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Also check out 3rd Annual Derby Party on the Clearwater Patch calendar

Sunday April 26th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hi Clearwater! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $50M cinema project could reshape Clearwater’s Cleveland Street corridor
  • Why are deputies searching Sand Key Park for two missing USF students?
  • Which new Dolphins draft pick once called Clearwater home?

Also on today's calendar: 3rd Annual Derby Party and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is round on both ends and hi in the middle? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Monday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 86, low: 71. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• World's Largest Cinema Screen Artist Wants To Reopen Haslam's: FL Business (patch.com) — Clearwater could soon see a $50 million entertainment complex with the world’s largest cinema screen, bowling, laser tag, dining and arcade games at the Cleveland Street corridor entrance. Morton Plant Hospital is also piloting in-hospital transport robots, signaling big changes in both leisure and healthcare for local residents.    

• HCSO Elevates Missing USF Students to Endangered as Search Intensifies (iontb.com) — Law enforcement has intensified the search for two missing USF doctoral students, now classified as endangered, with ground and air activity focused in part around Sand Key Park in Clearwater. Detectives are working leads across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties and urge anyone with information to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.    

• Miami Dolphins pick Seydou Traore in NFL Draft: Scouting fifth-rounder (palmbeachpost.com) — Clearwater gets a brief shoutout as the place where new Miami Dolphins tight end Seydou Traore first played 11‑on‑11 football after moving there in 2020. The fifth‑round pick, a product of the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program, brings solid college production and speed to Miami’s tight end group.    


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I live in the Cypress Point Subdivision and I’m wondering if anyone in the neighborhood has milkweed that hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides … and if I could get a clipping for 2 small monarch caterpillars.
    I won’t be able to get to a nursery until tomorrow. Thanks in advance. (Nextdoor Weathersfield Dr/Allard Dr)
  • My mom‘s bird got out and flew up in her oak tree and doesn’t know how to fly down.
    Does anyone know anyone that has one of those tall bucket crane lift things so we can get her bird back??? (Nextdoor Weathersfield Dr/Allard Dr)
  • ChenMed posted a job opening for Front Desk Team Member in Clearwater. Apply here.
  • PrideStaff posted a job opening for Yang Machine Operator in Clearwater. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Clearwater here.

🗞 Nearby News

Dunedin

  • 15 Things You Can Do In Tampa Bay That Are Free (patch.com)
  • Blue Jays Announce Trey Yesavage Injury Update After 25 Missed Games (idahostatesman.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Ohio (Thank you Mary D. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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