sequel to the original "Phantom Theater," the park's signature dark ride for 10 years. The attraction took guests through a haunted opera house filled with various ghouls and ghosts, with characters such as Houdelini, The Great Garbanzo and The Maestro, the attraction’s mascot. It closed in 2002. To bring the classic indoor attraction back to life, Kings Island has teamed up with Sally Dark Rides, a prolific manufacturer behind attractions found across the world. These photos are a sneak peek of the behind-the-scenes work getting done ahead of the new ride's opening. ALEX CUTLER/STAFF
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    PHOTOS: Sneak peek of revived Phantom Theater ride at Kings Island
    Russell Garber of Garber Farm was a 2nd Street Market vendor who offered homemade pies, dinner rolls and fresh produce from his vendor booth. Staff file photo
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    Russell Garber, ‘grandfather’ of 2nd Street Market and founding member, has died
    InsideOut Studios in Hamilton, Ohio, provides spaces for artists with developmental disabilities to flex their creative muscles. (Photos courtesy of InsideOut Studios)
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    InsideOut Studios artists team up with local author on book illustrations
    The 45th annual Bellbrook Sugar Maple Festival happened from Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27, 2025. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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    Bellbrook’s Sugar Maple Festival returns next month with live performances, free...
    Smalls Sliders, a Louisiana-based quick service restaurant co-owned by former NFL player Drew Brees, is planning its expansion into Ohio, including in the Dayton market. CONTRIBUTED
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    Atlanta-based Smalls Sliders wants to open locations locally
    A Special Wish Foundation of SW Ohio  has granted hundreds of wishes to local children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Liam, who is from Middletown,  is shown in a gravity chair on his wish trip to NASA. CONTRIBUTED
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    Hundreds of wishes by local children granted: How to support the organization doing it
    When pruning perennials in the spring, leave a few woody stems 8-10" tall for native bees to use this season for nesting.
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    Have pruning tasks to get done? This is a great time for it
    The Dayton Battle of the Bands Finale happened at The Brightside Music & Event Venue in downtown Dayton on Saturday, March 7, 2026, featuring Catsteel, Paid Leave, Obscured, Tronee Threat, Yuppie, and Good Soup. Paid Leave won the finale followed by second place Good Soup and third place Yuppie. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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    PHOTOS: 2026 Dayton Battle of the Bands Finale at The Brightside
    Nashville-based Lonestar, which has scored nine number one country singles and sold more than 10-million records, performs in West Chester Twp. FILE
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    Things to do in the area this weekend: Free film screenings, a maple syrup festival and...
    Emma Smales, a fifth-generation owner of Smales Pretzel Bakery, rolls dough in the business' location in the north section of the Dayton Arcade on Friday, March 6.  The Dayton Arcade celebrated the opening of the north section on Friday, March 6 with a Friends and Family Retail Reveal event. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Smales Pretzel Bakery opens in Dayton Arcade — complete with a mustard bar
    There are volunteer opportunities for all ages at Five Rivers MetroParks Adopt-A-Park. CONTRIBUTED
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    More than 300 volunteers needed April 25 at parks across Montgomery County
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    Meet the 2026 Hamvention award winners driving the future of amateur radio
    Beef Stew With Guinness. GWYNN GALVIN, SWIRLSOFFLAVOR.COM
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    This week’s 7-day menu planner has recipe for colorful Santa Fe salad, meatloaf and more...
    HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24:  In this handout provided by A.M.P.A.S., Hannah Beachler, winner of the Production Design award for "Black Panther," walks off stage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Matt Sayles - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
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    ‘I’m not Hollywood’: Hannah Beachler, raised in Centerville, reflects on second Oscars...
    The Schuster Center in Dayton is the site of “The Price Is Right Live,” a traveling, interactive version of the long-running television game show presented on stage on Sunday, March 15. CONTRIBUTED
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    Riding high at 25: ‘The Price is Right Live’ happens Sunday at Schuster Center
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    The road to Buc-ee’s: How traffic near the megastore will flow
    The due diligence fee is paid to the seller by the buyer, but it’s not mandatory. ISTOCK
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    What homebuyers should know about Ohio’s due diligence fee
    Kettering Children’s Choir in performance. CONTRIBUTED
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    Kettering Children’s Choir gets $10K grant, a Holocaust survivor drama at DAI and more...
    Currently, there are about 115 arcade cabinets and pinball machines at Clarkade. REGINALD STEELE JR/CONTRIBUTED
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    Nearly 115 game machines in rotation at Clarkade in Huber Heights
    Construction of Buc-ee's in Huber Heights near the Interstate 70 and Ohio 235 interchange is nearly complete. The superstation is scheduled to open to the public on April 6. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Buc-ee’s in Ohio: Mayor says company considering second location just weeks ahead of...
    The relationship between a cavalry soldier and the Sioux tribe he joins is the focus of Kevin Costner's extraordinary epic, "Dances with Wolves." FILE
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    Are these the worst ‘Best Picture’ winners in Oscars history?
    Tom Holland, right, and Zendaya pose for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' in London Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
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    Tom Holland and Zendaya’s alleged AI wedding photos go viral
    After six finalists took the Brightside Ballroom stage Saturday night, Midwest Americana/classic rock band Paid Leave took home the crown for the 2026 Dayton Battle of the Bands. VICTORIA SWEARINGEN / CONTRIBUTED
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    Winner of the 2026 Dayton Battle of the Bands: Paid Leave
    The butternut squash trifecta featured large rounds of squash with a warm squash broth, microgreens and puffed wild rice. CONTRIBUTED
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    Review: An elevated Dayton dinner experience with ‘Top Vegan’ Chef Lester Gates
    North High School graduate Marsha Dietlein will be in Springfield on Friday, March 13 for the local premiere of her new film "The Hail Mary," a sports comedy at the State Theater.
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    Actress Marsha Dietlein to attend her latest movie ‘The Hail Mary’ at State Theater on...
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