{"id":208223,"date":"2026-07-24T20:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=208223"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:32:59","slug":"block-party-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/24\/block-party-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Block-Party-1-7-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208224\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Those who attended Friday\u2019s Main Street Van Wert Block Party had some tough choices to make, as several food trucks lined Jefferson St. next to Fountain Park. There was also a beer tent. The annual event turned out to be a big success.<em> Scott Truxell photos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Block-Party-2-7-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208225\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A strategy for many people was to scout out the various food trucks then decide which one or ones to order delicious food from on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fountain-Park-7-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208226\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several vendors were set up at Fountain Park during the Block Party and ahead of The Dave Matthews Tribute Band concert. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Car-show-2-7-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Classic and unique cars and trucks lined some of W. Main St. and Jefferson St. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Car-show-I-7-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208227\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flames can be seen coming from the skull of this vehicle at Friday&#8217;s car show. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who attended Friday\u2019s Main Street Van Wert Block Party had some tough choices to make, as several food trucks lined Jefferson St. next to Fountain Park. There was also a beer tent. The annual event turned out to be a big success. Scott Truxell photos A strategy for many people was to scout out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 12:08:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208231,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208223\/revisions\/208231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}