Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Cincinnati's designated residential trick-or-treat night is Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m., covering Hyde Park, Oakley and Mount Lookout. A separate free business-district event, Trick-or-Treat on the Square, takes place a week earlier on Oct. 24 in Hyde Park Square.
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Girls on the Run Greater Cincinnati is accepting fall registration through Sunday, Sept. 13, for two programs serving girls in grades 3–8 across Hamilton County and surrounding counties.
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The Oakley Branch Library hosts a free career skills workshop led by Dr. Angie Taylor on Oct. 14, part of the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library's fall workforce development series that includes job fairs, online sessions and classes on digital visibility.
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Cincinnati Metro launched two new bus routes terminating in Oakley on Aug. 16, and the agency's communications director says construction on a rapid transit system along Reading Road could begin in 2027 with service by 2028.
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Hyde Park Square retailers will bring deals to the sidewalks on Sept. 12 in an all-day event called "Flood the Square with Love," organized to support businesses still recovering from heavy flooding in July.
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Cincinnati ranks first nationally for playground access and 27th overall for fitness in the 2026 American College of Sports Medicine index, though a personal health ranking of No. 65 highlights a gap between recreation infrastructure and health outcomes.
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A $1.7 million estate gift from the family of Ben Carlson-Berne, who died in a hiking accident in 2002, creates a permanent endowment at UC's College-Conservatory of Music to fund free private music lessons for Cincinnati Public Schools students based on financial need.
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Yayoi Kusama died Aug. 14 at 97; her infinity mirror room exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Eden Park is free to visit during Friday's Art After Dark event and remains on view through Oct. 18.
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The free world premiere of "Kiriji," a jazz-and-Afrobeat retelling of a 16-year Yoruba civil war, closes out the 42nd season of It's Commonly Jazz at Eden Park's Seasongood Pavilion on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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The Oakley Branch Library is providing free walk-in homework help for K-8 students this school year, while a countywide expansion of free afterschool meals through UMC Food Ministry now reaches 17 library branches, with Walnut Hills and Madisonville the nearest meal sites for Oakley families.
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has mailed more than 2 million free books to Hamilton County children since 2015, and program leaders say the effort will continue after her death; Hyde Park and Oakley families can still enroll kids from birth to age five at no cost.
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Veteran football official Jim Abbott had his right leg amputated above the knee after being struck during a preseason game at Withrow High School on Aug. 14, and says he plans to return to officiating after rehabilitation.
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The Reds Community Fund and Rosie Reds are working to raise money for a ballfield upgrade at Owl's Nest Park as part of a $4.1 million renovation of the 121-year-old park near Mount Lookout, with the Rosie Reds potentially seeking naming rights for the field.
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