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🌱 How Delaware teens can help shape America 250 celebrations locally
And on the Delaware Patch calendar - Holiday Home Tour
Hello again Delaware! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Delaware teens can help shape America 250 celebrations locally
- Will ODOT’s proposed 23-to-I-71 bypass cut through your neighborhood?
- How new transit funding could change your commute to Polaris jobs
Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mainly cloudy and cold, with a high of 29 and low of 24 degrees.
- Friday: A little snow, up to 1", temps: high: 30, low: 16. ⛄️ Brr!
- Saturday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 20 and low of 8 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Delaware County America 250 Committee seeking student ambassadors (delgazette.com) — Delaware County students can still sign up as America 250 student ambassadors, joining a program that mixes civics classes with hands-on local history service. Ambassadors study founding documents, then volunteer with Delaware County History Network partners on projects like digitizing records or restoring cemeteries. Organizers say it’s a way to deepen hometown roots while celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. 
Find out what's happening in Delawarefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
2. ODOT's bypass proposal faces opposition (delgazette.com) — Residents packed Brown Township Hall in Delaware County to oppose ODOT’s proposed U.S. 23-to-I-71 bypass routes, some of which would cut through northern Delaware County properties. Local officials and State Sen. Andrew Brenner urged people to formally share how the project could affect their lives and provided contacts and meeting details for ongoing township input.
3. A Major Transit Investment Reaches Delaware County (1808delaware.com) — Delaware County is receiving four state-funded transit grants that will expand microtransit, add vehicles, and upgrade accessible vans to help residents reliably reach jobs around Polaris and along US 23. The new funding, totaling over a million dollars locally, targets aging buses, missed shifts, and limited options so that transportation is less likely to block employment opportunities for county workers.
4. Attorneys for prosecutor accusing Delaware judge trying to get visiting judge disqualified (abc6onyourside.com) — A Delaware County assistant prosecutor’s attorneys are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to remove the visiting judge overseeing her civil protection case involving a local common pleas judge. Proceedings are paused while the chief justice weighs the disqualification request, and a planned hearing next week now appears unlikely. The judge at the center of the case is currently on voluntary leave.
5. Mixed-use development under consideration (delgazette.com) — A new mixed-use commercial project called Trailhead Crossing West is moving through the approval process on Delaware’s east side near U.S. 36/37, Biltmore Drive, and Skyview Lane. City Council is weighing a zoning change to C-PUD that would shape future retail, restaurant, and service development, with a public hearing set for Jan. 12.
📸 Around Delaware
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Delaware
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★ Featured events ★
- Holiday Home Tour
Boardman Arts Park, 154 W William St, Delaware
2:00 pm
Sunday December 14
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Other local events
- Delaware Preschool Storytime
Delaware Main Library - Delaware Community Room
10:30 am - Orange Baby Storytime
Orange Branch Library - Orange Programming Room
10:30 am - Liberty Family Storytime
Liberty Branch Library - Liberty Community Room A
10:30 am - Community Event: December 13, 2025- Holiday Trolley Tour of Historic City of Delaware
Nash House , 157 East William Street , Delaware
12:00 pm - Community Event: December 13, 2025 - Holiday Trolley Tour of Historic Delaware
Delaware County Historical Society , 157 E. Winter Street , Delaware
12:00 pm - Next Chapter Book Club
Orange Branch Library - Orange Community Room
4:00 pm - Delaware Baby Storytime
Delaware Main Library - Delaware Community Room
10:30 am
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Monday December 15
Tuesday December 16
📣 Delaware Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Orange Preschool Storytime
Orange Branch Library - Orange Programming Room
10:30 am - Liberty Toddler Storytime
Liberty Branch Library - Liberty Community Room A
10:30 am - Ostrander Family Storytime
Ostrander Branch Library - Ostrander Programming Room
11:00 am - Orange Afternoon Book Club
Orange Branch Library - Orange Community Room
2:00 pm
Thursday December 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dear neighborhood parents, please make sure your Elfs do indeed stay on the shelf.
They appear to be breaking free and pestering the birds at my feeder (Nextdoor West Central Ave) - Looking for a missing package.
Did anyone receive a package in error today from FedEx? delivery address is 2820 Berlin Station Rd, Delaware. (Nextdoor Berlin Station/Curve)
- Planet Fitness Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Team Member in Delaware. Apply here.
- ABM Industries posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner - No Experience Required in Delaware. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Delaware here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
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