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Friday, November 20 2020

Friday, November 20 2020

The Florentine Is Back! 🍝

Sponsored by Visit Dublin Ohio & Dublin Cyber Week! We are in love with any ideas this year that encourage people to stay home while still supporting local and Dublin Cyber Week is checking both of those boxes. Dublin businesses are offering online shopping options and delivery this holiday season and they're kicking it all off this week with some great deals. Hit the link right here to check them out! ☘️🛍

Happy Friday! Chelsea here.

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been one hell of a year. But it might just be going out with some great news yet. This morning I'm writing to you all with a genuine smile on my face. One of the most iconic restaurants in Columbus will be serving up food for this city by the end of 2020. It may seem like a small thing, but in a year like this, it's definitely worth getting excited about. Family dinners from The Florentine are back y'all!

Navigator Feature Story:

Once Again, Columbus Families Will Be Able To Chow Down On Iconic Dishes From The Florentine

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Navigator Originals ✏️

You Can Host A Dog From The Franklin County Dog Shelter For A Holiday Sleepover

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Since most of us won't be traveling this year for the holidays, it's the perfect time to think about opening up our homes to some very good boys and girls. That's right, folks! Franklin County Dog Shelter has brought back their popular Holiday Sleepover program. If you're interested in giving a dog a great home for the holidays, get yourself signed up!

Headlines 📰

I'm really feeling

Cincinnati's 2020 Christmas Tree and I think they should have left it alone. It's

been a rough year

. (Today)

The Columbus Crew

play a first round home playoff game on Saturday at 3:00 PM but there will be no fans allowed in attendance.

Here's how to watch

. (Columbus Crew)

The future of Ohio State football

looks as bright as the present. The Buckeyes landed the overall #1 player in the class of 2022 yesterday, QB Quinn Ewers out of Texas. That gives the Buckeyes the overall #1 recruit in three straight classes

according to ESPN

(DE Jack Sawyers - 2021, from Pickerington North, and WR Julian Fleming - 2020, from Pennsylvania.) Here's what his commitment

will mean for the Buckeyes

. (Eleven Warriors)

Nothing to add here

, except to say this is really good: Aminah Robinson’s House:

A Cultural Treasure Restored

(Columbus Monthly)

Weather:

63 and mostly sunny

Coronavirus Updates 💊

7,787 new cases

but there are,

Today's #COVID19 data for Ohio. ⬇
We made a decision to double-check all antigen test results, so the 24-hour case change is low. Our data team tells us there are 12,000 antigen tests that have not yet been double-checked. Most of the 12,000 are expected to be confirmed.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine)
7:12 PM • Nov 19, 2020

, 12,000 cases that are being double checked. These additional cases would change the numbers reported every day this week, especially Wednesday and Thursday. There were also 343 new hospitalizations and 63 new deaths reported. We seem to be continuing into uncharted territory. The trend graph for hospitalizations shows

Here is a look at the number of patients in Ohio's hospitals: @nbc4i
— Adrienne Robbins (@ARobbinsTV)
7:18 PM • Nov 19, 2020

. (Twitter)

Franklin County is now purple

, the first county in the state to reach the highest warning level for COVID-19 spread. Spread is particularly bad

in the OSU campus area

. (The Lantern)

Columbus Metropolitan Library

locations are going back to curb-side service only. This explains

how curb-side and walk-up service works

. (Columbus Library)

Ohio lawmakers

have passed a bill that would limit the governor's ability to issue orders in response to a pandemic situation. The bill is expected to be vetoed by Governor DeWine, and it is unknown if the Ohio Senate has enough votes

to overcome the veto

(20 ... but 20 voted for the bill in September.) (Cleveland.com)

Ohio health care workers

are pleading for the public to take this seriously. A VP at Ohio Health used this story to illustrate how what's happening with COVID-19

affects everything

: "

A 48-year old Ohio woman who had a heart attack two days ago received care at the rural hospital near her home, but to get the advanced care necessary after her treatment, it took calls to 14 hospitals to find an available bed.

" (WOSU)

Experts don't see much value

in curfews like the one Governor DeWine

has put into place

. (Vox)

Sponsored by Easton Town Center. For over 20 years, Easton has brought families and friends together to celebrate the magic of the holidays. While things may look differently this year, we hope you’ll visit and experience an enchanted holiday season at Easton. Easton's number one priority is keeping guests and workers safe.

Check out this link to learn more safety measures and more on what they have planned for the holidays this year. ❄️🎄