What's up Davie! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
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Also on today's calendar: Small Business Marketplace 2026: Where Culture Meets Commerce and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Family Demands Answers After 16-Year-Old Is Shot During Halloween Prank in Florida (yournews.com) — A Davie family is demanding answers after their 16-year-old son was shot in the arm during a Halloween-night “ding-dong ditch” prank in the Shenandoah area. Davie Police are still investigating, with no arrests announced yet, and prosecutors will review the case to decide on possible charges, leaving the family frustrated and fearful while they wait.
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• Flooding closes school, impacts voting and covers roads in South Florida. Why is it raining so much? (nbcmiami.com) — Heavy rain has dumped more than five inches on Davie, flooding roads and forcing St. Bonaventure Catholic School in town to close for the day. The same slow-moving storms that soaked Sunrise and Weston have overwhelmed drainage, but forecasters say conditions should gradually improve later this week as drier air moves in.
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• DeSantis appointee Adam Cervera wins four-year term on Broward School Board (sun-sentinel.com) — Davie voters are now represented by Adam Cervera on the Broward School Board, after he won the District 6 seat that includes Davie, Weston, Cooper City and parts of Sunrise and Plantation. His victory, backed by the Broward Teachers Union despite his DeSantis appointment and Republican registration, secures a four-year term starting November 17.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary! (Thank you Bee G. for sending it in!)
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