Hey. First issue.
This weekend: Saturday farmers market on Liberty, Hawc at Annie's that night, Sunday a kids 5K at Liberty Park. NWS (Powell point, issued 6:29 a.m. EDT Aug. 27): Sat sunny, high near 82; Sun mostly sunny, high near 86. Columbus (CMH) is still wet versus normal. No Buckeyes kickoff until Sept. 5.
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- Masthead
What's new / openings
Ill Mannered is 11 this week (Aug. 24-30), 38 Grace Drive. Visit Powell: Powell kicks off 8/24, Marysville 8/25, both through the weekend. Food trucks Tuesday-Sunday in Powell. Anniversary shirts "available at open on 8/24" in Powell. I'm not reprinting the daily beer and truck list.
Nocterra, 41 Depot Street. Their Powell calendar this week: Trivia Wednesday (Carmine, free). Run Club Thursday 6:15 p.m. No new-beer release on that calendar. Visit Powell lists Bingo Tuesday; Nocterra's own Powell calendar does not (next bingo there is Sep 15). Trail Magic Kitchen page is a 404, so no kitchen hours.
The splash pad at Village Green is closed. City homepage, August 24. No reopen date. When open: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Seldom Seen Road is open again. City, August 12. Crossing work done. $303,308.
Outpatient Care Powell is seeing patients. City, July 23: first patients August 3.
No new restaurant listing this week that we can source. Won't fake one.
Events (when / where / price)
Thu 8/27 - Mystery Book Club, Escape Into Fiction, 50 S. Liberty #174, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Trivia, Lazy Chameleon, 7 p.m. (different place). Price not posted for either.
Fri 8/28 + Sat 8/29 - Live music, Lazy Chameleon, 8:45 p.m.-midnight. Artist and cover not posted on the venue page.
Sat 8/29 - Powell Chamber Farmer's Market, 9 a.m.-noon, 240 N. Liberty (May 23-Oct 3, Saturdays). Hawc (Michael Jackson birthday) at Annie's Wine Cottage, 30 W. Olentangy, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Price not posted.
Sun 8/30 - Kona Kids 5K, 9 a.m. in-person, Liberty Park, 2845 Home Road, $30 (see Sports). Irish folk, Lazy Chameleon, 6 p.m. End time not posted.
Mon 8/31 - Liberty Township Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., 7802 Liberty Rd N. Posted. End not posted.
Through 8/31 - Powell Branch kids' storytime is off. DCDL: back "in September."
Tue 9/1 (posted) - Liberty Branch preschool storytime 10:30 a.m.; Teens Create 6:30 p.m. (registration required), 7468 Steitz. Development Committee 6:30 p.m. and City Council 7:30 p.m., 47 Hall St. Office Hours listed that day; time not confirmed (the detail page still shows July 28).
Anniversary week is in Openings. Not recapped day-by-day here.
Sports
No Buckeyes game this weekend (Aug. 29-30). Next posted kickoff: Saturday, Sept. 5, vs. Ball State, Ohio Stadium, 12:30 p.m., Big Ten Network. No Powell watch party posted. Not sending anyone to the Shoe.
Captains. Official site, Saturday, Aug. 22: seven, by teammate vote - WR Brandon Inniss, DE Kenyatta Jackson Jr., S Jaylen McClain, LB Payton Pierce, QB Julian Sayin, OL Austin Siereveld, WR Jeremiah Smith. Returning captains: Inniss and Siereveld. Same day, Inniss was named the Block "O" (honors Bill Willis). Day, short, from that captains post: being voted captain "comes directly from your teammates."
Sayin. Official site Aug. 24: placed on the Manning Award preseason watch list.
Day on NFL players coming back to college. Monday presser. Not on the athletic site. Attribute On3. He did not announce a Buckeye signing.
On3 quotes Day: "I told myself I would stop saying this is crazy... our rosters are not locked in is frustrating at the very least." And: "Do I like anything about it? Absolutely not, but we gotta do what's right for Ohio State." And: "LSU just got a commitment from the Browns' tight end... we are definitely in a different world right now." The tight end's name is not in this issue - writeups spell it two ways.
Fantasy. NFL Week 1 kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8:20 p.m. ET, Seahawks vs. Patriots (NFL.com). Finish the draft before then.
Local run this week is the same Nocterra / CRC club already on Thursday: 6:15 p.m., 41 Depot Street. One club.
This weekend race: Kona Kids 5K, Sunday, Aug. 30, 9 a.m. in-person at Liberty Park, 2845 Home Road, Powell, $30. Virtual option $27.50. RunSignup is the 2026 listing.
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Weather
NWS point forecast for Powell, Ohio. Issued 6:29 a.m. EDT Aug. 27, 2026.
Today: Thursday partly sunny, high near 82. Tonight partly cloudy, low around 61. Friday mostly sunny, high near 81.
Weekend: Saturday sunny, high near 82; Saturday night partly cloudy, low around 63. Sunday mostly sunny, high near 86; Sunday night partly cloudy, low around 68.
Vs normal (Columbus, not Powell). Nearest official climate: Columbus CMH. NWS Wilmington CLI issued 1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 27, 2026 (summary for Aug. 26). Normals 1991-2020. Yesterday: max 82 vs normal 83 (-1); min 58 vs normal 63 (-5). August month-to-date precip 9.94 in vs 3.12 normal (+6.82). Year-to-date 36.70 vs 28.99 (+7.71). Weekend forecast Sat sunny ~82 / Sun ~86 vs daily normal high 83 / low 63 (CMH normals for Aug. 27).
Markets
Wednesday close, Aug. 26 (AP): Dow 53,463.88, down 113.52 (0.2%). S&P 500 7,675.70, down 1.58 (less than 0.1%). Nasdaq 26,130.20, down 21.10 (0.1%). Flat-to-soft ahead of Nvidia earnings after the close.
Thursday morning FX, Aug. 27: euro about $1.16 (CNBC EUR/USD 1.1649 at 10:54 a.m. ET). Dollar index about 99 (Yahoo 99.13 at 10:44 a.m. ET).
Not advice. Closes dated. Live prices not printed.
Top news
Village Green is not starting construction. Delaware Source (Aug. 5) said Council extended phase two so Pizzuti can work through 381 comments. A revised concept is expected in December. No fall open-house date is posted.
Same story: City Manager Andrew White (city site: Andy White) said Fest 2027 stays at Village Green. Sean Donnelly, quoted there: "The Powell Fest downtown and the amphitheater and all those activities downtown are 100% essential to this community. It can't be in the field north or east of town."
Fest format: Operations took no vote and could recommend after Sept. 15 (6:30 p.m. on Granicus). Source, Aug. 19.
Local gov
Council is first and third Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., 47 Hall Street. City Hall: weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 614-885-5380. Mayor Heather Karr, Vice Mayor Tom Counts. Zoning rewrite expected Friday, Sept. 4, plus new online permitting (city, Aug. 6).
Nov. 3: DCT's page asks DCRTA-area voters for a 0.20% sales-and-use tax, including "Establishing microtransit service in Powell and Liberty Township." Source lede (Aug. 19): Andy Volenik presented that to Council. We stop there.
Olentangy (district, Aug. 7): reserves "consumed... by the end of the 2028-29 school year," levy talked for 2028. Labor Day, no school: Monday, Sept. 7.
Grab bag
July 21: parks master plan + Bennett Farm plan adopted. City: that is not construction.
Halverston-Rutherford path bridge still closed as of the July 17 city post.
Deer Haven Elementary (OLSD #18, Liberty Twp., 2027-28) named in April.
Altafiber work still on the city home. Hotline 614-495-1022.
Later races, not this weekend: Never Forget 5K / 9.11k Sunday, Sept. 11, Adventure Park; FLOW stormwater 5K Sunday, Oct. 4, Liberty Park.
If a shop or night should be on this list, it has to be posted where we can check.
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- Masthead
Powell, Ohio 43065