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Issue #031 · Monday, October 26, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
The river needs our attention, and Halloween week is here.
A Coastal Flood Warning has been extended into early Thursday morning. We've got the details first, then a kid-run toy drive, library Halloween fun, and Casper on the big screen. 🎃
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75° / 63°
HIGH / LOW
TODAY AROUND THE ISLAND
Mostly sunny and breezy.
Northeast winds of 15 to 18 mph today and a partly cloudy night around 63. Tuesday warms to 80 with only a slight chance of a shower.
🌊 Coastal Flood Warning for the St. Johns, now into Thursday
The National Weather Service extended its Coastal Flood Warning for the St. Johns River basin, including our part of Clay County, until 2 AM Thursday. It calls for moderate flooding around times of high tide.
Across the warning area, NWS says possible impacts include numerous road closures, flooding of low-lying property, including homes and businesses, and some shoreline erosion. Don't drive around barricades or through flooded roads.
Predicted high tides at Red Bay Point (NOAA):
Monday: 1:29 AM and 2:14 PM
Tuesday: 2:14 AM and 3:05 PM
Wednesday: 3:02 AM and 3:59 PM
🌙 Also today
📚 Magic Tree House Book Club
4 to 5 PM · Fleming Island Library
This month's book is Twister on Tuesday.
🐕 More Than a Good Dog
6 to 7 PM · Fleming Island Library
A session on how you and your dog can get into therapy-animal work.
⛳ Mulligan Mondays at Top of the Tee
All day · 2260 Town Center Blvd
🧠 General Knowledge Trivia at Hibernia Pub
6:30 to 8:30 PM · 2260 Town Center Blvd
🏈 Cowboys at Eagles
8:15 PM on ESPN and ABC
🎃 Your Halloween week planner
Start with the one run by kids. The Kids Helping Kids Club at Lake Asbury Junior High is holding its third annual Trunk or Treat Toy Drive on Friday, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, at the school, 2851 Sandridge Road. There'll be decorated trunks with candy, a DJ, fire trucks, face painting, games and food for sale.
Bring a new toy for the drive. Last year they collected more than 300, and they'd like to beat it. They're also still looking for more trunks, so if you've got a car you'd love to decorate, this is your sign. Sign up a trunk →
Tuesday
🎃 Family Storytime: Pumpkins, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library
Thursday
👾 Family Storytime: Monster Movements, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library
🕯️ Ghosts of Green Cove's Past, 6 PM, Green Cove Springs. A guided evening of local history and haunting tales, $25.
Friday
👻 Not-So-Spooky Halloween Celebration, 2 to 4 PM, Fleming Island Library. Come in costume and trick-or-treat through the library, with games and crafts.
🍬 Trunk of Treats at First Baptist Green Cove Springs, from 5:30 PM, 1055 County Road 226. Snow cones, hot dogs, popcorn, carnival games, a cake walk, a hayride and candy. Free, with registration on their page.
🎃 Trunk or Treat at the Black Creek pumpkin patch, 6 to 8 PM, Middleburg
🎬 Reel Fun Night: Casper at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 6, the Kids Zone runs 6 to 8, and the movie starts at dusk. Tickets are $35 per car, or $10 each for the bring-your-own-chair area up front.
🎭 The Addams Family, 7:30 PM, The Island Theater
Saturday, Halloween
📚 Halloween storytime, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library. Costumes welcome.
🎭 The Addams Family's Halloween matinee, 2 PM, The Island Theater, 1860 Town Hall Circle
🗳️ Last day of early voting, 9 AM to 6 PM
🏈 Florida vs. Georgia in Atlanta, 3:30 PM. FSU hosts Clemson at 7. Football and trick-or-treating will be competing for your attention.
Sunday
⏰ Clocks fall back an hour.
🎭 The Addams Family closes with a 2 PM show at The Island Theater.
🏈 The Jaguars are back, hosting the Colts.
Friday's issue has the full Halloween weekend rundown.
🏈 Weekend scores
A tough night for the Golden Eagles: St. Augustine 42, Fleming Island 7. Around the county, Clay beat Middleburg 35-6, and Orange Park beat Ridgeview 27-21. Fleming Island hosts Bishop Kenny on Friday.
The Jaguars, Gators, Seminoles and Bulldogs all had the week off. No. 1 Miami beat Pitt 52-23.
🐾 Meet Juliet
Juliet has been at Clay County Animal Services since July 26, 2025. That's 15 months of waiting.
Her listing gives her a job title: "Professional Office Assistant & Tennis Ball Specialist." She loves toys, she's great on a leash, and she'll happily work for playtime.
The shelter says she'd love a home where someone is around a lot, because she's "basically the perfect office dog." She'd do best with older kids, since she gets very excited about her toys, and she'd like to be your only dog while she works on her doggy social skills.
Bonus: her adoption comes with a month of sponsored training from Homemade Hounds.
Meet Juliet at Clay County Animal Services →
Look for Juliet, ID 58986468.
🗣️ Ask the Town
Halloween night, which one are you: handing out candy, taking the kids trick-or-treating, turning off the porch light for a movie, or watching the Noles take on Clemson at 7?
Reply CANDY, COSTUMES, COUCH, or FOOTBALL. Doing two at once counts too. I'll share the tally 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.
Have a good week,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.