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🌱 How will Dublin’s Metro Center makeover change your daily routine?
Coming up on the Dublin Patch calendar: HMS Orchestras Winter Concert
Good morning Dublin! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will Dublin’s Metro Center makeover change your daily routine?
- How a Dublin Jerome grad just boosted BGSU women’s soccer attack
Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Dublinfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Thursday: Cloudy and windy; p.m. rain, with a high of 53 and low of 23 degrees.
- Friday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 28, low: 21.
- Saturday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Dublin's Bridge Park and Metro Center: A Walkability Model (worth.com) — Dublin is transforming Bridge Park and the aging Metro Center office park into dense, walkable mixed-use districts, aiming to cut car dependence and stay attractive for residents and employers. City planners, developers, and residents have collaborated over years to add housing, shops, offices, and public spaces, making Dublin a regional model for suburban retrofits and climate-conscious urban design. 
Find out what's happening in Dublinfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
• Falcons add two transfers and one signee to 2026 squad (bgfalconmedia.com) — A former Dublin Jerome High School standout, forward Natalie Hoover, is joining Bowling Green State University’s women’s soccer program after starting her college career at Iowa State. She’ll be part of a three-player addition to the Falcons’ 2026 squad, alongside a Michigan State goalkeeper and an All-Ohio forward from Pickerington North, both with strong Ohio Premier ECNL ties.
📸 Around Dublin
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🗓 Events Nearby
- HMS Orchestras Winter Concert
Darby Creek Elementary , 4200 Leppert Road , Hilliard
6:00 pm - Magical Winter Window
The Plain City Public Library - Community Room
6:00 pm - Abs and Booty Burn (In Person) — swervehiphopfitness
Swerve Dance and Fitness Complex , 640 Lakeview Plaza Blvd A , Worthington
6:15 pm - Girl Scouts Troop 6072
J.W. Reason Elementary , 4237 Dublin Road , Hilliard
6:30 pm - E and D Acoustic
Grandview Heights - Conference Room A
6:30 pm - Yarn Social at Northwest Library
Northwest Library , 2280 Hard Rd , Dublin
6:30 pm - Casual Boardgames - make friends, then beat them in games
Olentangy River Brewing Company , 303 Green Meadows Dr S , Lewis Center
6:30 pm - A Night Of Laughter: Benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital at Columbus Funny Bone
Columbus Funny Bone , 145 Easton Town Ctr , Columbus
7:00 pm - BHS Boys Volleyball
Memorial Middle School , 2900 Walker Road , Hilliard
7:00 pm - Jorma Kaukonen with Special Guest John Hurlbut
Natalie's Grandview , 945 King Ave , Columbus
8:00 pm - Varsity Girls Bowling @ Indian Lake
T P Bowling Lanes , 300 E Lake Ave , Bellefontaine
11:00 am - JV/Varsity Boys Bowling @ Indian Lake
T P Bowling Lanes , 300 E Lake Ave , Bellefontaine
11:00 am
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- One winter night, Old Zhang shivered at a bus stop in town.
He didn’t have enough money for the fare. A young girl walked by and handed him some change. “This should get you on the bus,” she said. Old Zhang… (Nextdoor Muirfield Village)
- Arcis Golf posted a job opening for Kids Club / Fitness Attendant in Dublin. Apply here.
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Dublin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dublin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hilliard
- Four men storm Columbus shop in violent robbery (shorenewsnetwork.com)
- More charter schools in Columbus take action amid bus driver shortages (abc6onyourside.com)
- COTA, WMATA introduce next year's budgets (masstransitmag.com)
Worthington
- Behind the worker-led push to unionize the Columbus Metropolitan Library (matternews.org)
- LifeWise launches in Bexley, leaving just one Franklin County district without a concrete program (nbc4i.com)
- COhatch Hamilton set to open in February (journal-news.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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