🌱 Library Storytime: Toddler Tuesdays and 11 more events

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 59 and low of 48 degrees.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 62, low: 56.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 67 and low of 36 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Library Storytime: Toddler Tuesdays
  Mesquite Main Library , 300 West Grubb Drive , Mesquite
  10:30 am
• LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL (JV, V) @ PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN
  PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN , 6801 W Park Blvd. , Plano
  5:00 pm
• TMS Choir - Winter Concert
  Themer Middle School , 12503 FM1641 , Forney
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Library Storytime: Preschool Wednesday
  Mesquite Main Library , 300 West Grubb Drive , Mesquite
  10:30 am
• CHOIR - SPIRIT NIGHT @ HOPE COFFEE
  HOPE Coffee , 129 N Collins Rd Suite 1103 , Sunnyvale
  12:00 pm
• RAIDER (JV/V) & LADY RAIDER (V) vs GAINESVILLE HS
  Raider Stadium , 222 Collins Rd , Sunnyvale
  4:30 pm
• Library Book Club
  Doris Padgett Public Library , 402 Tower Pl , Sunnyvale
  5:30 pm
• CHOIR - TRUE COLORS @ ZOO LIGHTS
  Sunnyvale ISD Sunnyvale, TX 75182
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Library Playdate
  Mesquite North Branch Library , 2600 Oates Drive , Mesquite
  10:30 am
• Cheers with the Chamber December 2025
  American National Bank of Texas , 104 Regal Dr. , Forney
  5:00 pm
• The Local Pop-Up Dinner
  Forney High School , 1800 College Ave , Forney
  6:00 pm
• CHOIR - DAYBREAK @ DAYBREAK CHRISTMAS AT THE SQUARE
  Sunnyvale Park Square , 129 Collins Rd , Sunnyvale
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is this someone's dog??
  He's going to be picked up by animal control if no one claims him (Nextdoor Twin Oaks Drive)

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (06900) - 515 N. Galloway Ave. in Mesquite. Apply here.
• BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Service Assistant in Mesquite. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Balch Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mesquite

• Former Mesquite Teacher Arrested In Child Grooming Case (dallasexpress.com)
• Dallas, Mesquite police investigate double murder-suicide (fox4news.com)
• Solar76 and East Texas A&M University Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Solar Energy Innovation (businesswire.com)

Sunnyvale

• Canyon regains No. 1 spot in Class 4A state basketball rankings (myplainview.com)
• Dallas/Fort Worth welcomes the iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile (cw33.com)

Dallas

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