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Mermaids Return to Newport Aquarium

Mermaids return to Newport Aquarium to enchant guests September 28 – October 14, and this year they’re bringing pirates with them! Visitors will be amazed when they see mermaids swimming gracefully in the 37-foot long, 120,000-gallon Amazon Tunnel alongside some of the biggest freshwater fish in the world, the arapaima. Mermaids will be swimming from…

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Holiday Fun in Dayton

Halloween is over and now it’s time to make plans for holiday fun! Here is our guide for Holiday Fun in Dayton that you will want to put on your calendar!   Wreath Lighting at Fairfield Commons  Details: November 10, 6:00- 8:00 pm at Fairfield CommonsJoin them for our third annual Wreath Lighting event presented by Soin…

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5 Tips for Enjoying Halloween with Sensory Challenges

While many children enjoy Halloween traditions of trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, and interaction with costume-clad “ghouls and goblins,” children affected by a sensory processing disorder may interpret and react differently to these holiday activities.     “Children with sensory processing challenges may become overwhelmed with the wide array of sounds, sights and textures at Halloween time,”…

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All Aboard

Trains were invented to transport things and a couple of weekends ago a number of trains transported my wife and I back in time. The trains were part of the miniature train sets that are displayed at Union Station in Kansas City each December. The train sets were fabulous and they took my wife and…

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