🚧 Avoid these downtown streets in October

👓 Free Glasses, Eye Exams For Madison Students: The Madison school district has expanded its partnership with two nonprofits to provide free eye care through the Vision Van program. The van, sponsored by Vision to Learn and Combat Blindness International, will travel to schools to provide vision screenings, referrals for specialized care, and free glasses. [🔒WSJ]

🚨 City Still at Odds with Police Monitor over Rules: An employment report of Madison’s Interim Independent Police Monitor office by City Attorney Michael Haas’ office alleges Aeiramique Glass violated several city rules. The allegations say that Glass did not follow city rules in submitting her proposed budget, and hired outside counsel without proper authorization. [News 3]

🚧 Road Closures on Broom and Doty: Both South Broom and West Doty streets will have lanes closed this month for public utility improvements to a nearby private development. The right lane of Broom Street north of Doty Street will be closed during off-peak hours until Oct. 11. Then Doty Street will be closed to eastbound traffic from Oct. 12 to 26. [City of Madison]

🖼️ New Mural Celebrates Community Connections: A new mural by artist Amy Zaremba is on display at the Union Cab Cooperative at 2458 Pennsylvania Ave. Called “City Connections,” it's inspired by audio recordings of Madison residents telling what “connection” means to them. [WKOW]

🍂 Fall Leaf Collection Starts This Week: The city of Madison is launching the first of three fall leaf and waste pickups this week. Check the online tool to see when you should put out your waste for pickup.

• Residents can also drop off motor oil and used oil filters at a new collection site that just opened at 1504 Quann-Olin Parkway, the third such site in Madison. [City of Madison]

⚾ Brewers in 3? After a dramatic Game 2 win, the Milwaukee Brewers are poised to win the National League Division Series tonight with a win against the San Diego Padres. (Fingers crossed!)

• Looking for a place to watch the game? Check out our list of Madison’s best sports bars. [🔒MJS, City Cast Madison]

📱Should Alders Text Via Signal Group Chat? Some Madison City Council members have a group chat on the secure messaging app Signal, where messages can disappear after a period of time. City Attorney Michael Haas says the use is legal as long as the alders don’t discuss official council business, but freedom of information advocates say that’s hard to verify if the messages vanish.

• 🎧 You Can Listen to Our Group Chat! On the City Cast Madison podcast today, host Bianca Martin and executive producer Hayley Sperling talk about the controversy with Rob Chappell, executive editor of Madison365, who broke the story. They also talk about the surging Brewers, and the news that Young Blood Brewing Company is exiting the Northstreet space. [Madison365, 🎧 City Cast Madison]

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