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- How much will Brooksville now spend fixing dangerous trees each year?
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Nice with periods of sun, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Brooksville City Council Approves Funds for Tree Trimming (hernandosun.com) — Brooksville’s City Council has given initial approval to use up to $50,000 a year from the city’s tree mitigation fund for trimming or removing hazardous trees, after concerns about safety and accounting errors. Leaders emphasized protecting Brooksville’s signature canopy roads while prioritizing maintenance over new plantings, with a second reading of the ordinance already held on April 20. 
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Gone Country At The Ranch
Florida Sand Music Ranch, 85 Myers Rd, Brooksville
9:00 am
Friday April 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING - April 2026
Brooksville Elks Lodge #2582 , 13383 County Line Rd. , Spring Hill
7:15 am -
JROTC Annual Awards- Theater
F.W. Springstead High School Brooksville, FL 34601
4:00 pm -
AFJROTC Annual Awards - SHS Theater
F.W. Springstead High School Brooksville, FL 34601
5:00 pm -
Bargaining Session with HCTA
District Office , 919 North Broad Street , Brooksville
5:15 pm -
Hernando County Christmas Bird Counts Track Changes in Local Winter Bird Population, with Speaker Clay Black — Hernando Audubon Society
GFWC Historic Brooksville Woman's Club , 131 S Main St , Brooksville
7:00 pm -
Hernando Audubon meeting: Bird Population Changes
GFWC Historic Brooksville Woman's Club , 131 S Main St , Brooksville
7:00 pm -
Gone Country at the Ranch Festival
Florida Sand Music Ranch , 85 Myers Rd , Brooksville
9:00 am -
Dinner Served
Brooksville Country Club , 23446 Links Dr , Brooksville
5:00 pm -
The Neighbor's Table @ Nature Coast Outreach
823 Josephine St , Brooksville
7:00 pm -
Paint Night at Boondoggle!l Eats!
Boondoggle eats , 13 S Brooksville Ave , Brooksville
6:00 pm -
B2B Networking Event
Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce , 15588 Aviation Loop Dr , Brooksville
11:30 am
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Sunday April 26
Tuesday April 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- LOST‼️ PLEASE HELP.
One mostly black medium size turkey that has gray and black on its head and waddle. She is friendly and may or may not answer to the name of, “Perky… (Nextdoor Racers) - Looking for someone to do site plan for garage permit -
I have survey done already and blueprint also. Who can do that ? I reached to few peoples already and it take forrrr everrrr to answer (Nextdoor Racers)
- Checkers & Rally's - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Brooksville. Apply here.
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member / A in Brooksville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brooksville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Spring Hill
- Spring Hill tree worker becomes trapped after brush fire sparks below (wfla.com)
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Pine Island
- Fire destroys 1,000 homes in a Malaysian coastal village on Borneo Island (winknews.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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