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🌱 Patch AM: How Marietta’s Salvation Army keeps neighbors safe when temperatures plunge

Also, don't miss Public Meeting on Injection Wells on the Marietta Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Marietta’s Salvation Army keeps neighbors safe when temperatures plunge
  • What a failed levy could mean for Ewing School and services
  • Which local residents were just booked into Washington County Jail?

Also on today's calendar: Public Meeting on Injection Wells and 3 more events.

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 46, low: 25.
  • Thursday: Cloudy; p.m. rain, breezy, with a high of 57 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Marietta Salvation Army opens warming center for winter season (wtap.com) — If you need a warm place this winter in Marietta, the local Salvation Army is offering a daytime warming center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with flexible hours during extreme cold. Staff can arrange emergency hotel stays, transportation, and even welcome well-behaved pets while coordinating with other city resources to keep vulnerable residents safe.
   

2. Washington County Board of Developmental Disabilities considers major changes after levy failure (wtap.com) — Marietta-area families using Washington County developmental disability services should watch for big decisions next month, as the board votes January 13 on shifting preschool and school-age programs to the Educational Service Center at Ewing School. All current school, early intervention, and pool services will stay unchanged through June 2026, but staffing and long-term early intervention offerings could be reduced afterward.
   

3. News 15 Dec 2025 (washingtoncountysheriff.org) — Washington County deputies reported several recent property crimes, including a breaking and entering, mailbox damage in Muskingum Township, and a catalytic converter theft. The jail intake list includes a 36-year-old Marietta resident booked on a misdemeanor probation violation, alongside others from nearby communities. The Washington County Jail currently houses 23 women and 96 men.
   

4. Marietta College names new head football coach (wtap.com) — Marietta College has promoted longtime assistant Tom Hinkle to head football coach after Tom Kaufman left for a high school job in Cleveland. Hinkle, a former Pioneer standout and nine-year staff member, takes over immediately after helping lead one of Division III’s top defenses in recent seasons.
   

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  • Anyone on Michigan Ave or Ohio blvd.
    Area that still has optimum having no service today?? Of course it’s not an outage according to them, we had a bad modum suddenly today , just… (Nextdoor Devola)
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