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Community
Two free events anchor Clearwater's week: the Market Marie outdoor market brings 130-plus vendors to Coachman Park on Saturday, Sept. 12, and the Clearwater Main Library celebrates its 110th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 14, the exact date the original Carnegie-funded library opened in 1916.

Community
St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport will host a free public welcome-home reception at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, for 76 veterans returning from Honor Flight of West Central Florida's Mission 58, which marks the nonprofit's 4,000th veteran honored.


Community
Two free events anchor Clearwater's week: the Market Marie outdoor market brings 130-plus vendors to Coachman Park on Saturday, Sept. 12, and the Clearwater Main Library celebrates its 110th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 14, the exact date the original Carnegie-funded library opened in 1916.

Community
Two free events anchor Clearwater's week: the Market Marie outdoor market brings 130-plus vendors to Coachman Park on Saturday, Sept. 12, and the Clearwater Main Library celebrates its 110th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 14, the exact date the original Carnegie-funded library opened in 1916.

Community
Two Clearwater families received keys to new townhomes on June 22 after Hooters and HMC Hospitality Group donated $151,500 and 252 volunteer hours to Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside, marking the partnership's 11th home build since 2016.

Community
The Juvenile Welfare Board's ninth annual Summer Book Bus has two remaining Clearwater dates — Thursday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 22 — where kids can pick two free books from a converted school bus loaded with 10,000 titles across genres and reading levels.

Community
Clearwater Marine Aquarium staff say more than a dozen resident animals, including Izzy the bottlenose dolphin, can never return to the wild because of injuries from boat strikes, feeding, and entanglement, and they urge summer beachgoers to keep their distance.

Community
The Clearwater Main Library will celebrate the nation's 250th birthday with a free rooftop party on Thursday, July 17, one of several no-cost programs available to Clearwater families this month including weekly beach-pool storytime, a CPR class, and sunset yoga at Coachman Park.

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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a low-pressure system expected to form in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico with a 20% chance of tropical development over seven days, potentially bringing increased rain and gusty winds to the Clearwater area as early as the weekend of July 19–20.
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