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🌱 State investigators take over Harbour Heights business fire inquiry

Harbour Heights, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning to you Harbour Heights! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • State investigators take over Harbour Heights business fire inquiry
  • Harbour Heights mailbox maker faces uncertain future after warehouse fire

Also on today's calendar: Receptionist for Local Artist.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A thundershower in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 81, low: 66.
  • Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State Fire Marshal investigates Harbour Heights business fire (winknews.com) — State fire investigators are working to determine what sparked Monday night’s blaze at a solar mailbox manufacturing building in the Harbour Heights/Deep Creek area. No one was inside and no injuries were reported. Structural safety concerns and limited access to parts of the building prompted county officials to seek state assistance.
   

• Fire burns up business; owner says ‘I can't recoup' (yoursun.com) — Eight years of work on a Harbour Heights mailbox business face an uncertain future after fire gutted John Nowack’s Sunnybrook Road warehouse Monday night. He said 300 boxed mailboxes were destroyed and his $100,000 insurance coverage falls far short of his losses. Nowack attributes the blaze to a charging lithium battery, but investigators have not determined the cause.
   

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  • Sun Harbor Healthcare earns U.S. News honor (yoursun.com)
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Punta Gorda

  • 1,000 American Flags honor veterans for Punta Gorda Rotary Club's 6th annual Healing Field of Honor (winknews.com)

Ok Harbour Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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