🌱 Blackwater Bar and Grill and 10 more events

Morning Yankeetown! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• 40 Years 2 Late at Norton's Riverside Sports Bar and Grill at Norton's Riverside Sports Bar and Grill
• Blackwater Bar and Grill

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 74.
• Saturday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees.

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📸 Around Yankeetown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yankeetown

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 7

• 40 Years 2 Late at Norton's Riverside Sports Bar and Grill →
  Norton's Riverside Sports Bar and Grill, 16 NE 5th St, Crystal River
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 21

• Blackwater Bar and Grill →
  Blackwater Restaurant, 6301 Riverside Dr, Yankeetown
  7:00 pm

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📣 Yankeetown Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Watercolor Group
  Art Center of Citrus County AE North and South Ends
  10:00 am
• Adults Create →
  Homosassa Public Library, 4100 S Grandmarch Ave, Homosassa
  1:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Library - Dunnellon - Summer Breakspot →
  Dunnellon Public Library, 20351 Robinson Rd, Dunnellon
  12:00 pm
• CIT - Parent's Night Out for ages 5-12 - Lecanto... →
  Citrus Memorial Health Foundation YMCA, 4127 W Norvell Bryant Hwy, Lecanto
  6:00 pm
• CIT - Parent's Night Out for ages 5-12 - Lecanto, FL 2026 →
  Citrus Memorial Health Foundation YMCA, 4127 W Norvell Bryant Hwy, Lecanto
  6:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• 40 Years 2 Late at the Tipsy Tarpon →
  Tipsy Tarpon, 513 NW 2nd Ave, Crystal River
  2:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Cleaning Service
  Art Center of Citrus County Whole Campus
  7:30 am

Tuesday August 11

• Oil Painting Group
  Art Center of Citrus County AE North and South Ends
  10:00 am
• Regular School Board Meeting
  Crest 1007 W. Main Street, Inverness, FL 34450
  4:00 pm

Wednesday August 12

• Little Learners →
  Central Ridge Library, 425 W Roosevelt Blvd, Beverly Hills
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• NHS Management, LLC posted a job opening for Maintenance Assistant in Crystal River. Apply here.
• Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. posted a job opening for Processing Associate (Crystal River) in Crystal River. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yankeetown here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Crystal River

• Corrine Rose Evertsen (leesburg-news.com)

Dunnellon

• TV20 Countdown to Kickoff 2026: Dunnellon Tigers (wcjb.com)
• Land O'Lakes ZIP Code Ranks Among Fastest-Rising Relocation Destinations in U.S. – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
• Dunnellon Man Accused of Exposing Himself to Two Juvenile Girls (voiceofsouthmarion.com)

Homosassa

• Boarding facility owner arrested for animal cruelty in Homosassa: 'Trust was broken' (fox13news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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