School Bus Crash on Riverside Drive

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☘️ Dublin Area Events

☘️ A Dublin Jerome Golfer is One Round Away from the U.S. Open

☘️ School Bus Crash on Riverside

☘️ What Do You Really Think About Bridge Park?

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Okay, this one is pretty cool. As most of us are getting ready for the Memorial Tournament, Evan Menges — a rising senior at Dublin Jerome — is one 36-hole qualifier away from teeing it up at the U.S. Open himself.

He got here by winning a local qualifier in Cincinnati last month — shooting an 8-under par 64 without a bogey, winning by three shots over a field of top amateurs and touring professionals. The kind of round that doesn't happen by accident.

The final sectional qualifier is June 8 at Lakes Golf and Country Club in Westerville — just down the road. Only two to five spots are typically available at each site, and he'll be playing 36 holes in a single day against touring pros, elite college golfers, and top international competition.

Menges helped Dublin Jerome win the OHSAA Division I state title last fall — the team's 10th state championship, with a national #1 ranking. If he gets through Westerville on June 8, the next stop is the U.S. Open — a pretty good way to spend summer before senior year.

Definitely worth rooting for.

Local News

Did you hear about the accident on Riverside Drive the other day? A pickup truck crossed the center line and hit a school bus head-on around 6:30 a.m. No kids were on the bus — the bus driver walked away with minor injuries, but the driver of the truck, a 38-year-old from Powell, was seriously hurt.

The thing is, Riverside Drive is exactly the road at the center of the redistricting debate. One of the proposed high school maps would put significantly more student drivers on it every morning. The Shawnee Hills police chief wrote to the school board about it earlier this year. A number of parents have been arguing student safety should be the top criteria — but under what the board is voting on next Wednesday, enrollment and building capacity come first.

The vote is May 21. And thankfully, no kids got hurt this time.

Local News

You know the stretch of Bridge Street that used to be a mix of car dealerships, low-rise offices, and a lot of nothing-in-particular? Five years ago it was forgettable. Today it's got a hotel, a dozen restaurants, apartments, and a riverfront park that didn't exist.

By almost any measure, it's one of the most ambitious urban transformations any suburb in Ohio has pulled off. Dublin bet big on Bridge Street — and a lot of people think it paid off.

But a transformation this big affects everyone differently. Many neighbors have made it a weekly ritual. Others miss the quieter version of Dublin it replaced. Both reactions make sense, and honestly, both are worth hearing.

So we want to know where you land. Not the polite answer — the real one.

Vote below — and if you have a story about how Bridge Street has changed things for you personally, hit reply. We're working on a follow-up.

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