🌱 Odyssey Charter Girls Varsity Basketball @ Odessa and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Ugly Sweater Mixer Hosted By WSFS/STAM Promotional Marketing at Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
• Planning & Zoning Commission monthly meeting at Middletown Town Meetings
• 2026 Partnership, Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities at Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 34 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 23.
• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 52 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Odessa

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Jingle & Connect - Celebrate the Holidays at HOME
  Helping One More Entrepreneur, LLC, 108 Patriot Dr Suite A, Middletown
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Ugly Sweater Mixer Hosted By WSFS/STAM Promotional Marketing
  Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber Office 651 N. Broad Street Middletown, DE 19709
  5:30 pm
• Planning & Zoning Commission monthly meeting
  Middletown Town Meetings Town Hall at 19 W. Green Street, Middletown, Delaware 19709
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• 2026 Partnership, Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities
  Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce 1050 Industrial Dr #110, Middletown, DE 19709
• Odyssey Charter Girls Varsity Basketball @ Odessa
  570 Tony Marchio Dr , Middletown
  10:15 pm

Sunday December 21

• the Sunday Supper with Chef Robbie Jester: the Seven Fishes
  Petit Social Studio , 85 Clinton St , Delaware City
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 25

• Town Offices Closed for Christmas Day
  Middletown Town Community Events , 19 W Green St , Middletown
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Embrace: Women's Business Network
  Ignite Leadership360 , 108 Patriot Dr Suite A , Middletown
  11:30 am
• Ugly Sweater Mixer Hosted By WSFS/STAM Promotional Marketing
  Chamber Office , 651 N. Broad Street , Middletown
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Cookies & Pictures With Santa
  Middletown Family YMCA , 202 E Cochran St , Middletown
  1:00 pm
• 3 Palms Zoo Presents: Zoo Lights & Christmas Nights 2025
  3 Palms Zoo & Education Center , 1060 Vandyke Greenspring Rd , Townsend
  6:00 pm

Friday January 16

• Shape Your Ultimate Life: Making the Impossible Possible (40-Foot FW)
  108 Patriot Dr , Middletown
  11:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walmart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Odessa. Apply here.
• Delaware Staffing posted a job opening for Standup Forklift Operator/Material Handler in Odessa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Odessa here.

🗞 Nearby News

Middletown

• 13 $1M-plus homes to be built south of Middletown in 2026 (delawareonline.com)
• Several longtime Delaware restaurants have closed their doors (delawareonline.com)
• A Texas man tried helping a Maryland driver who crashed in Delaware, only to be carjacked for his kind gesture (wmar2news.com)

Delaware City

• 10 Historic Black Neighborhoods That Helped Shape Delaware's Story (delawareblack.com)

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