🌱 Happy Thanksgiving + Free Turkey Distribution + South Florida Airport Travel Surges

Rise and shine, Miami! Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny, a shower or two. High: 75 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories in Miami today:

1. Plan Ahead: Transportation Security Administration officials prepped for the uptick in holiday travel by making an exception on the size of hand sanitizer and prepping staff. Airports are telling passengers to arrive two hours and 30 minutes before their departure time due to increased passenger crowds as travel is expected to hit pre-pandemic levels. (CBS Miami)

2. Democrat Jared Moskowitz, former director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management during the pandemic, is being appointed to the Broward County Commission District 8 by Governor Ron DeSantis. Torey Altson will replace Dale Holness in District 9. (Florida Politics)

3. Recently acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse made a stop at Mar-a-Lago during his recent visit to Florida to meet with Former President Donald Trump who called Rittenhouse "a really good young guy," during the interview and said Rittenhouse is "a fan." (Miami Patch)

4. Cocaine, large piles of cash and other narcotics, including a jaw-dropping 90,000 Xanax pills, were found at Chi-Town Italian Beef and Chicago Hot Dogs Restaurant, according to a federal court document on the alleged drug operation. New details are emerging about the operation as documents come to light. (NBC Miami)

5. Miami residents lined up Wednesday at Grapeland Park to receive free turkeys as well as pork and other goods as part of a distribution event put together by the office of Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla. The group then headed to three low-income housing buildings in their district to distribute more of the food that was available. (WPLG Local 10)

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Today in Miami:

• Miami Springs Drive-Thru Food Distribution. (9:00 AM)
• 46th Annual Winternational Thanksgiving Day Parade. (10:00 AM)
• Thanksgiving Brunch and Dinner at Rusty Pelican Miami. (10:00 AM)
• A Thanksgiving Yoga Practice with Mariana Scotti at MPower Project Fitness. (10:30 AM)
• UM Frost Jazz Hour - Roxana Amed and Martin Bejerano .(11:00 AM)

Miami Patch Notebook

• Miami Dolphins: "Congratulations to Zach Thomas on being named a semifinalist for the @profootballhof Class of 2022! #FinsUp" (Instagram)
• Miami-Dade Fire Rescue: "#MDFRInTheNews: Avoid a dangerous eruption, don’t deep-fry a frozen turkey! #MDFR shares safety tips to help prevent #Thanksgiving Day injuries while cooking up your feast." (Facebook)
• Miami-Dade Public Library System: "Thank you to Senator René García for joining us Tuesday morning at the #MDPLS Miami Lakes Branch to unveil his new library poster to help promote reading and literacy. It will also be displayed at the Palm Springs North Branch Library in Di..." (Facebook)
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools: "Miami-Dade County Public Schools has partnered with the Miami Marlins and Positive Coaching Alliance to launch a program at 18 schools designed to support the social-emotional & mental wellbeing of student-athletes. #MDCPSAchievements #M..." (Facebook)
• Arts & Business Council of Miami: "#CoralGablesArts @apmiracletheatre #repost 📢 Actors’ Playhouse is looking for young performers to be cast in our upcoming production of ON YOUR FEET! (January 26 – March 6, 2022) Child roles in Mainstage productions are non-paid apprent..." (Facebook)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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