🌱 How Richwood Coffee turned your daily brew into $923,000 for nonprofits

Morning Richwood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Richwood Coffee turned your daily brew into $923,000 for nonprofits

Also on today's calendar: Spices of the World and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Winds becoming strong; rain, with a high of 51 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 26, low: 21.
• Saturday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Guardians for Good celebration held (morrowcountysentinel.com) — Richwood Coffee and Richwood Bank were honored by HelpLine with a 2025 Guardians for Good Award for reinvesting more than $923,000 into local nonprofits, including efforts that reach Union County communities like Richwood. The Dec. 2 ceremony at Ohio Wesleyan University also celebrated school counselors, mental health professionals, and advocates expanding crisis response, suicide prevention, and sexual assault support across five central Ohio counties.
   

📸 Around Richwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Richwood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Author Visit with Shawn Spencer
  Richwood-North Union Public Library, 4 E Ottawa St, Richwood
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• HS Band & Choir Winter Concert
  North Union High School , 401 N Franklin St , Richwood
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• HS VEX @ Cedar Point Sports Center
  Cedar Point Sports Center , 2701 Cleveland Rd W , Sandusky
  8:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• HS Jv BBball @ Indian Lake
  Indian Lake High School
  4:30 pm
• HS Var BBball @ Indian Lake
  Indian Lake High School
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• HS VEX @ Nationwide Arena
  Nationwide Arena , 200 W Nationwide Blvd , Columbus
  7:30 am

Monday December 29

• Spices of the World
  Richwood-North Union Public Library , 4 E Ottawa St , Richwood
  11:00 am

📣 Richwood Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Ostrander Family Storytime
  Delaware County District Library: Ostrander Branch , 75 N 4th St , Ostrander
  11:00 am
• Business Before Hours - Holiday Inn Express & Suites - December 18, 2025
  1842 Marion-Mt Gilead Rd , Marion
  1:00 pm
• New Event - Small Group Angel Messages with Psychic Medium: Robyn Caceres
  The Outerbrim HIVE Beauty Bar , 222 S State St , Marion
  4:30 pm
• Merry on Main Iceless Skating
  Marysville, OH Calendar , 125 E. Sixth St. , Marysville
  5:00 pm
• Woodland Cigar Co
  Woodland Cigar Company, LLC , 46 N Sandusky St , Delaware
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Delaware Avenue westbound at US 33 in Marysville, OH, was closed due to a crash but has since reopened.
  6:10AM on Dec 17: Delaware Ave W/B at US 33 is closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

• HealthFitness posted a job opening for Fitness Floor Attendant (substitute) in Marysville. Apply here.
• Marysville Schools posted a job opening for Custodian (2nd Shift) in Marysville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Richwood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Marysville

• Two Downtown Projects Land Historic Tax Credits (columbusunderground.com)
• Popular Central Ohio pizza brand launching new location (614now.com)
• No Reserve: Three-Piece Ferrari F40 Luggage Set by Schedoni (bringatrailer.com)

Marion

• Preseason athlete of the year poll winners revealed by the Marion Star (marionstar.com)
• Holiday Favorite 'Elf' Brings Family Fun to the Marion Palace Theatre This Weekend (wktn.com)
• AROUND THE LAKES: Marion event honors first responders, supports families in need (fltimes.com)

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-- 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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