🌱 Multiplayer Gaming Night For Kids + Honeymoon Island Turns 40

Rise and shine, Dunedin! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 71 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories today in Dunedin:

1. Dunedin Parks and Recreation announces Multiplayer Gaming Night for kids and teens on Fridays at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center. Participants go head-to-head in different multiplayer video game tournaments to earn prizes. Admission is $3 per child. (Press Release Desk)
2. Dunedin Parks & Recreation and award-winning PGA Teaching Professional, Paul Sylvester, are offering a free Golf Clinic on Saturday, December 18 at the Stirling Park Driving Range. The class is available to new customers only. Work on your chipping, putting, and driving skills, in addition to receiving pointers on different areas in the game of golf. Register now as only 15 slots are available. (Press Release Desk)
3. Dunedin leaders and residents honored Honeymoon Island by celebrating its 40th birthday. The park gets roughly 1 million visitors per year and is the number one state park in Florida. They took this opportunity to push the importance of the Dunedin Causeway Bridge which is in desperate need of renovations. Despite a replacement being approved in 2018, Pinellas County commissioners are hoping to get state lawmakers to help them secure federal funding from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill. (ABC Action News)
4. Dunedin Parks & Recreation will offer a variety of recreational programs and classes for residents 50-years-old and up at the Hale Senior Activity Center. Events include a Holiday Feast, the Starlight Dance Series, Pancake Tuesdays, various game nights, and Paint-n-Sip parties. Seniors can also take art and music classes, and join various support groups. (Dunedin Gov)

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Today in Dunedin:

• Samba Class at Hale Senior Activity Center (12:30 PM)
• Live music at the Fenway Hotel (5:30 PM)
• Hands-On Cooking Class - Mezze Board (6:00 PM)

Dunedin Patch Notebook

• The Greater Dunedin Little League has announced that online registration for the Spring season is now open. You can register your child from now until January 8 at midnight. (Facebook)
• Dunedin High School invites you to cheer on the Falcons during sporting events this Winter. They posted the soccer and basketball schedules for both boys and girls teams online. (Facebook)
• Dunedin Stirling Soccer Club is offering two holiday camps this year for kids four and older. Christmas Camp runs from December 20 to 23 and New Years' Eve Camp runs from December 27 to 30. Half-day and full-day camp programs are available. (Facebook)
• The city of Dunedin is offering monthly virtual meditation sessions with instructor Elizabeth Faubert. This month the class will take place on December 9. No sign-up is needed. (Facebook)

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Events:

• SUN 'n FUN Holiday Fly-In Festival and Car Show (December 3)
• Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival (December 4)
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