🌱 Holiday Bookworms Storytime and 10 more events

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 42 and low of 36 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 47, low: 32.
• Thursday: Cloudy; afternoon rain, windy, with a high of 58 and low of 30 degrees.

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📸 Around McDermott

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Holiday Bookworms Storytime
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  11:30 am
• Craft Buffet
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  2:30 pm
• Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  4:00 pm
• Holiday Family Storytime
  Lucasville Library , 103 State Route 728 , Lucasville
  4:00 pm
• Adult Painting Series
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Wiggleworms Storytime
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  11:30 am
• Southern Ohio Safety Council
  Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce , 342 2nd St , Portsmouth
  12:00 pm
• Computer, Switch and VR Gaming
  Portsmouth Public Library , 1220 Gallia Street , Portsmouth
  2:30 pm
• Teen Holiday Ornament
  New Boston Library , 3850 Rhodes Avenue , New Boston
  4:30 pm
• JrH BBK @ Northwest
  Clay Local Portsmouth, OH 45662
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Planetarium Show
  Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce , 342 2nd St , Portsmouth

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Cook in Lucasville. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Lucasville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McDermott here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Portsmouth

• Area Students Explore Possible Futures at Science Alliance (littermedia.com)

Jackson

• Quarry Faces: December 2025 (pitandquarry.com)
• Jackson schools announce two-hour delay after weekend snowstorm (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• CODE RED: Dangerous cold Monday morning with a few slick roads (dayton247now.com)

Ironton

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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