🌱 Coffee with Vets Hosted By American Grace and 10 more events

Morning Bell! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE: City Bar - Trenton, FL at The City Bar & Grill
• Coffee with Vets Hosted By American Grace at American Grace Cafe

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 88, low: 55. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Sunny with low humidity, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees.

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📸 Around Bell

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bell

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE: City Bar - Trenton, FL →
  The City Bar & Grill, 115 NW 2nd Ave, Trenton
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday May 27

• Coffee with Vets Hosted By American Grace →
  American Grace Cafe, 408 N Main St, Trenton
  9:00 am

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📣 Bell Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday May 14

• Teen Arts and Crafts
  High Springs Branch - Meeting Room
  4:00 pm

Friday May 15

• High Springs Farmers Market →
  High Springs Farmers Market, 23517 NW 185th Rd, High Springs
  3:00 pm
• SADIE HAWKINS DANCE
  Chiefland Middle/HIgh Chiefland, FL 32626
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Newberry Watermelon Festival →
  CountryWay TownSquare, 1739 SW 248th Dr, Newberry
  9:00 am
• 81st Annual Newberry Watermelon Festival →
  Newberry Watermelon Festival, 1739 SW 248th Dr, Newberry
  9:00 am
• DRAMA/THESPIANS BANQUET
  Chiefland Middle/HIgh Chiefland, FL 32626
  6:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Rum 138 Sunday Funday and Farmers Market →
  Rum 138, 2070 SW County Rd 138, Fort White
  1:00 pm
• BACCALAUREATE @ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
  First Baptist Church Chiefland, FL 32626
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• Veterans' Gathering →
  High Springs Branch | Alachua County Library District, 23779 US-27, High Springs
  10:30 am

Saturday May 23

• Harvey Jones Memorial →
  All-Tech Raceway, 1024 SW Howell St, Lake City
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in High Springs. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for *OVERNIGHT* Crew Team Member in Newberry. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bell here.

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🗞 Nearby News

High Springs

• Heavy police presence at Santa Fe High due to bomb threat (news4jax.com)
• Cheapest regular gas in Alachua County at $3.83 per gallon in week ending May 2 (ncfloridanews.com)

Newberry

• Newberry projects $2.2M setback if property taxes eliminated (mainstreetdailynews.com)
• Newberry's Henry Matthias leads the All-Area Big School Boys Basketball team (gainesville.com)
• Alachua County Sheriff's Office seeks help identifying armed robbery suspects (mainstreetdailynews.com)

Alachua

• Alachua County's rural broadband deployment passes 80% mark (mainstreetdailynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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