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More than 1,500 Sarasota/Manatee area residents joined the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease on November 17 at Nathan Benderson Park. Participants raised nearly $369,000, exceeding the goal by over $30,000. [Read more…] about Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® Raises $369,000 in Sarasota/Manatee
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting a public meeting on alternatives for the NASA Causeway Bridge Project Development and Environment Study. The meeting will be an open house on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 4-7 p.m., at the Isaac Campbell Sr. Park’s Campbell Community Center located at 701 South Street in Titusville. [Read more…] about Feedback Opportunity for NASA Causeway Bridge Improvements
The Florida Chamber Foundation today released research on how Florida can align and leverage private, public and civic partners during its Florida 2030 Civic & Governance Pillar Rollout event. [Read more…] about Florida Chamber Foundation Releases Florida 2030 Recommendations to Make Government and Civics More Effective and Efficient
Governor-elect Ron DeSantis and incoming First Lady Casey DeSantis today announced leadership for the 2019 Inaugural Committee. The Inaugural Committee will be chaired by Brian and Kathryn Ballard of Tallahassee. [Read more…] about Governor-elect Ron DeSantis Announces 2019 Inaugural Committee Leadership
Crime continues to fall across Florida according to the 2018 Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report. The report shows Florida’s crime volume dropped eight percent, or 24,564 fewer reported index crimes, compared to the first six months of 2017. [Read more…] about Florida crime drops in the first half of 2018
Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have cleared Florida-grown romaine lettuce. [Read more…] about Florida-Grown Romaine Cleared as FDA Continues E. coli Outbreak Investigation
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold an informational open house on alternatives proposed from the St. Johns River to Sea Loop Trail Gap Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study. The limits studied were from Lake Beresford Park to Grand Avenue in DeLand, Volusia County. [Read more…] about FDOT to host informational meeting on the St. Johns River to Sea Loop Trail Gap Study
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today terminated the territorial agreement between Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and the City of Vero Beach (COVB), effective on the closing date of COVB’s electric utility sale to FPL. This means all current COVB electric customers will become FPL customers. [Read more…] about PSC Terminates FPL / Vero Beach Territorial Agreement
The Florida Lottery announces that Rema Shaban, 42, of St. Augustine, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $10 MONOPOLY™ JACKPOT Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,430,000.00. [Read more…] about St. Augustine woman claims $2 million top prize from the $10 MONOPOLY™ JACKPOT Scratch-Off game
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) today delivered the first of what he said would be “a number of speeches over the course of the next couple of weeks to comment on various matters” he has worked on in the Senate. [Read more…] about Sen. Nelson’s remarks on Senate floor
