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Today is Nov. 20, 2025.

• Morning, all! We’re right in that ‘tweener time of autumn — when fall is trying to hang on and winter is trying to close in. So we get days like today, with a forecast of patchy fog this morning but otherwise cloudy with a high of 47 and a low of 41. As for Thanksgiving, your too-early forecast for Nov. 27 is showing sunshine and a few clouds, with 44 for the high and 34 for the low. If that holds, we’ll certainly take it.
  

• NO NEWSLETTER NEXT WEEK: To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, The Spotlight will not publish next week. To cover the gap, we’ve included an extra week of events in today’s Community Calendar. The next edition of The Spotlight will hit your inbox the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4.
  

• SMF MARCHING BAND TO PERFORM AT BROWNS GAME: The Stow-Munroe Falls High School marching band will perform at halftime of the Cleveland Browns’ Sunday, Dec. 7 game at Huntington Bank Field against the Tennessee Titans after winning the recent “March to Midfield” competition, a public vote that featured fans across Ohio voting for their favorite high school band to perform at the game. When the votes were tallied, it was the SMF marching band that won the right to perform at the Dec. 7 game, which will kick off at 1 p.m.
  

• RIEHL ELECTED TO STATE CHAMBER BOARD: Stow City Council Member Matt Riehl this week received unanimous election to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, which features volunteer business leaders from across the state. “I’m honored to be elected to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors,” Riehl told neohio.news. “The Chamber has a proud, storied history, and I’m looking forward to supporting and advocating for businesses and entrepreneurs in Stow, our region, and across Ohio.” Riehl represents Ward 1 in Stow and currently serves as vice president of Stow City Council.
  

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Munroe Falls

‘Tis the season: City’s holiday festivities set to launch Dec. 5 with Tree Lighting and Sparkle in the Park

The Munroe Falls Park Board’s Annual Tree Lighting event and Sparkle in the Park light displays are the gifts that keep on giving, kicking off the first week of December and continuing all the way through the holiday season.

It’s all free and open to the public, and it gets underway at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 with the Christmas tree lighting in front of Munroe Falls City Hall at 43 Munroe Falls Ave. Then:

• Attendees can enjoy Sparkle in the Park by taking a leisurely walk through adjacent Guise Park to admire all the sparkly displays set up there.

• And be sure to visit Santa Claus in the newly renovated Guise Park Lodge, where hot chocolate and cookies will be provided.

• But the fun doesn’t stop when the tree lighting festivities are over: Sparkle in the Park runs through Thursday, Jan. 1, so you’ll have plenty of time to check out the tree and light displays as often as you like throughout the holiday season.

Stow

Light up the night — twice! Two dates are available for Mayor’s Mingle & Magical Lights Tour

The City of Stow’s Glow with Stow Holiday Lighting Extravaganza on Dec. 6 isn’t the city’s only big event of the season: It will be followed by the “Mayor’s Mingle & Magical Lights Tour” on Thursday, Dec. 11 and Tuesday, Dec. 16. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. both nights at the Stow City Hall grounds at 3760 Darrow Rd.

Among the festivities, attendees can chat with Mayor John Pribonic and take a stroll through a dazzling holiday light extravaganza, complete with a music-synced 40-foot Christmas tree, fun silhouettes and plenty of photo ops. There will also be free hot cocoa — and don’t forget to drop your letter to Santa Claus in his special mailbox!

No registration is needed for this free event.

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