🌱 Patch AM: Why is Dexter only ranked fifth in the area’s first hoops poll?

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In today's newsletter:

• Why is Dexter only ranked fifth in the area’s first hoops poll?

Also on today's calendar: Drop-In Makerspace Grades K-8 and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with rain, with a high of 47 and low of 24 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; a few morning flurries, temps: high: 25, low: 20.
• Saturday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 40 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• First Ann Arbor-area boys basketball rankings of 2025-26 season (mlive.com) — Dexter’s boys basketball team is off to a solid 3–2 start and has earned the No. 5 spot in the first Ann Arbor-area rankings of the 2025–26 season. Area powers like Ann Arbor Huron, Chelsea, and Saline are also surging, setting up an exciting conference race that Dexter fans will want to watch closely.
   

📸 Around Dexter

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dexter

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Friday December 19

• Friday Afternoon Movie for Adults: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Drop-In Winter Wonderland Story & Crafts
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
• Pizza and Games
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  1:30 pm

Saturday December 27

• Drop-In Makerspace Grades K-8
  Dexter District Library , 3255 Alpine , Dexter
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• December Lock-In
  Rawsonville Elementary School Ypsilanti, MI 48198
  5:00 pm
• intenSati - Movement Mantras Meditation to Manifest Your Best Life!
  Brighton Lighthouse , 142 Brighton Lake Road , Brighton
  6:00 pm
• Toastmasters
  The Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce , 218 E Grand River Ave , Brighton
  6:30 pm
• Country Holiday Concert
  Pinckney Community Schools Pinckney, MI 48169
  6:30 pm
• YPAC (Ypsilanti Police Advisory Commission)
  Ypsilanti, MI Calendar , 1 S. Huron Street , Ypsilanti
  7:00 pm
• Trivia at South Lyon Aubree's
  The Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce , 218 E Grand River Ave , Brighton
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Tinsel & Tee Shots: Holiday Pop-Up at Fox Hills
  Fox Hills Performance Center , 8768 North Territorial Road , Plymouth
  3:00 am
• 5th grade Winter Survival
  Freeman Environmental Education Center , 3540 Dixboro Ln , Ann Arbor
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Dexter. Apply here.
• Busch's, Inc. posted a job opening for Stock Associate in Ann Arbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dexter here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chelsea

• Publisher's Message: A Thank You to Donors and a Little Time Off (chelseaupdate.com)
• Chelsea District Library Honors Volunteers (chelseaupdate.com)
• Saline, Milan, Other Area Singers Combine for Community Christmas Fest 2025 - The Sun Times News (thesuntimesnews.com)

Ann Arbor

• Reopening delayed again for Ann Arbor restaurant closed by freezer fire (mlive.com)
• Group speaks out against Ann Arbor letting detained immigrant use city restroom (mlive.com)

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Ok Dexter! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I haven’t heard the last report.
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