A couple dances to the sounds of The British Invasion playing at OtterFest Friday night on homecoming weekend at Otterbein University. My Final Photo for September 30, 2022.
An environmental technician searches for invasive plants in Boyer Nature Preserve before treating them with an herbicide as part of a program to keep city parks free of invasives such as honeysuckle, Bradford pears, winter creeper, and multi-flora rose. My Final Photo for September 29, 2022.
An environmental remediation crew removes paint from the columns at the entrance to the Masonic Temple on South State Street as repairs begin on the structure. My Final Photo for September 28, 2022.
A large rainbow follows an afternoon storm cloud that moved over Red Bank Park at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for September 27, 2022.
A woman's fabric-braided hair hangs across her colorful sweater during a discussion of Westerville's importance in the Underground Railroad at the Hanby House. My Final Photo for September 25, 2022.
A young girl holds a Cecropia moth caterpillar during Autumn Arborfest at Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for September 24, 2022.
A mother uses her phone to record video of her daughter as part of Generations dancers performing on West College during Fourth Friday. My Final Photo for September 23, 2022.
The sun peeks between a break in clouds moving over the meadow at Sharon Woods Metro Park where goldenrod is the predominant flower on the first day of fall. My Final Photo for September 22, 2022.
A woman and her interpreter talk during the first Westerville Mayors Court held in the meeting room at the new Justice Center on Huber Village Blvd. My Final Photo for September 21, 2022.
A roofer removes the old flashing on the dormer over the city hall main entrance as work began Tuesday replacing the roof and much of its sheathing. My Final Photo for September 20, 2022.
Both maple leaves and soybeans are turning the golden colors of fall as the crops mature and the trees begin to go dormant for the winter. My Final Photo for September 19, 2022.
A junior police officer walks his self-assigned beat during the Cops & Kids Day on County Line Road in Westerville Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for September 18, 2022.
Jenny Adkin of MAD Scientists shows the piece of invasive honeysuckle she removed from the edge of the woods at Hoff Park during a clinic to learn about invasives and clear them from the woods. My Final Photo for September 17, 2022.
A worker smooths the edges of new concrete poured around a manhole after repairs to several manholes on East Walnut near State Street. My Final Photo for Sept. 16, 2022.
A Plein Air painter puts final touches on his artwork depicting 8 State, the building on State Street that once was a movie theater and is now a bbq restaurant. My Final Photo for September 15, 2022.
Firefighter trainees receive lessons in rescuing an unconscious person from the second floor of a burning building during a class at the Westerville Fire Department training building on West Main Street. My Final Photo for Sept. 14, 2022.
A mother and her two daughters stand in a section of the Otterbein Cemetery Mausoleum in front of a family member's crypt during the Ohio History Connection Open Doors statewide tour of historical buildings and landmarks. My Final Photo for Sept. 13, 2022.
A homeless woman pushes two carts of her belongings out of the driveway at the Braun Farm as she and her husband leave the property after staying in the barn for a week. My Final Photo for Sept. 12, 2022.
Westerville firefighters salute during the opening moments for Sunday's 9/11 memorial service at First Responders Park in Westerville with a section of steel from the World Trade Center at the center of their view. My Final Photo for Sept. 11, 2022.
More than half a mile of cars line up on Park Meadow and Schrock Road early Saturday morning to drop off discarded household waste including tires, television, batteries, and paints at a one-day disposal site at the city garage. My Final Photo for Sept. 10, 2022.
A roofer is silhouetted against the afternoon sun as he installs flashing along the edge of the new roof at the Old Bag o' Nails building at State and Main in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 9, 2022.
Retired Westerville firefighter Tom Ullom repairs the fasteners on a flag before attaching it to the Main Street bridge near First Responders Park for the city's observance of 9/11 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. My Final Photo for Sept. 8, 2022.
The second coat of asphalt seal is sprayed on the parking lot at East Main and Haywood Alley in a two-day project that will see the lot striped Thursday and open by the afternoon. My Final Photo for Sept. 7, 2022.
A fisherman smokes a cigarette as he tends to two lines cast from the Walnut Street boat ramp into Hoover Reservoir as storm clouds darken the horizon at the reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 6, 2022.
A homeless couple stands outside their tent pitched overnight Monday behind the barn at the Braun Farm after they say they were kicked out of their apartment on Route 161. My Final Photo for Sept. 4, 2022.
A father carries an umbrella and two of his children as they arrive for early Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church during a rainstorm. My Final Photo for Sept. 4, 2022.
Shoppers at the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville had their choice of fresh Ohio-grown fruits and vegetables including these large heirloom tomatoes from Drift Hills Farms. My Final Photo for Sept. 3, 2022.
A small bouquet of flowers sits on the stump of a tree with a hand-carved memorial etched into it for a mother and son who died when their car hit the tree on Liberty Lane. My Final Photo for Sept. 2, 2022.
A sailor uses the rudder to move his sailboat through the waters of Hoover Reservoir as he returns to the Red Bank boat ramp. My Final Photo for September 1, 2022.