🌱 How a new half-cent sales tax could reshape Hernando’s roads
Good morning to you Hernando! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new half-cent sales tax could reshape Hernando’s roads
- How deputies finally caught a 35-year fugitive tied to Hernando case
- Meet the Hernando standouts powering Saint Leo’s record softball surge
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 91, low: 61.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hernando Commissioners to Seek Half-Cent Sales Tax for Road Projects (hernandosun.com) — Hernando County commissioners are moving toward asking voters again to approve a half-cent sales tax dedicated to major road projects and long-term maintenance. With nearly $90 million in top-priority road work and limited gas-tax funding, they favor a sales tax over raising the transportation millage. A draft ordinance will come to a public hearing at an upcoming commission meeting. 
• Fugitive wanted in 1989 child sexual battery investigation arrested after 35 years (suncoastnews.com) — Hernando County deputies have arrested a man wanted for more than three decades in connection with a child sexual battery case first investigated in 1989. The 68-year-old suspect, long living under aliases, is now held at the Hernando County Detention Center on a $1.6 million bond. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Office detective handling the case.
• Saint Leo Softball Now Ranked No. 1 in Div. II (hernandosun.com) — Saint Leo University’s softball team, now ranked No. 1 in Division II, is being led in part by standout players from Hernando County, including Hernando High alum Sydney Cline. Cline and fellow local product Izzy LaRoche are powering a record 31-game winning streak while staying rooted close to home. Their success highlights how North Suncoast talent is driving a potential historic season.
📸 Around Hernando
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Art Center of Citrus County, 2644 N Annapolis Ave, Hernando
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Monday April 20
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Field Trip - Yankeetown Walk/Sunset
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Drawing and Acrylic Painters
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Sunday April 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Card Making
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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Color Me Happy
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Everyday English
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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AARP Smart Driver's Course
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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Chucks Guns- Florida Gun Law
Chucks Guns , 4029 N Lecanto Hwy , Beverly Hills
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National Library Week: Golden Gamers
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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Water Bath Canning Presentation
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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Mind Your Manners
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
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Beginner Sewing
Central Ridge Library , 425 W Roosevelt Blvd , Beverly Hills
3:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Went to Tequila Garden and had a great meal;
authentic Mexican fare, outstanding service & very reasonable prices. Had a couple conversations with the owner and asked if he'd mind me putting up… (Nextdoor Terra Vista of Citrus Hills) - Junior returned my text within a few minutes followed by a call from a very nice person.
He was on time did a great job and the price was reasonable. We will definitely use him again. Thank you. (Nextdoor Terra Vista of Citrus Hills)
- US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in Hernando. Apply here.
- Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Inverness. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hernando here.
🗞 Nearby News
Inverness
- West Marin resident's nonprofit fights child hunger (marinij.com)
- FL Middle School Boys with PR's in April - Sprints & Hurdles (milesplit.com)
Dunnellon
- Dunnellon gallery celebrates spring with events (chronicleonline.com)
- Marion resident allegedly thwarts woman trying to steal work truck (ocala-news.com)
- Martha Dillion Brandon (cannoncourier.com)
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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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