Community Corner
🌱 When can you question North Port commission candidates before the election?
Happening soon: Planet 13 Port Charlotte "Meet Your Neighbors" on the North Port Patch calendar
Cheers North Port! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- When can you question North Port commission candidates before the election?
- How a quiet North Port street once became a global media circus
- How North Port's Backpack Angels keep local students clean and confident
Also on today's calendar: Planet 13 Port Charlotte "Meet Your Neighbors" and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, temps: high: 90, low: 74.
- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Lido Beach Dune Restoration Project expected to take 60 days (dredgewire.com) — North Port residents can tune into an Oct. 15 City Commission candidate forum and attend a nonpartisan election information fair Sept. 19 at Shannon Staub Library to better understand local and state ballot issues. The roundup also details a 60‑day Lido Beach dune restoration, a James Patterson library fundraiser, free boating safety classes, and several regional charity events. 
2. FIVE YEARS LATER: Neighbors remember international Petito story (yoursun.com) — Neighbors on Wabasso Avenue in North Port are reflecting on how their quiet street briefly became an international media hub during the 2021 Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie case. Residents describe weeks of reporters, picketers and police activity, lingering tensions with the Laundrie family next door, and how many newer neighbors now live unaware of the street's infamous past.
3. Backpack Angels help children in need: 'No one thinks of hygiene products' (yoursun.com) — A North Port volunteer group called Backpack Angels is ramping up efforts to provide hygiene products to local students as the city's growing population pushes demand higher. The nonprofit now packs thousands of toiletry bags each month from rented storage units and relies heavily on community donations and grants to cover both supplies and storage costs. Residents can give money or items and find drop-off locations through backpackangels.org.
4. Shark Tooth Hunters Arrested in Florida. Is it Legal to Collect Them? (bocaratontribune.com) — North Port Police recently arrested five people hunting shark teeth on a posted Sarasota County construction site, warning locals that trespassing there can bring felony charges and serious safety risks. The piece also explains where shark-tooth collecting is legal, highlights Venice's famed fossil-rich beaches, and offers tips for safely finding teeth across nearby Gulf shores.
5. PREP FOOTBALL: Area rankings crowded at the bottom (yoursun.com) — North Port High's football team sits at 1-4 after a running-clock loss to unbeaten Braden River and now hosts Lakewood Ranch in a key District 6A-12 matchup. The area rankings piece also updates how nearby programs like Venice, Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Lemon Bay and Wellen Park are faring, giving North Port fans context on regional competition.
📸 Around North Port
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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Port
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★ Featured events ★
- Planet 13 Port Charlotte "Meet Your Neighbors" →
Planet 13 Neighborhood Dispensary Port Charlotte, 1100 El Jobean Rd, Port Charlotte
9:00 am
Saturday September 26
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Other local events
- Purse Sale →
4675 Career Lane North Port
10:00 am - OneBlood Bus
North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port
10:00 am - Forty Carrots: Partners in Play
Shannon Staub Public Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port
10:15 am - Homeschoolers: Wednesday Meetup
North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port
10:30 am - Storytime with Smokey Bear
North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port
11:15 am - Creation Station Craft: Cricut Watercolor Art
Shannon Staub Public Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port
2:00 pm - LEGO® Club
North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port
6:00 pm - Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Healthcare in Norh Port →
San Pedro Catholic Church, 14380 South Tamiami Trail, North Port - Yak and Yarn
Shannon Staub Public Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port
10:00 am - Preschool Jamboree
Shannon Staub Public Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port
10:30 am - Forty Carrots: Partners in Play
North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port
10:15 am
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
Thursday September 24
Friday September 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Just wanted to Thank everyone for their suggestions for what we should do while my sister and brother-in law are here.
We have gone to the Ringling museum and mote aquarium so far. They/we really enjoyed it. If anyone else has suggestions please let us know. We have… (Nextdoor Ponce De Leon) - Hello everyone… just another day with dad lolol while mom has to work.
So I fill dad's day with cuddles and laughing and making him watch angry birds 2 over and over again. And plenty of diapers lolol #angelmansyndrome (Nextdoor Old North Port)
- Flynn Group posted a job opening for Bartender in North Port. Apply here.
- Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Pro Customer Service/Sales in North Port. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Port here.
Ok North Port! 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: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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