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What's up Brandon! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Brandon caregivers can get a weekly break and real support
  • What Kucherov's contract standoff means for Lightning practices in Brandon

Also on today's calendar: Free Dog Training Class and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Cloudy with a thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
  • Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vitality Respite Offers Support For Families Living With Dementia (ospreyobserver.com) — Families in Brandon caring for loved ones with dementia can find structured daytime relief at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church's Vitality Respite Center, which offers supervised activities and lunch on Tuesdays. The church is also launching a monthly caregivers support group, with volunteers from Brandon and nearby neighborhoods helping run the program and training available for new helpers.
   

• Lightning, Nikita Kucherov at impasse on contract extension (miamiherald.com) — Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov enters training camp without a contract extension, even as the team opens practices at TGH Ice Plex in Brandon and he continues training locally five days a week. Team officials say they want to keep him long term, but rising NHL salaries and new contract rules complicate negotiations that could shape the franchise's future.
   

📸 Around Brandon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brandon

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🗓 Events Nearby

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for recommendations on lawn care.
    Nothing crazy. Just cutting grass in the front yard. In Brandon (Nextdoor Bloomingdale)
  • Has anyone had their gutters replaced recently?
    Mine are looking rough and I'm thinking about a replacement in the near future. Any recommendations for a company to replace the gutters when I'm… (Nextdoor Sterling Ranch)
  • Planet Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Closer in Brandon. Apply here.
  • Rooms to Go Furniture posted a job opening for Customs Entry Clerk in Seffner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brandon here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Tampa

  • Tampa council approves contentious $100M South Tampa flood project (tampabay.com)
  • Documentary about Tampa's 1960 Woolworth sit-ins screens for free again this weekend (cltampa.com)
  • Florida Man Wins Over $1.1 Million Jackpot At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In Tampa (tampafp.com)

Valrico

  • Florida woman dies in head-on crash near Tuscaloosa (bradenton.com)

Tampa

  • Tampa-Area Woman Killed In Head-On Crash In AL, Troopers Say (patch.com)
  • 15-Year-Old, 12-Year-Old Arrested After Loaded Gun Brought To Tampa School: Reports (patch.com)
  • Valrico Woman Killed In Head-On Collision In Alabama (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: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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