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In today's newsletter:

• Is your Oviedo storage unit on this upcoming auction list?
• How a clarinet put an Oviedo middle school into lockdown

Also on today's calendar: Brunch Buffet with Santa & Mrs. Claus and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: More clouds than sun, temps: high: 78, low: 51.
• Saturday: Sunny; pleasant, less humid, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Legal Public Notices 12/17/25 (orlandoweekly.com) — Several storage facilities, including Public Storage on Alafaya Trail and State Road 426 in Oviedo, have scheduled online lien auctions of units for late December and early January. If you or someone you know rents storage locally, it’s worth double-checking account status and dates, as these legal notices list specific unit numbers, names, times, and websites where sales will occur.
   

• A school locked down after AI flagged a gun. It was a clarinet. (adn.com) — An AI gun-detection system at Lawton Chiles Middle School in Oviedo triggered a lockdown after mistaking a student’s clarinet for a rifle, sending police racing to the campus. Officials and the vendor ZeroEyes defend the system as a necessary precaution, while civil liberties and school safety experts warn about false alarms, student stress, and the limits of AI surveillance in Seminole County schools.
   

📸 Around Oviedo

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oviedo

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Brunch Buffet with Santa & Mrs. Claus
  The Sanford Galleon, 541 N Palmetto Ave, Sanford
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Imaginary Friend Improv Comedy Show
  Imagine Performing Arts Center , 1220 Oviedo Mall Boulevard , Oviedo
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• HOPE Closed
  HOPE Helps Inc. , 812 Eyrie Dr , Oviedo
• The Oviedo Holiday Market
  Oviedo Farmers Market - Lawton House , 200 W Broadway St , Oviedo
  2:00 pm

Monday December 22

• KOH Distribution
  HOPE Helps Inc. , 812 Eyrie Dr , Oviedo
• Food Pantry Open
  HOPE Helps Inc. , 812 Eyrie Dr , Oviedo
  12:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• SCOUT Tabling at HOPE Helps
  HOPE Helps Inc. , 812 Eyrie Dr , Oviedo
  9:00 am

Saturday December 27

• Remembering Elvis
  Oviedo Amphitheatre & Cultural Center , 357 Center Lake Ln , Oviedo
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Spooky Cat's Creepmas Pop-Up
  Spooky Cat Press , 893 FL-436 , Casselberry
  11:00 am
• 6:30 p.m. Code Enforcement Hearing
  Casselberry Calendar , 95 Triplet Lake Drive , Casselberry
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Reindeer Games 2025: Comedy Show benefitting New Hope for Kids
  Casselberry Recreation Center , 200 N Triplet Lake Dr , Casselberry
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• HOPE Closed
  HOPE Helps Inc. , 812 Eyrie Dr , Oviedo
• ESOL Conversation Hour
  City of Altamonte Meetings , 281 Maitland Avenue , Altamonte Springs
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Help us find Lulu!
  Our English bulldog is very skiddish and likely hiding in a shed or somewhere. Last seen near High St and Oak St. (Nextdoor Oviedo on the Park)
• Merry Christmas everyone!
  Looking for a handyman...individual, not a company. Thanks! (Nextdoor Cobblest)

• The Learning Experience posted a job opening for Preschool Teacher in Oviedo. Apply here.
• Signet Jewelers, Ltd. posted a job opening for Apprentice Jeweler - Signet Jewelers - Oviedo Marketplace - Orlando, FL in Oviedo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oviedo here.

🗞 Nearby News

Winter Springs

• Winter Springs leaders to outline flood prevention plan (mynews13.com)
• Tribune syndicator Walter Mahoney helped launch creatives' careers (chicagotribune.com)
• Hagerty wrestlers make Huskies history; winter sports news (orlandosentinel.com)

Casselberry

• BJ's Wholesale Club set to open 8 new stores in 2026. See where. (usatoday.com)
• Pictures: Best of 2025 sports photos by Orlando Sentinel photographers (orlandosentinel.com)

Longwood

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-- The Patch AM Team

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