🌱 Celebrate Friendsgiving to Help Shelter Dogs & Cats! and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• FREE Health Expo & Resource Fair at Lockwood Ridge Road
• Book Discussion at Fruitville Public Library
• Turkey Trot- $10.00 fee at McIntosh Middle School

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you fix a broken pizza? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 72.
• Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 72 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fruitville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 7

• FREE Health Expo & Resource Fair →
  Lockwood Ridge Road, Lockwood Ridge Rd,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 5

• Book Discussion
  Fruitville Public Library, 100 Apex Road, Sarasota
  1:30 pm

Friday November 6

• Turkey Trot- $10.00 fee
  McIntosh Middle School Sarasota, FL 34232
  5:30 pm
• 4th Annual Fall Festival
  McIntosh Middle School Sarasota, FL 34232
  5:30 pm

Saturday November 7

• Celebrate Friendsgiving to Help Shelter Dogs & Cats! →
  2525 27th St E, Bradenton
  5:30 pm

Sunday November 15

• The Pops Orchestra - Born in the USA →
  Riverview Performing Arts Center, 1 Ram Way, Sarasota
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 29

• Early Voting for 2026 General Election
  Betty Johnson North Sarasota Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota
  8:30 am
• Sip N' Brew →
  9:00 am
• Breakfast at the Bistro 502
  Suncoast Technical College, 4748 S Beneva Rd, Sarasota
  9:00 am
• Forty Carrots: Partners in Play
  Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota
  10:15 am
• Suncoast Bistro/North Port Branch
  Suncoast Technical College, 4445 Career Ln, North Port
  11:00 am
• Creation Station: Collage Vision Board
  Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota
  1:00 pm
• Sketchbook Club
  Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Sarasota

• ReptiDay Sarasota returns Halloween weekend with reptiles, exotic animals and educational opportunities (mysuncoast.com)
• For Sale: 1969 Ford Mach 1 SCJ in Sarasota, Florida (classiccars.com)
• Sarasota Police take over city parking operations (mysuncoast.com)

Bradenton

• Bradenton Meth Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison: U.S. DOJ (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do you fix a broken pizza?" — With tomato paste! (Thank you Douglas D. for sending it in!)
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