🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Brandon hospital baby already linked to one lucky number

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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Brandon hospital baby already linked to one lucky number

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 92, low: 75.
• Monday: Cloudy with a thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Plant City family welcomes baby born at 8:27 a.m. on 8/27 (wfla.com) — A Plant City family just welcomed baby Claire Rose at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, where everything about her arrival lined up with the number 27, from the 8:27 a.m. birth time to her room number. It's a light, feel-good Brandon story her family will be retelling for years.
   

📸 Around Brandon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brandon

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Monday August 31
• Early Release Day (Students released 1 hour early)
  Brooker Brandon, FL 33511
• Art Club Begins (4th & 5th Grade)
  Valrico , FL 33594
  12:55 pm
• Chorus Begins (4th & 5th Grade)
  Valrico , FL 33594
  12:55 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Drumming Hawks Practice Begins (4th & 5th Grade)
  Valrico , FL 33594
  1:55 am
Wednesday September 2
• Picture Day
  Limona Brandon, FL 33510
  8:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Student Picture Day
  Yates Brandon, FL 33510
Friday September 4
• Color Run Spirit Day
  Valrico , FL 33594
• Scholastic Book Fair
  Yates Brandon, FL 33510
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Early Release Day (Students released 1 hour early)
  Brooker Brandon, FL 33511
• Chorus Begins (4th & 5th Grade)
  Valrico , FL 33594
  12:55 pm
• Art Club Begins (4th & 5th Grade)
  Valrico , FL 33594
  12:55 pm
• SAC Meeting
  Colson Seffner, FL 33584
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is this your dog?
  It appears to be a brown/tan poodle. Its quite big. I found it at the end of Providence lakes Blvd and kings avenue at 2am August 28th (Nextdoor Vista Cay)
• Who's been scammed on here?
  Someone is claiming they sent me money for the bedroom set I'm selling and wants me to call some fake customer service number (Nextdoor Park Lake at Parsons)

• Checkers & Rally's - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Brandon. Apply here.
• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Brandon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brandon here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Tampa

• Tampa's Black History Museum hosts Zora Neale Hurston book talk on Monday (cltampa.com)
• Tampa Pedestrian Killed In US-41 Crash Involving Riverview Trucker (tampafp.com)
• 'My platform hasn't changed': Tampa State Rep. Brian Nathan on unions, affordability and more (cltampa.com)

Valrico

• Obituaries 08.27.26 (plantcityobserver.com)

Tampa

• Tampa Bay Rays' $2.3B Stadium Deal Approved By Tampa, Hillsborough Officials (patch.com)
• 3 Tampa Teens Charged As Adults In Attempted Murder Of Homeless Man: State Attorney (patch.com)
• 13 FL Colleges Make Princeton Review's 2027 Best List (patch.com)

Ok Brandon! 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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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