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🌱 Patch AM: Why Miami’s star running back chose Coral Gables over the NFL

Also, don't miss Boho Sundays ft Santelises on the Coral Gables Patch calendar

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Hello Coral Gables! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Miami’s star running back chose Coral Gables over the NFL
  • How a Coral Gables developer helped circus performers found Sweetwater

Also on today's calendar: Boho Sundays ft Santelises and 11 more events.

Find out what's happening in Coral Gables-Coconut Grovefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Coral Gables-Coconut Grovefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
  • Sunday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press (10tv.com) — Coral Gables football fans get big news as Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr. announces he’ll return next season after a breakout College Football Playoff performance. The AP roundup also highlights Miami’s upcoming CFP quarterfinal against Ohio State and other major college football storylines, including Florida State’s quarterback heading to the NFL and national playoff TV ratings.
   

• This Miami-area city was founded by Russian circus dwarves. Get the backstory (miamiherald.com) — A Coral Gables developer played a key role in turning a former agricultural area along the Tamiami Trail into the incorporated city of Sweetwater, after befriending a troupe of Russian circus performers who wintered there. Their unlikely partnership in the late 1930s and early 1940s helped transform hurricane-damaged groves into a small Miami-Dade city that now has about 20,000 residents.
   

📸 Around Coral Gables

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coral Gables

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Other local events
    Saturday December 27
  • Dominoes y Cafecito
    West Flagler Branch -
    11:00 am
  • Screen-free Saturday
    Coral Gables Branch -
    2:00 pm
  • "Water" You Painting?
    South Miami Branch -
    2:00 pm
  • Saturday Movie Matinee
    Coconut Grove Branch -
    3:00 pm
    • Sunday December 28
  • Happy Hour Bites & Sips at the Lobby Bar
    Hotel Colonnade Coral Gables, Autograph Collection , 180 Aragon Ave , Coral Gables
    10:00 am
  • Stetson Hatters at Miami Hurricanes Women's Basketball
    Watsco Center , 1245 Dauer Dr , Coral Gables
    2:00 pm
    • Monday December 29
  • Happy Hour Bites & Sips at the Lobby Bar
    Hotel Colonnade Coral Gables, Autograph Collection , 180 Aragon Ave , Coral Gables
    10:00 am
    • Tuesday December 30
  • Scrabble Club
    South Miami Branch -
    10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • From our Home to yours—Merry Christmas!
    Les deseamos a todos nuestros vecinos una Feliz Navidad. (Nextdoor Granada East)
  • LOST CAT BETWEEN BILTMORE AND RED/BIRD AREA.
    Our senior white-and-orange-tabby cat, Ollie, ran out on Sunday on San Rafael Ave. between Alhambra Circle and SW 57th Ave., and hasn't come back. He… (Nextdoor Prado)
  • Del Monte Fresh Produce, Inc. posted a job opening for Brokerage Dispatcher Specialist in Coral Gables. Apply here.
  • JBS USA Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Store Associate in Coral Gables. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coral Gables here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pinecrest

  • Inside Larsa Pippen's modern Florida mansion — Christmas edition (pagesix.com)
  • Turning Misery into Mission – Catherine Connor transform lives through health education and movement (communitynewspapers.com)

Key Biscayne

  • How proposed Florida property tax changes could affect Key Biscayne (islandernews.com)
  • Where to dine on Key Biscayne on Christmas Day (islandernews.com)
  • ‘You're at the beach': See Ritz-Carlton's $100 million upgrade in Key Biscayne (miamiherald.com)

Ok Coral Gables! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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