🌱 How Dade City’s new 911 center could speed up emergency response
Coffee in hand, Dade City? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Dade City’s new 911 center could speed up emergency response
Also on today's calendar: Monarch Butterfly Festival and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 92 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 93, low: 61.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Pasco County opens new 911 communications center (baynews9.com) — Dade City now hosts Pasco County’s second full-time 911 communications center, expanding capacity and redundancy for emergency calls countywide. Located in the Pasco County Technology Center, the site shares workload with New Port Richey’s center, helping prevent service delays if one facility has technical issues. Officials say the move supports faster, more reliable responses as Pasco’s population keeps growing. 
📸 Around Dade City
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Upcoming Events in
Dade City
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★ Featured events ★
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Dade City Monarch Butterfly Festival
Dade City Garden Club, 13630 5th St, Dade City
10:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Monarch Butterfly Festival
Dade City Garden Club , 13630 5th St , Dade City
10:00 am -
Cowgirl Bingo
Bird Island Lake Ranch , 27000 Miller Rd , Dade City
5:30 pm -
Cowgirl Bingo Event
Bird Island Lake Ranch , 27000 Miller Rd , Dade City
5:30 pm
Saturday April 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Friends of the Zephyrhills Public Library Board Meeting
Zephyrhills Public Library , 5347 8th St , Zephyrhills
5:15 pm -
42 Pool party
Mirada Lagoon , 31461 Mirada Blvd , San Antonio
12:00 pm -
Ingenuity Lab: Bookmarks
Hugh Embry Library , 14215 4th St , Dade City
10:30 am -
Crochet and Consent
Hugh Embry Library , 14215 4th St , Dade City
3:00 pm -
Crafty Creations
Zephyrhills Public Library , 5347 8th St , Zephyrhills
10:00 am -
GRAND Group: Pasco County Cooperative Extension
UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension - One Stop Shop , 15029 14th St , Dade City
10:00 am -
Saturday @ Zephyr Park
Zephyr Park , 38116 5th Ave , Zephyrhills
9:00 am -
Melissa Lee Zenker
Commandough's Pizza , 5841 Gall Blvd , Zephyrhills
5:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Sunday April 26
Monday April 27
Saturday May 2
Monday May 4
Saturday May 9
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone know a good service for a deep house clean?
I have surgery on April 22nd, and my mother-in-law is coming to stay this Sunday for a week. Need every room deeply cleaned, organized, and ready! It… (Nextdoor The Pines) - Joel Lorenzo came out on short notice and fixed my electrical by my gate!!
Extremely fair pricing!! If anyone is in need of electrical work, tile, drywall repair, a/c install and repair.. he's your man! His cell: 352-467… (Nextdoor St Joe)
- Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Dade City. Apply here.
- AdventHealth posted a job opening for Cook Variable Shifts Dade City in Dade City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dade City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Zephyrhills
- Riley Joe Qualls, 86 of Chipley, Florida Passes on April 13, 2026 at Gulf Coast Hospital in Panama City (fosterfollynews.net)
Wesley Chapel
- Five Guys On County Line Rd. Has Closed (neighborhoodnewsonline.net)
- Multi-Vehicle Crash with Injuries Blocks SR-56 at Bruce B. Downs Blvd (thelegaladvocate.com)
- Forever ETSU: Student turns involvement into opportunity (etsu.edu)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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