🌱 Englewood Little Explorers - Life at Night and 10 more events

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 55 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 60.
• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Englewood Little Explorers - Life at Night
  Cedar Point Environmental Park , 2300 Placida Rd , Englewood
  9:00 am
• The Writers' Salon: Tools for Memoir Writing
  Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association (PGICA) , 2001 Shreve Street , Punta Gorda
  1:30 pm
• Computer & Cell Phone Classes Available NOW in Englewood, FL
  IG Management Group, LLC , 1460 South McCall Road, Unit 1E , Englewood
  4:00 pm
• Ribbon Cutting - Love Your SELFIE Studio
  Love Your SELFIE Studio , 2826 Tamiami Trail, Unit 1 , Port Charlotte
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Third Wednesday Coffee Member Networking 12-17-25
  Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center , 75 Taylor Street , Punta Gorda
  7:45 am
• Free Guided Nature Walk
  Amberjack Environmental Park , 6450 Gasparilla Pines Blvd , Cape Haze
  9:00 am
• Fishermen's Village Festival of Lights
  Fishermen's Village , 1200 W Retta Esplanade , Punta Gorda
  10:00 am
• Fishermen's Village - Marine Mammals
  Fishermen's Village , 1200 W Retta Esplanade , Punta Gorda
  11:00 am

Thursday December 18

• Andre Roy LIVE at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
  Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club , 4400 Lister St , Port Charlotte
  5:00 pm
• A "Calyp-Soul" Christmas with John Patti
  Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. , 900 W. Marion Ave. , Punta Gorda
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Little Explorers - Nature's Colors
  Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center , 10941 Burnt Store Rd , Punta Gorda
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• One of our cats has gone, missing .
  Her name is Gina. She’s a little tiny thing, striped. Please keep your eyes out for her. She’s probably scared. It’s been about four or five days now… (Nextdoor Cleveland)
• 6 months ago, I posted about how my AARP HARTFORD auto insurance had gotten ridiculously expensive.
  $3,400 (a year) for two drivers and two cars. So I hunted around (ONLINE) and chose PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE (agreeing to use their SNAPSHOT… (Nextdoor Burnt Store Isles)

• Culver's posted a job opening for Porter/Maintenance in Punta Gorda. Apply here.
• Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Punta Gorda. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Punta Gorda here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Port Charlotte

• Port Charlotte crash kills one person, road reopens (gulfcoastnewsnow.com)
• Car accidents along the Gulf Coast highlight road safety concerns (gulfcoastnewsnow.com)
• VOTE: SW FL Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door for Dec. 8-13 (naplesnews.com)

North Port

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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