🌱 How Miami-Dade’s new compost pilot could change trash in Miami Lakes

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• How Miami-Dade’s new compost pilot could change trash in Miami Lakes

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 92 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 91, low: 77.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 76 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management showcases innovative compost pilot to advance organics diversion efforts (communitynewspapers.com) — Miami Lakes households are among those served by Miami-Dade’s new composting pilot, which turns food scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost to support the county’s Zero Waste goals. The program, tested at South Dade Landfill, will also add smart food-scrap drop-off containers around the county, shaping future organics diversion and waste policies that affect local curbside service.
   

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📸 Around Miami Lakes

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Miami Lakes

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Saturday June 13

• Take and Make Saturdays
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
• 250 Compliments to the Library
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  9:30 am
• Summer Homework Help and Tutoring
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  10:00 am
• Chess and Checkers Club
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  10:00 am
• Video Editing with Adobe Premiere: Level 1
  Hialeah Gardens Branch - YOUmedia
  10:00 am
• LEGO®+ BuildWorks Hub
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  2:00 pm
• Minecraft Fun, Skillfully Done!
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  2:00 pm
• Animation Station: Add Life to Innatimate Objects
  Hialeah Gardens Branch - YOUmedia
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Red, White and Blue: Craft-to-Go
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  9:30 am
• Graphic Design with Adobe Photoshop: Level 1
  Hialeah Gardens Branch - YOUmedia
  10:00 am
• Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Babies
  Palm Springs North Branch Library Palm Springs North Branch -
  11:00 am
• Online Class: English Conversation Circle
  Doral Branch Library Doral Branch - Doral Virtual Programs Room
  12:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Se solicita señora para part time en un Dry Cleaners (Tintorería) Lunes a Viernes de 7am a 1pm.
  Debe saber planchar camisas. Localizado en el West de Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens Para más información 305-753-7765 (Nextdoor Miami Lakes)

• XPO Inc. posted a job opening for Forklift Operator - Part-Time - Night Shift in Hialeah. Apply here.
• Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Hialeah, Florida in Hialeah. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Miami Lakes here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hialeah

• Surveillance video captures fatal hit-and-run in Hialeah; 21-year-old man arrested (wsvn.com)
• 11445 W 33rd Ln, Hialeah, FL 33018 (realtor.com)
• Best Hialeah, Florida Commercial Litigation Lawyers (bestlawyers.com)

Opa-locka

• Crews put out fire at junkyard in Opa-locka; no injuries reported (wsvn.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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