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🌱 Remember Carl Edwards’ crushing 2016 title loss at Homestead-Miami?
And on the Homestead Patch calendar - Council Presentation Ceremony
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- Remember Carl Edwards’ crushing 2016 title loss at Homestead-Miami?
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Find out what's happening in Homesteadfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Homesteadfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 76 and low of 64 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Five most heartbreaking championship losses in NASCAR history (yardbarker.com) — Homestead-Miami Speedway plays a central role in this look back at Carl Edwards’ heartbreaking 2016 title loss, one of NASCAR’s most dramatic championship moments. The story ranks five all-time gut-punch finishes, including Edwards’ crash while leading at Homestead and Denny Hamlin’s 2025 near-miss. 
📸 Around Homestead
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Homestead
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- Council Presentation Ceremony
City Hall Council Chambers , 100 CIVIC COURT , Homestead
5:00 pm - Attorney - Client Executive Session
Homestead, FL Calendar , 100 CIVIC COURT , Homestead
5:01 pm - Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board Meeting
Homestead, FL Calendar , 100 CIVIC COURT , Homestead
5:15 pm - Council Meeting
Homestead, FL Calendar , 100 CIVIC COURT , Homestead
6:00 pm - Nature Journal Club
Dante Fascell Visitor Center , 9700 SW 328 ST , Homestead
10:00 am - Southwest Advisory Committee Monthly Meeting (Main Conference Room)
Homestead, FL Calendar , 100 NE Civic Court , Homestead
5:30 pm - Movies in the Park
Homestead, FL Calendar , 1601 N. Krome Avenue , Homestead - Pictures with Santa
Homestead, FL Calendar , 104 N. Krome Avenue , Homestead
1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
📣 Homestead Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- All in the Family Toddler Parenting Program
Naranja Branch Library Naranja Branch -
10:00 am - All Hands on Tech
Naranja Branch Library Naranja Branch -
4:00 pm - HELP (Health Emergency Life Protection) at City of Homestead
William F. Dickinson Community Center , 1601 N Krome Ave , Homestead
6:00 pm - Piggie and Gerald
Naranja Branch Library Naranja Branch -
6:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hola vecinos estoy buscando una renta de dos cuartos y que acepten mascotas.
Por favor cualquier información escribirme sin falta. Bendiciones (Nextdoor Northeast Homestead) - Hello neighbors, this post is going to be a long post first and foremost I'm going to start off with Thanksgiving dinner how no one on here especially the ones that's always begging for food no one came and got a plate, luckily people around here
love my food and they ended up getting a plate of food and I walked to the store to get me a couple of items and the people that owns the store also … (Nextdoor Avocado Villas)
- Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Homestead. Apply here.
- Office Pride posted a job opening for Cleaning Team Member in Homestead. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Homestead here.
🗞 Nearby News
Florida City
- Regime Change: Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another (opednews.com)
- Donald Trump Files $5 Billion Lawsuit Against BBC Over ‘Panorama' Doc Edit (hollywoodreporter.com)
Kendall
- Spry Society Expands to Kendall, Opening Its Second Advanced Aesthetics and Wellness Clinic in Miami (communitynewspapers.com)
- Local Hanukkah celebrations go on as planned in wake of mass shooting in Australia, amid heightened security (wsvn.com)
- Publix buying spree bags Boca Raton shopping center for $83M (therealdeal.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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