Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• AEW Announces Date & Venue for Dynamite: Beach Break (411mania.com) — Clearwater will host AEW’s special Dynamite: Beach Break episode at BayCare Sound on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, bringing a nationally televised wrestling show to town. Top AEW champions are featured in the promotion, promising a high-profile night on the local waterfront stage.
• Baptist Press interviews Willy Rice • Biblical Recorder (brnow.org) — Clearwater residents may recognize longtime Calvary Baptist Church pastor Willy Rice, who is now a candidate for Southern Baptist Convention president. In a detailed interview, he outlines his priorities on church governance, women’s roles in ministry, financial transparency, and how he’d lead the denomination’s annual meetings if elected in June.
📸 Around Clearwater
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Ukulele JamALONG → Safety Harbor Public Library, 101 2nd St N, Safety Harbor 6:15 pm
Code Enforcement Board → Safety Harbor Calendar, William Blackshear Commission Chambers 750 Main St., Safety Harbor 6:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Keep Pinellas Beautiful Host World Oceans Day with Free Community Event, June 6 —Marsha De Sylva Strickhouser Read on Patch
Clearwater, Fla., industrial portfolio sells for $23.5 million —Ally Jandes Read on Patch
Hello everyone! I am looking for help in my home, cleaning my bedroom and bath and putting away laundry, and could really use some recommendations. I have a… (Nextdoor Woodgate)
DM ONLY We have fallen on hard times and have to move in with family who currently has pets and is elderly. We love our dogs but want a better life for them… (Nextdoor Victory Clearwater)
PrideStaff posted a job opening for Shipping Associate in Clearwater. Apply here.
Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Clearwater. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Clearwater here.
🗞 Nearby News
Dunedin
FOUND SAFE: Missing Dunedin Woman On Green Tricycle Located After Silver Alert (tampafp.com)
Top events in Tampa Bay for the week of May 18 (tampabay.com)
6 Pinellas schools are getting new principals (tampabay.com)
Belleair
Drinking water in Pinellas County may taste different; here's why (wfla.com)
St. Petersburg
Gulfport Man Claimed He Was 'Play Fighting' When Gun Went Off, Killing Friend: Police (patch.com)
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