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- Want your Portland kid to run a real lemonade stand?
Also on today's calendar: New Nothing Bundt Cakes to Host Community Appreciation Days.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 87 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 78.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Annual Coastal Bend Lemonade Day returning in 2026 (kdhnews.com) — Families in Portland can look forward to the Lemonade Day Coastal Bend Tour rolling into town on July 18, giving kids a chance to run their own lemonade stands. The free program, part of a larger July 20 event, teaches young entrepreneurs how to start, manage, and grow a small business, with other nearby stops in Gregory and Ingleside. 
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- June 1, 2026 Hurricane Season begins.
If you stay during hurricanes like we do then I’d suggest you stockpile a few things now so you won’t be caught in the frenzy when a storm heads our… (Nextdoor East Broadway) - Just a FUYI DO NOT Pay APP FEES THE HUSBAND SAID ITS NOT FOR RENT!!
Learnt the hard way! Spent 3 days discussing this home and ALOT OF MESSAGES THAT WERE ODD TO SAY THE LEAST!!! We lost our app fees and a lot of time! (Nextdoor Oak Ridge)
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- Firehouse Subs - Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Portland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portland here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ingleside
- Gobblers Capture Ingleside SQT Championship, Punch Ticket Back to State Tournament (cueroonlinenews.com)
Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi to offer free sandbags at two June distribution events (kiiitv.com)
- Restoration work underway inside historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Corpus Christi (kztv10.com)
- Jim Gaffigan bringing "The Lone Star Shuffle" comedy tour to Selena Auditorium (kiiitv.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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