🌱 How firefighters stopped a junkyard blaze on Ali Baba Avenue

Good morning Opa-locka! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How firefighters stopped a junkyard blaze on Ali Baba Avenue

Also on today's calendar: Talking is Teaching - Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers and 5 more events.

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 91 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 91, low: 74.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 76 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Crews put out fire at junkyard in Opa-locka; no injuries reported (wsvn.com) — Fire crews quickly knocked down a Wednesday night blaze at a junkyard on Ali Baba Avenue in Opa-locka, keeping flames from spreading to nearby properties and avoiding any injuries. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue used multiple hose lines, foam, and aerial ladders, then stayed for hours to monitor hotspots while investigators work to determine what sparked the fire.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Opa-locka

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday June 16

• Gaming Afternoons →
  Opa-locka Branch Library, 780 Fisherman St # 140, Opa-locka
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 13

• Civics Scavenger Hunt
  Opa-Locka Branch Library Opa-locka Branch -

Monday June 15

• Drop in and Hang Out
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  9:30 am

Tuesday June 16

• Civics Scavenger Hunt
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Wednesday June 17

• Civics Scavenger Hunt
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Thursday June 18

• Talking is Teaching - Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers →
  Opa-locka Branch Library, 780 Fisherman St #140, Opa-locka
  10:00 am
• Drop in Tech Time
  Opa-Locka Branch Library Opa-locka Branch -
  4:00 pm

Friday June 19

• Community Food & Resource Drive Cancelled →
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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• HOPE Summer Camp 2026
  Tabernacle Seventh-Day Adventist Church Tab SDA, 8017 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33138, United States
  8:00 am
• The Golden Ticket
  Edison Center Branch Library Edison Center Branch -
  9:30 am
• Red, White and Blue: Craft-to-Go
  Hialeah Gardens Branch -
  9:30 am
• 3D Modeling with Tinkercad: Level 1
  North Dade Regional Library North Dade Regional - YOUmedia
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Northern Tool + Equipment posted a job opening for Stocker in Miami Gardens. Apply here.
• Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Online Order Filling Team Associate at Walmart in Miami Gardens, Florida in Miami Gardens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Opa-locka here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Miami Gardens

• 50 NE 209th Ter, Miami Gardens, FL 33179 (realtor.com)
• Apartments For Rent in Miami Gardens FL (zillow.com)
• Election season is starting in Miami-Dade, Broward (miamiherald.com)

Hialeah

• Surveillance video captures fatal hit-and-run in Hialeah; 21-year-old man arrested (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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