🌱 How millions of escaped honeybees briefly shut down a Mauriceville neighborhood
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In today's newsletter:
- How millions of escaped honeybees briefly shut down a Mauriceville neighborhood
Also on today's calendar: Food Safety Conference.
Today's riddle: Why did the turtle cross the road ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 95 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 93, low: 77.
- Friday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 91 and low of 79 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Overturned 18-wheeler releases at least 24 million honeybees, forcing Texas neighborhood lockdown (ktvu.com) — Mauriceville residents were told to stay indoors after an 18-wheeler carrying hundreds of beehives overturned nearby, releasing millions of agitated honeybees into the neighborhood. Emergency crews and local beekeepers in protective suits worked through dense swarms to contain the insects and clear the wreckage, while officials have not yet released the driver’s condition or total sting count. 
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Hamilton Loomis →
Bayou Cafe Vidor, 995 N Main St, Vidor
7:00 pm
Thursday July 9
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Student Council Meeting - Lecture Room
Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S Orange, TX 77632
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Food Safety Conference →
Orange County Convention and Expo Center, 11475 FM1442, Orange
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Thursday June 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Kids Beginner Sewing Camp →
Orange County Convention and Expo Center, 11475 FM1442, Orange
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Student Council Meeting - Lecture Room
Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S Orange, TX 77632
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Experience NeoLife Event – Orange, TX →
LBS BBQ & Catering, 2005 FM408, Orange
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GTP Stakeholders Meeting
Vidor Chamber of Commerce Lamar State College Orange; Nursing Building Room 102
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City of Beaumont America's 250 Fourth of July Celebration →
Downtown Event Centre, 700 Crockett St, Beaumont
5:00 pm -
Scott H Biram at Texas Rose Saloon →
Texas Rose Saloon, 2013 S M L King Jr Pkwy, Beaumont
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Hamshire-Fannett Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Vidor →
Vidor High School, 500 Orange St, Vidor
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2026 Orange County CCA →
Orange County Convention and Expo Center, 11475 FM1442, Orange
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Spurger Girls JV Volleyball @ Evadale →
Evadale High School, 908 FM 105, Silsbee
4:30 pm
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Thursday June 25
Sunday June 28
Tuesday June 30
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Tuesday August 11
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Friday August 14
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- Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC posted a job opening for Specialty Welder in Vidor. Apply here.
- Marsden South posted a job opening for Full-time Janitorial Cleaner -Orange, TX. in Orange. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mauriceville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Vidor
- Liberty Municipal Golf Course now ranks among Texas' best nine-hole public courses (bluebonnetnews.com)
- East Texas Teacher/Coach Jailed for Raping Student in Pickup Truck (texasscorecard.com)
Orange
- Diane Elisabeth Phillips (kogt.com)
- Owen Burton survives lost in woods nightmare (therecordlive.com)
- Driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Route 15 crash in Orange, police say (nhregister.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She was going to the shell station (Thank you Nettie D. for sending it in!)
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