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Big Bone Lick's 42nd Salt Festival opens Oct. 16 in Union
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site in Boone County hosts its 42nd annual Salt Festival from Friday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 18, featuring frontier demonstrations, live music, a petting zoo and the park's resident bison herd.
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Chick-fil-A food drive collects meals for 1,300 NKY students
Area Chick-fil-A restaurants are collecting nonperishable food through Friday, Oct. 16, for GO Pantry's weekend meal program that serves about 1,300 Northern Kentucky students weekly. Donors who return filled bags receive a Chick-fil-A meal card while supplies last.
Community
Florence leaf collection starts Oct. 19, runs nine weeks
Florence's annual curbside leaf collection program starts Oct. 19 and runs through Dec. 17, with crews rotating through neighborhoods on a set schedule; residents must have debris-free leaf piles at the curb by 7 a.m. on their pickup day.
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Florence Community Band plays free Halloween concert Oct. 26
The Florence Community Band will perform a free, family-friendly Halloween concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at the Boone County Main Public Library in Burlington, with costumes encouraged but optional.
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