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• Hear what a Brandon-born artist created in his backyard shed

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 93 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 91, low: 75.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LISTEN: Thomas LaVine's 'The Sound and You' Combines Acoustic and Ambient Textures (glidemagazine.com) — A new indie folk track comes from a musician who was born in Brandon even though he now records in rural North Carolina. Songwriter Thomas LaVine's "The Sound and You" blends ambient synths, acoustic guitars, and introspective lyrics about separation, love, and memory, continuing the style that earned him Spotify's "Best of Fresh Finds Folk" recognition.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

South Tampa

• Sunday is National Cuban Sandwich Day, and people are bound to argue about this South Tampa French restaurant's take on the classic (cltampa.com)
• BayFirst Financial (BAFN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (fool.com)
• Bobby Fenton And The Free Stretch Make An Appearance At Bucs Camp; We Talk Vita's Contract, The Real Backup QB Situation, And Starters Vs. The Chiefs (joebucsfan.com)

Valrico

• Tampa's SoFresh Expands to Valrico (tbbwmag.com)
• Annual Black Cat 5K, Homeschool Day, Genealogy Meeting & More (ospreyobserver.com)
• Mary & Martha Plans Two Fall Events To Support Mission (ospreyobserver.com)

Tampa

• FL Reports 3rd 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Death This Year: Health Records (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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