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☘️ Dublin Area Events
☘️ Local Weather
☘️ Maybe Dublin's Not as Built Out as We Thought
☘️ Doing Beats Reading, According to Dublin PD
☘️ Dublin Schools Wants to Track Down Every Graduate
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Upcoming events
Dublin Area Events
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Wednesday
Food Truck Wednesdays — 11 AM to 1:30 PM at Coffman Park
Midweek Music – Dublin Summer Fun Series — 6 PM to 8 PM at Riverside Crossing Park
Walk with a Doc at Coffman Park — 9 AM at 5200 Emerald Pkwy
Thursday
North Market Bridge Park – Night Market — 6 PM to 9 PM at Bridge Park
Optimist International Convention — At Embassy Suites Dublin
Friday
Annual Rummage Sale — 9 AM at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Free Weekly Walking Group — 9 AM at 6017 Post Rd
Garage Sale - 9 AM to 2 PM at 7648 Kestrel Way W. Seven households, furniture, sports equipment, clothing and more, plus a lemonade stand.
St. Charles Hockey Golf Outing — 2 PM at Golf Club of Dublin
Abbey Theater – The Lightning Thief — 7 PM to 9 PM at Coffman Amphitheater
Saturday
The Dublin Market at Bridge Park — 9 AM to 12 PM at Bridge Park
Garage Sale - 9 AM to 2 PM at 7648 Kestrel Way W
SOS Saturday with FANG (Co-Ed) — 1 PM at Round Table Games
Weather
Local Weather
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Local News
Maybe Dublin's Not as Built Out as We Thought
We're always quick to say Dublin's running out of room to grow. Turns out that's not quite true — you just have to look at what's already sitting there a little differently. A new proposal just north of the post office on Emerald Parkway — at the corner with Woerner Temple Road — is a pretty good example.
The site's a 16-acre lot that's sat empty for years, zoned only for office buildings. VanTrust, the developer behind the plan, wants to turn it into something else entirely: 218 apartments, roughly 13,500 square feet of retail and commercial space, plus green space and walking trails woven through it.
It's still early. VanTrust has already presented earlier versions of the plan to the city's Planning and Zoning Commission twice — in December and again this April — and this latest revision reflects feedback from those meetings. It's expected to go before the commission again as the process continues.
Nothing's approved yet, but if this is any indication, there might be more room in Dublin to grow than most of us assume.
Local News
Doing Beats Reading, According to Dublin PD
Most self-defense advice you get is theoretical — read a pamphlet, watch a video, hope you remember it if it ever matters. Dublin Police does it differently. Their class has you actually practice the moves against someone coming at you, not just hear about them.
You'll learn how to break a grip, get free, and make enough noise that people notice — then you do it, for real, in the room. Finish the class and you walk away with a personal safety alarm too.
It's Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 5 to 9 p.m., open to anyone 18 and up. More sessions get added throughout the year if that date's no good.
Local News
Dublin Schools Wants to Track Down Every Graduate
Dublin Schools wants to track down every graduate — and for a good reason. They keep a database of alumni from every Dublin high school, and it's what reunion organizers use to actually find people. No current contact info, no invite.
Right now, that matters for the Class of 2016, who are already planning their 10-year reunion. But it's true for any class — if you've moved, changed your number, or gotten a new email since graduation, there's a good chance the school doesn't have the right one for you either.
Update your info here, so you're findable whenever your class comes calling.
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