🌱 Patch AM: How SNAP cuts are hitting one New Port Richey cancer patient

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In today's newsletter:

• How SNAP cuts are hitting one New Port Richey cancer patient

Also on today's calendar: 9/11 Memorial Ceremony and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 76.
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• As SNAP Shrinks, What's the Future of Food Aid in America? (tradeoffs.org) — A New Port Richey free senior clinic and one of its cancer patients are at the center of a national look at shrinking SNAP food benefits. The story follows their struggle with new federal rules that delay or deny aid, then broadens to experts debating whether recent reforms threaten the future of food assistance programs nationwide. Local readers see how national policy changes hit neighbors directly.
   

📸 Around New Port Richey

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Port Richey

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
• 9/11 Memorial Ceremony →
  Curlew Hills Memory Gardens, 1750 Curlew Rd, Palm Harbor
  10:00 am
• 9/11 Memorial Lights in Palm Harbor →
  Curlew Hills Memory Gardens, 1750 Curlew Rd, Palm Harbor
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• The Rare Plant Network & Garden Club of St. Pete Rain or Shine Plant Sale Saturday 9/12/26, 9-1pm →
  The Rare Plant Network,

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Other local events

Friday September 11
• Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The New Musical →
  Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd, New Port Richey
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• New Port Richey Collectible Card Show — Hosted by Rare Bear E. Collectibles →
  5316 US-19 Building A, New Port Richey
  9:00 am
• Nature Coast Orchid Society September Meeting: Winterize your Orchids →
  Homosassa Lions Club, 3705 S Indiana Ave, Homosassa
  12:00 pm
• Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The New Musical →
  Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd, New Port Richey
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Community Quarter Auction & Shopping Expo →
  Beacon Square Civic Association, 3741 Bradford Dr, Holiday
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Introduction to Acrylic Painting with Annick Reis →
  West Pasco Art Guild Inc, 6206 Jefferson St, New Port Richey
  1:30 pm
Sunday September 20
• 3rd Sunday Markets Market @Gulf View Square Mall →
  Gulf View Square, 9409 US-19, Port Richey
  12:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Pulmonary Fibrosis/COPD/PH Community Support Group →
  Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, 6600 Madison St, New Port Richey
  11:30 am
Saturday September 26
• Fertile Ground Sponsored by Cheval Wellness →
  Starkey Market, 3460 Starkey Blvd, Trinity
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Good afternoon all!
  Why did the lifeguards keep kicking the elephants out of the pool? Because they kept dropping their trunks. Have a good one! (Nextdoor Keystone Estates)
• Good evening all!
  I added something green tonight! Lol! Y'all have a goid night! (Nextdoor Keystone Estates)

• RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Associate in New Port Richey. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port Richey

• Trulieve Dispensary Associate-Full-Time in Port Richey, FL (mlive.com)
• 9 ways to honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11 across Tampa Bay (wusf.org)
• Bond revoked for Villager's son charged in woman's death in drug-fueled sexcapade (villages-news.com)

Tarpon Springs

• 799 E Klosterman Rd Lot 73, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 (zillow.com)
• Local maritime businesses refurbish and upgrade Tampa Bay ferry boats (fox13news.com)
• Watch Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (disneyplus.com)

Ok New Port Richey! 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: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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