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🌱 Patch AM: What’s haunting the printer at Gulfport’s own Gabber Newspaper office?

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Hi there, Gulfport! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What’s haunting the printer at Gulfport’s own Gabber Newspaper office?
  • How Gulfport police helped crack down on impaired drivers overnight

Also on today's calendar: Corey Avenue Art & Craft Festival.

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Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Monday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 63.
  • Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 76 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gulfport Ghost Cycle: Ink and Echoes (thegabber.com) — A mysterious late-night printer at The Gabber’s Gulfport office starts spitting out ghostly pages tied to a long-ago reporter who died saving the paper. Local paranormal twins Sean and Cassy McBay help staff honor her legacy, blending Gulfport history, Boca Ciega Bay atmosphere, and supernatural intrigue in an ongoing Sunday series.
   

• Pinellas deputies conduct Overnight Wolfpack Operation in memory of DUI victim (wfla.com) — Gulfport residents should know their local police joined a countywide overnight DUI “Wolf Pack” crackdown that led to 16 DUI arrests and more than 200 citations across Pinellas. The multi-agency effort, held in memory of a Dunedin crash victim, focused on keeping impaired drivers off the roads and reducing serious traffic injuries and deaths.
   

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  • A traffic crash involving a bus on Roosevelt Blvd and Lake Carillon Dr in St. Petersburg resulted in a fatality and all lanes being blocked.
    9:49PM on Dec 20: Traffic crash involving a bus blocks all lanes on Roosevelt Blvd. at Lake Carillon Dr. in St. Petersburg. (Nextdoor )
  • Missing cat: Name is The Fuzzer, but he will answer to a musical call of "Little cat.
    " Lost in the area around Tangerine Ave South near the baseball field. Color: Cola colored, striped tabby with a very fuzzy tail. Message me here. He… (Nextdoor Gulfport)

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  • Woodson Museum celebrates Holiday Open House, Tree exhibition, and 2025 Toy Drive (theweeklychallenger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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