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Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
A scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce. It has no strip malls, few stoplights and gas stations. Vast open land — sugar cane fields, farms, sawgrass — surrounds...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Florida's Turnpike, Everglades, Highway Transportation, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...Tags: Port Everglades, Politics, Marco Rubio, Lobbying, Broward County
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Palm Beach County hurricane season preparations target social media, smart phone
The hurricane season to-do list now includes adding friends, followers and apps, along with stockpiling bottled water, canned goods and batteries. With the June start to storm season fast approaching, Palm Beach County is counting on social media...
Tags: Social Media, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Emergency Incidents, Telecommunication Service
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Artist turns history on its head
Buried headfirst in a bed of flowers and mulch across the street from Bal Harbour Shops is a 12-foot-tall sculpture of the Barefoot Mailman, a historical figure who hand-delivered mail sans shoes along the beach between Lake Worth and Miami during the...
Tags: Arts, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Everglades
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Lake Okeechobee water draining starts again
Sun SentinelRising waters from recent rains prompted the Army Corps of Engineers this week to start dumping Lake Okeechobee water east into the St. Lucie Estuary and out to sea. The new low-level discharges are aimed at stemming the rise in lake levels on the eve...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Campbell (Osceola, Florida)
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Army Corps draining Lake Okeechobee again
Rising waters from recent rains prompted the Army Corps of Engineers this week to start dumping Lake Okeechobee water east into the St. Lucie Estuary and out to sea. The new low-volume discharges are aimed at stemming the rise in lake levels on the eve...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds
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Father and son finally catch their trophy dolphin
For 13 years, Jack Milbery has headed offshore in search of a trophy dolphin. He finally achieved that goal Sunday when his son Nick, 18, landed a 55-pound bull fishing out of Hawks Cay. "It was just epic. We're still smiling," said Milbery, of Davie....
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Lifestyle and Leisure, Boats, Boynton Beach, Everglades
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South Bay manager freely used city credit card, report finds
There aren't many taxpayers in the remote lakeside town of South Bay. But ex-City Manager Corey L. Alston used their money like his own, the county inspector general reported Thursday. Alston and other city employees used public money to buy flowers...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Justice System, Prosecution, Riviera Beach, Crime, Law and Justice
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Butterflies in decline in South Florida?
Miami HeraldBy their nature, South Florida's tropical butterflies have always been ephemeral creatures, coming and going with the rhythms of the life cycle and season. Now they're just gone. In what may be an unprecedented die-off, at least five varieties of rare...Tags: Museum of Natural History, Wildlife, Biology, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Science and Technology
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BRIEF: Glades projects seem set in fat budget; other PBC projects not certain
The Palm Beach PostVetoed last year by Gov. Rick Scott, $75,000 for Palm Beach County to help develop a Lake Okeechobee marina has been brought back to life by Florida lawmakers. But the Torry Island plan isn't the only project revived by cash-flush legislators. ___ (c)...Tags: Palm Beach County, Rick Scott, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach
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Some nice dolphin caught, and speared
Some nice dolphin were caught over the weekend, but the nicest one was speared by Dave Collier Jr. Collier was offshore Sunday with the Advanced Roofing fishing team when he shot an estimated 70-pound bull dolphin with his speargun. After a standoff...Tags: Fishing, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fire Island
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Water is on Florida's mind this Earth Day
Monday is Earth Day — and three years to the day since the flame-engulfed Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP blowout killed 11 rig workers, released more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf and gave...
Tags: Earth Day, Environmental Cleanup, Wildlife, Winter Park, Petroleum Industry
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May 9, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
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