🌱 Recount confirms Salazar’s narrow win in South Miami’s congressional district

Greetings South Miami! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Recount confirms Salazar’s narrow win in South Miami’s congressional district
• South Miami’s Barnes & Noble faces a January closing

Also on today's calendar: Hawks Cay Turkey Trot 5K and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
• Saturday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 72 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• María Elvira Salazar wins tight CD 27 race after recount (floridapolitics.com) — María Elvira Salazar will return to Congress for a fourth term representing a district that includes South Miami after a machine recount confirmed her victory. The Republican defeated Democrat Eliott Rodriguez by 1,086 votes, capping her closest reelection contest after much wider wins in 2022 and 2024.
   

• Barnes & Noble to close Aurora City Place bookstore (denverpost.com) — South Miami’s Barnes & Noble is scheduled to close Jan. 13, the same day the chain will shutter its Aurora City Place store in Colorado. The closures come despite broader expansion, with the bookseller planning 60 new stores nationwide in 2026.
   

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📸 Around South Miami

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🗓 Upcoming Events in South Miami

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 26

• Hawks Cay Turkey Trot 5K →
  Angler & Ale, 540 Duck Key Dr, Duck Key
  7:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini | Frost Opera Theater
  Clarke Recital Hall
  7:30 pm
• Anyone Can Whistle
  Jerry Herman Theatre
  8:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Le Coin Lecture
  University of Miami College Art and Culture, 1320 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables
  10:00 am
• UM Hillel Open House and Shabbat Candle Lighting
  University of Miami Hillel
  3:30 pm
• La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini | Frost Opera Theater
  Clarke Recital Hall
  7:30 pm

Saturday November 14

• Family Art Workshop
  Lowe Art Museum
  10:30 am
• Anyone Can Whistle
  Jerry Herman Theatre
  2:00 pm
• SoMi Second Saturdays Night Market →
  SW 73rd Street & SW 58th Avenue, South Miami
  5:30 pm
• Windowcast: Mahler's Symphony #3 | Frost Symphony Orchestra
  Knight Center for Music Innovation Outdoor Plaza
  7:30 pm

Monday November 16

• Special City Commission Meeting/Swearing-in of Elected Officials →
  City of South Miami Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami
  6:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Design Review Board (DRB) Meeting →
  City of South Miami Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami
  8:30 am
• City Commission Meeting →
  City of South Miami Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Coral Gables

• Ponce Park's Penthouse Collection Offers a New Perspective on Elevated Living in Coral Gables (miamilivingmagazine.com)
• With 10 Sales Totaling $26.3 Million, Paola Garcia-Carrillo of Residence Realty Brings 626 Malaga Ave, a $6.15 Million Coral Gables New Build, and One More Miami-Dade Home to Market (usatoday.com)
• Dominic J. Abreu (hklaw.com)

Pinecrest

• Jewelry Store Manager Arrested in Pinecrest Theft (southernjewelrynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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