🌱 Garage fire heavily damages Grove City home, but family escapes unharmed

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• Garage fire heavily damages Grove City home, but family escapes unharmed

Also on today's calendar: FORT MYERS / S.W.F.L. JobLink 2026 Job Fair Happening 4/29 and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
• Sunday: Some sun; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Englewood fire crews extinguish garage fire that damaged home Wednesday night (gulfcoastnewsnow.com) — A Wednesday night garage fire heavily damaged a home on Michigan Avenue in Grove City, but everyone inside—two adults, a child, and their pets—got out safely. Englewood Area Fire Control District crews quickly knocked down the accidental electrical blaze, preventing further spread but leaving significant damage to the garage area.
   

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📸 Around Grove City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grove City

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 19

• Virgil Cain
  Lighthouse Grill and Tiki Bar, Channel Marker #17A on ICW, 260 Maryland Ave, Englewood
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday April 27

• Joey Damiano at Grove City Bar & Grill
  Grove City Bar & Grill , 1997 Kentucky Ave , Englewood
  5:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• FORT MYERS / S.W.F.L. JobLink 2026 Job Fair Happening 4/29
  Drury Inn & Suites Fort Myers Airport FGCU , 9950 University Plaza Dr , Fort Myers
  10:00 am

Friday May 1

• Old Glory Band
  Lighthouse Grill and Tiki Bar , Channel Marker #17A on ICW , 260 Maryland Ave , Englewood
  6:00 pm

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📣 Grove City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Backpacks for Kids
  L.A. Ainger Middle School Rotonda West, FL 33947
  8:00 am
• FCA (Fellowship for Christian Athletes)
  L.A. Ainger Middle School Rotonda West, FL 33947
  8:30 am
• The Archaeology of Indian Mound Park
  Elsie Quirk Public Library 100 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood, FL, 34223, US
  11:00 am
• Brain Health 101
  Elsie Quirk Public Library 100 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood, FL, 34223, US
  2:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Guitar Groove: A Fun 6-week Beginner Guitar Course, Week 2
  Elsie Quirk Public Library 100 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood, FL, 34223, US
  10:15 am
• Guitar Groove Level 2: The Next Step Week 2
  Elsie Quirk Public Library 100 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood, FL, 34223, US
  11:30 am
• Juvenile Tarpon Research Net Pull
  3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd , Englewood
  12:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Forty Carrots: Partners in Play®
  Elsie Quirk Public Library 100 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood, FL, 34223, US
  10:15 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Grove City PatchAM possible:

• MK Construction Group LLC — (941) 225-8602
  Expert Home Remodeling & Renovation in Port Charlotte

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🗞 Nearby News

Englewood

• Celebrate Creativity: Art on Dearborn Art and Craft Show Is Back April 18 & 19 (englewoodreview.com)
• Time to Give Back: Lemon Bay Conservancy's 2026 Giving Challenge Runs April 15-16 (englewoodreview.com)
• Michael Melton to run for Charlotte County Commission (yoursun.com)

North Port

• North Port remains under burn ban despite Sarasota, Charlotte County lifts (yoursun.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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