🏠 Property taxes: Gov. Mike DeWine has approved a correction to the biennium budget bill that would have possibly cut roughly 11,000 Homestead exemption recipients out of the “piggyback” benefit.
🎅 Things to do: Free events, from holiday bazaars to musical performances, can be found across the Dayton region in December.
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Deals, giveaways draw Black Friday shoppers in droves
A line formed at Cabela’s in Centerville on Friday of more than 200 customers who started showing up as early as 3 a.m. to make final preparations for the busiest shopping day of the year.
• Incentives: The first 250 customers through the doors when it opened at 5 a.m. received a gift card worth at least $10 and as much as $500. Everyone in line was offered free hot chocolate.
• The business perspective: “Honestly, this is one of the better Black Fridays I’ve seen in years.” — Eric Grewing, store manager of Cabela’s on Cornerstone Boulevard in Centerville
• The customer perspective: “We went to the Speedway to use the bathroom. It was the only thing open.” — John Nesbit, who stayed in line all morning in Beavercreek
• All shopping: Total holiday spending is projected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time, growing between 3.7% and 4.2% over 2024.
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What to know today
• One big takeaway: The Southwest Ohio area is likely to get snow this weekend as wintry precipitation moves in.
• Tip of the day: We have 12 great cookie recipes that were submitted as part of our holiday cookie contest.
• Person to know today: David Payne. For two years, he’s been the shopkeep and apprentice at Encore Instrument Repair in Dayton.