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🌱 Patch AM: Temple Terrace Winn-Dixie is closing—what will replace it, if anything?

Coming up: Babytime on the Temple Terrace Patch calendar

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Cheers Temple Terrace! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Temple Terrace Winn-Dixie is closing—what will replace it, if anything?
  • How expanded dengue mosquito spraying could affect your Temple Terrace neighborhood

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
  • Monday: Thunderstorms possible, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winn-Dixie silently closes 27 grocery store locations across the South, including 14 in Florida (secretmiami.com) — Temple Terrace shoppers are losing their neighborhood Winn-Dixie at 8837 N. 56th Street as the chain quietly shutters 27 underperforming Southern stores, including 14 in Florida. While some closed locations are converting to Aldi, the company says the cuts are part of a broader effort to refocus on a leaner, more sustainable Florida footprint. Residents may need to adjust grocery routines soon.
   

• Hillsborough Expands Mosquito Spraying Amid Dengue Concerns (iheart.com) — Temple Terrace is among several Hillsborough communities receiving intensified mosquito spraying after dengue activity was detected in county traps. Crews are using both daytime larvicide and nighttime adulticide treatments, with schedules shifting based on weather. Residents are urged to dump standing water, wear repellent, and cover up outdoors as the county's emergency response continues.
   

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    Monday October 12
  • Babytime →
    Temple Terrace Public Library, 202 Bullard Parkway, Temple Terrace
    10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Sasso Guerrero & Henderlite Expands Family Law Presence to Tampa with Dedicated Website (commercialappeal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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