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What's up Miami! 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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In today's newsletter:

  • Want to help launch Westchester's newest Christ Fellowship campus?
  • How your vote could reshape Virginia Key's waterfront and Biscayne Bay
  • Why Miami just shut down enclosed playground slides across the city

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 15 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 89 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 89, low: 81.
  • Saturday: A few showers in the morning, with a high of 87 and low of 82 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Christ Fellowship to Open New Westchester Campus This Fall in Florida (midvalejournal.com) — A new Christ Fellowship campus is coming to Westchester, meeting at 4200 SW 89th Ave in Miami and now recruiting local volunteers for its launch team. Residents can help shape services, family programs, and community outreach before opening. Details, launch updates, and contact information are available through the church's website and social channels.
   

2. Miami voters to decide fate of $80M Virginia Key redevelopment (local10.com) — City of Miami voters will soon decide whether to approve an $80 million redevelopment of Virginia Key's Rickenbacker Marina and the Miami Marine Stadium basin area, turning it into a more public waterfront. Supporters tout new baywalk access and environmental fixes, while opponents warn of dredging, seagrass damage, and harm to Biscayne Bay. Your yes-or-no vote on Referendum 3 will determine the project's future.
   

3. Miami closes enclosed park slides after teen's death at Shenandoah Park (nbcmiami.com) — City of Miami officials have temporarily closed all enclosed playground slides at city parks after a 13-year-old boy died following an incident at Shenandoah Park. Crews have boarded up the slide where he became trapped while investigators review what went wrong. The boy's mother is demanding answers, and city leaders say they'll consider further safety changes once the investigation is complete.
   

4. East Coast Migration To Miami Plummets As Florida Housing Costs Skyrocket (vinnews.com) — Miami's once-booming in-migration from the East Coast has slowed sharply as housing, insurance, and condo costs push living expenses well above the national average. Miami-Dade is now losing residents to other areas, even as luxury sales and high-end jobs surge. Local experts say the challenge is turning new wealth into broader affordability for workers and families.
   

5. From Congress to Caracas: How Former Rep. David Rivera Secretly Worked for Maduro's Venezuela (latintimes.com) — A former South Florida congressman has been sentenced in Miami to 10 years in federal prison for secretly advancing Venezuela's interests while laundering millions through political accounts and associates. The case, built by Miami-based federal investigators and a local jury, highlights how unregistered foreign lobbying and money movements can run through South Florida politics and real estate, and it may continue with appeals and related charges.
   

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  • Memorial Rehabilitation Institute Bowl-A-Thon Raises More Than $36,000 for Adaptive Sports & Recreation —South Florida Updates Read on Patch
  • YMCA of South Florida Hosts 12th Annual Veterans Day Salute in Partnership with the City of Weston —South Florida Updates Read on Patch
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    definitely someone's!!! please spread the word. he is a yellow lab. contact at 305-265-7676 (Nextdoor Vecinos Westchester)
  • UPDATE ON CHEWY:hes doing ok ,he has his ups and downs hes definitely a mommas boy,the vet.
    Called to see how he was feeling and said that if we think he feeling OK to go to the Halloween party he was invited to he thinks it's ok,SO daddy… (Nextdoor Parts of Silver Palms)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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