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In today's newsletter:

  • Buying gift cards in Columbus? Don’t skip these BBB safety steps
  • Why this year’s Columbus NAACP banquet is more urgent than ever

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Chilly with plenty of sun, with a high of 47 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 58, low: 31.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Better Business Bureau offers tips for holiday gift card giving and receiving (wrbl.com) — Shoppers in Columbus are being urged by the Better Business Bureau to treat holiday gift cards as carefully as cash, watching for tampered packaging, shady discount websites, and store closures. The group shares practical tips on buying cards safely in stores and online, protecting balances, and what to do if a card is lost, stolen, or used in a scam. Keeping receipts and registering cards can make all the difference.
   

• Sunday Conversation with Melvin Tanner, Jr., President of the Columbus Branch NAACP (couriernews.org) — Columbus residents are invited to the NAACP’s 51st Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center, supporting local civil rights work. Branch president Melvin Tanner, Jr. discusses current priorities like voting access, fair policing, and educational equity, and urges broader community involvement to sustain advocacy, youth programs, and partnerships across the city.
   

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  • Good morning neighbors, Happy Sunday.
    It's been another great week at Edgewood Senior Center. Ms. Carrie has completed another beautiful Christmas throw and started completing the blue… (Nextdoor Avalon)
  • I got the following extremely suspicious email from what claims to be "Amazon".
    I tried to see the full email address but it won't seem to show. It even linked directly to Amazon's website, (or maybe it doesn't . Maybe it just… (Nextdoor East Highland)
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • R. Shaefer Heard Campground named RV Life's 'Best of the Best' for 2025 (lagrangenews.com)
  • Georgia gas prices tick down in time for holiday travel (lagrangenews.com)

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