September is more than just back to school
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce reminds Icon viewers that it it Harvest and Herb Festival time this month.
"We have a free kids' area set up at the Depot Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.," said Heather Cox, chamber board president.
"There will be a 38-foot inflatable obstacle course, free pony rides, free professional face painting and crafts, she said.
"We will also have a Chamber table that will have some of our brochures, forms for next year’s booth space and some posters to sell.
That's not all that involves the Ada chamber and its members in September:
Sept. 10 – Grand re-opening of Restore at 3:30 p.m. Stop by to learn the new rebranding name and exciting things to come.
Sept. 14 – The Inn at ONU – Around the World Wine Sampling – 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 – Ada Area Chamber of Commerce membership meeting, 8 a.m. at the Ada Public Library. Free breakfast.
Sept. 21 – Harvest and Herb Festival – Booths open at 9 a.m., parade at 10 a.m. and kid’s area at 11 a.m. For information and forms for a booth and parade, please visit our website at www.adachamber.org.
Monthly Community Events
• Ada Food Pantry (basement of First Presbyterian Church of Ada)
Tuesdays 4-6 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m-noon
Free community meals
• Crock Pot Tuesdays, ReStore, 4-6 p.m.
• Community Lunch Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ReStore 11-1 p.m.
• Last Wednesday of every month, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 5-6:30 p.m.
• First Sunday of every month, St. Mark Lutheran Church, (follows 9 a.m. worship)
Bingo at Center on Central every Thursday, supporting the Ada Music Boosters and Ada-Liberty Fire Department. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Bingo at 7 p.m.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Local students on ONU's Spring 2026 Dean's List
- Obituary for Kimberlee Ann Rayl
- NWS heat advisory for June 10
- Ada Gators open swim season at Bluffton
- Letter: Invitation to identify Day of Caring projects
- Randall L. “Randy” Clark worked for Cole Motor Sales
- AACC member mixer at Old Route 69 Brewery
- 5-acre refuge for pollinators and purple martins
- Local teen documents Ohio sightings of steam locomotive Big Boy
- United Women in Faith Ice Cream Social
- Ada Library to host Realm of the Reptile
