🌱 How a 35-minute stop at Golden Gate light preceded a fatal crash

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In today's newsletter:

• How a 35-minute stop at Golden Gate light preceded a fatal crash

Also on today's calendar: Lego Friday @ Golden Gate Branch.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 72 degrees.
• Thursday: A thunderstorm in the morning, temps: high: 81, low: 73.
• Friday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Lawyer seeks release of woman accused in fatal wrong-way I-75 crash (naplesnews.com) — A Naples woman accused in a fatal wrong-way I-75 crash near the Golden Gate Parkway off-ramp is seeking release from jail while her case proceeds. Court records and trooper testimony detail her alleged impairment, earlier speeding stop, long pause at the Golden Gate light, and subsequent drive north in the southbound lanes that killed a 96-year-old Naples man.
   

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📸 Around Golden Gate

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Golden Gate

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★ Featured events ★

Friday June 5

• Friday Playdate @ Estates Branch →
  Estates Library, 1266 Golden Gate Blvd W, Naples
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday June 5

• Lego Friday @ Golden Gate Branch →
  Miguel Villarreeal Branch, 5425 Golden Gate Pkwy #3, Naples
  3:00 pm

Monday June 22

• Family Storytime and Craft @ Golden Gate Branch →
  Miguel Villarreeal Branch, 5425 Golden Gate Pkwy #3, Naples
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Wine Down Wednesdays →
  Seascape At Naples, 3490 Thrive Dr, Naples
  3:30 pm
• Matty Jollie →
  Celebration Park Naples, 2880 Becca Ave, Naples
  6:00 pm
• Comedy Magician Jack Grady Live in Naples, Florida! →
  Off The Hook Comedy Club, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd #1100, Naples
  7:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Painting workshop →
  South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Pkwy #9005, Naples
  2:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Austin James →
  Celebration Park Naples, 2880 Becca Ave, Naples
  6:00 pm
• Youth Symphonia Concert →
  Artis—Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 6

• Weekly Farmers Market on Third Street South
  Third Street South Farmers Market 245 13th Ave S, Naples, FL 34102
  7:30 am
• Summer Reading Program Kickoff @ South Regional... →
  South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Pkwy #9005, Naples
  10:00 am
• Make and Take @ Vanderbilt Branch →
  Vanderbilt Beach Library, 788 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Lely

• After leukemia diagnosis, QB Carter Quinn granted fifth year of eligibility (naplesnews.com)
• 705 Augusta Blvd Unit 705-5, Naples, FL 34113 (realtor.com)

Naples

• Naples Luxury Real Estate in 2026: What's Driving the Market Right Now (hauteresidence.com)
• 'Shoot every cop': Cape Coral man arrested over threat to congressman (naplesnews.com)
• Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes in Florida to fight mosquitoes (winknews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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