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Hey there, Tarpon Springs! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where can you no longer ride e-bikes in Tarpon Springs?
  • What new evidence links a Tarpon Springs surgeon to a murder?

Also on today's calendar: Tarpon Springs Ghost Tour: Haunted History and True Crime and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Cloudy with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 89, low: 73.
  • Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tarpon Springs restricts e-bikes and more in some areas (baynews9.com) — Tarpon Springs has approved new rules banning e-bikes, regular bikes and scooters from sidewalks along parts of East Tarpon Avenue, Craig Park and Dodecanese Boulevard, requiring riders to walk or risk fines. Local business owners and a cycling shop support the change, citing safety on narrow, crowded sidewalks. Fines escalate from a warning or $50 up to $250 for repeat violations.
   

• Forensic experts testify about evidence in murder trial against Tarpon Springs plastic surgeon (tampabay28.com) — A Tarpon Springs plastic surgeon is on trial in Clearwater, where forensic experts described extensive blood evidence at a Largo law office and in the garage of his Tarpon Springs home. Investigators detailed cash, weapons and other items seized, plus a grueling landfill search for the missing attorney's remains. The bench trial continues Thursday morning with more testimony.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Palm Harbor

  • Pinellas County deputies arrest 15 men in Operation Cyber Shield, cracking down on child sex crimes (fox13news.com)

New Port Richey

  • 4 Injured, Including 1 Child, In Pasco Crash Involving School Bus: FL Troopers (patch.com)

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Ok Tarpon Springs! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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