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Issue #023 · Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
One more soggy day, and today the river joins in.
Rain showers through the day, a Flood Watch until noon, and a coastal flood advisory on the St. Johns. Here's what that means for us.
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80° / 72°
HIGH / LOW
TODAY AROUND THE ISLAND
Rain showers likely, on and off.
Breezy from the northeast. Tonight eases off, and Thursday is closer to a coin flip.
🌊 When the river's highest
The weather service has a coastal flood advisory out for the St. Johns River basin, and overnight they extended it until 2 PM Saturday. Strong northeast winds and higher-than-normal tides are pushing water up the river, and around high tide that means minor flooding of lots, parks, and roads near the water, with only isolated road closures expected.
Predicted high tide on the river is 11:13 this morning and 11:45 tonight, then just after noon on Thursday, at NOAA's Red Bay Point station. Those are the hours to watch if you live, park, or walk the dog near the water.
This isn't a one-day thing. With the advisory running into the weekend, the high-tide hours are worth watching through Saturday.
📅 Today and tomorrow
Wednesday, October 7
📖 Paws for Reading: Family Literacy Night, 6 to 7:30 PM, Fleming Island Library
📚 Preschool Storytime: Letter I, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library
🧘 Chair Yoga, 11:30 AM, Fleming Island Library
🎤 Karaoke with Ashe at Encore, 8 PM
⛳ Ladies Night at Top of the Tee, specials 5 to 10, karaoke 7 to 10
Thursday, October 8
🎷 The Chris Thomas Project at Talons, 2217 Eagle Harbor Pkwy. Soul, Motown, and classic hits. Doors 6, show 7, $25. Seating is by the table, and tables hold up to eight.
🏍️ Bike Night at Mr. Chubby's Wings, 6 to 9, with Katie Reddish playing
🎶 Jim Murdock at Encore, 6 PM
🧩 Kaleidoscope Play & Learn, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library
🏈 Buccaneers at Cowboys, 8:15 PM on Prime, on at Hibernia Pub
Friday's issue has the whole weekend.
WEDNESDAY SPOTLIGHT
🎭 Fleming Island has its own theater
If you caught Beetlejuice Jr. last weekend, you've already been inside. The Island Theater is Fleming Island's community theater, at 1860 Town Hall Circle.
It's a nonprofit built around theater classes for kids and adults, live shows for the community, and support for arts charities. The youth classes are meant to stay low-cost, and there's a scholarship option. It's also a Clay Elevate grant winner, from the Reinhold Foundation.
This Saturday is Night on Broadway, a benefit concert of Broadway songs at 7:30. General admission is $12, and the first two rows are donation seats at $50 and $25.
After that, The Addams Family opens October 16, then 12 Angry Jurors in November and Annie in December.
🧙 Witches on Walnut is Saturday, 5 to 9 PM on Walnut Street in Green Cove Springs, hosted by Essence of You. Free, with vendors, food, face painting, live music, and costumes welcome. More in Friday's issue.
☕ Still taking breakfast answers. Where's the best place around here to watch Sunday's 9:30 AM Jaguars game? Hit reply. The best ones run Friday.
Before you go... tell me something good 💛
See a new business opening? Know of an event we should add to the calendar? Got a neighbor doing something wonderful, a local team having a big season, or just something good happening around Fleming Island?
Send it our way. This only gets better when all of us help find the good stuff.
❤️ Tell Us Something Good: A neighbor doing something kind. A kid doing something awesome. Something new going in or on around town. Anything that makes you think, "people around here should know about this."
📅 Submit an Event: Live music at a local restaurant, a fundraiser, a festival, a market, a school activity. Anything locals can put on their calendar.
⭐ Get Featured: Own a local business? Tell us your story through a short interview and give the community a chance to meet the people behind it.
See you Friday,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.