🌱 Hopewell Commons: Heath and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 28 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 40, low: 31.
• Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, with a high of 48 and low of 21 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Hopewell Commons: Heath
  Hopewell Commons Community Center , Heath
  3:15 pm
• Girls V Basketball @ Loudonville
  Loudonville High School , 421 Campus Ave , Loudonville
  6:00 pm
• 7th/8th Grade Band & Choir Concert
  Centerburg Local Centerburg, OH 43011
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Homeschool Day - Every Month!
  The Works , 55 S 1st St , Newark
  2:00 pm
• Bowling Team vs Crestline
  Colonial City Lanes , 110 Mount Vernon Ave Ext , Mt Vernon
  4:00 pm
• Boys V Basketball vs Mt. Gilead
  Centerburg High School , 3782 Columbus Rd , Centerburg
  6:00 pm
• Fiber Arts Club
  Granville Center for the Arts , 119 W Broadway , Granville
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Adult Craft and Conversation with Coloring
  Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County , 201 N Mulberry St , Mt Vernon
  3:00 pm
• MS Boys Basketball vs Fredericktown
  Centerburg High School , 3782 Columbus Rd , Centerburg
  5:00 pm
• LEG 4th Carter Math Night
  Newark City Schools Newark, OH 43055
  5:00 pm
• Paint the Parks
  Licking Park District , 4309 Lancaster Rd , Granville
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Utica. Apply here.
• Kenyan College posted a job opening for Part Time Assistant Men’s & Women’s Tennis C in Gambier. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Utica here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mount Vernon

• Radon myths busted. What you need to know about the deadly gas (cincinnati.com)
• Heights boys bury Granville under early avalanche of 3s during LCL win (newarkadvocate.com)
• As 2025 comes to an end, look forward to these 2026 events (the-daily-record.com)

Newark

• Basketball Game Preview: Heath Bulldogs vs. Licking Heights Hornets (maxpreps.com)

Heath

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