🌱 How Tarrant’s first budget in four years could affect your street

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In today's newsletter:

• How Tarrant’s first budget in four years could affect your street

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 67.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 84 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Mayor Tracie Threadford to Present Tarrant's First Proposed Budget in Four Years (abc3340.com) — Tarrant residents are about to see the city’s first proposed budget in four years, a roughly $11 million plan for 2027 that outlines funding for operations, essential services, and infrastructure like paving. Mayor Tracie Threadford says the proposal is meant to restore transparency and stability, and urges residents to watch for upcoming council meetings and chances to weigh in.
   

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📸 Around Tarrant

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tarrant

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9

• Anne Wilson →
  BJCC East Exhibition Hall, 2100 Richard Arrington Boulevard North, Birmingham
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Take & Make: Brew Your Own Halloween Potion
  Inglenook Branch Library
  9:00 am

Monday October 5

• Malleable Mondays
  Inglenook Branch Library
  3:30 pm
• Grow with Inglenook
  Inglenook Branch Library
  3:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Take & Make: Brew Your Own Halloween Potion
  Inglenook Branch Library
  9:00 am
• Tech Tuesday and Thursday
  Inglenook Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Fall in to Canvas: Painting Activity
  Inglenook Branch Library
  4:00 pm
• Fall into the Canvas: Paint Day
  Inglenook Branch Library
  4:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Take & Make: Brew Your Own Halloween Potion
  Inglenook Branch Library
  9:00 am
• Full STEAM Ahead: STEAM Activity
  Inglenook Branch Library
  4:00 pm

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📣 Tarrant Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• 9th Annual Birmingham, AL Ostomy 5k →
  1600 1st Ave South, Birmingham
  8:00 am
• Dad & Me - Zoo Adventure →
  Birmingham Zoo, 2630 Cahaba Rd, Birmingham
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Birmingham

• Birmingham-area career fairs + job fairs happening in October 2026 (bhamnow.com)
• Architectural Record October 2026 Issue (architecturalrecord.com)
• Popular Birmingham restaurant suddenly closes months after changing owners: ‘Everybody got blindsided' (al.com)

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Ok Tarrant! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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