Hundreds of Floridians show up for offshore drilling protest
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) _ Hundreds of opponents of offshore oil drilling gathered at Florida beaches and held hands. The Tampa …
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JM Family Enterprises plants 500 trees in Deerfield Beach
PHOTO COURTESY OF JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES JM Family Enterprises associate Milagros Jimenez (back right) brought her family to the environmentally focused event. In addition to …
Deadline rapidly approaching for $305,000 resident-driven ideas contest
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF MIAMI FUNDING IDEAS: Got an idea to make a public area of Miami better? Apply for funding from the Miami …
Volunteers needed for Dreher Park, Woodlawn cemetery
Volunteers interested in helping to clean up Palm Beach City parks and students in need of volunteer/community service hours can sign up to help the …
Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for assistance
Puerto Rico remains consumed by devastation. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG THINK By DANICA COTO Associated Press COROZAL, Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles …
Restaurants, groceries try harder to identify food sources
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By KYLE ARNOLD Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Red Lobster ran a 55-second commercial before the Super Bowl that was …
Dunkin’ Donuts to stop using foam cups by 2020
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Foam cups at Dunkin’ Donuts will soon be history, removing what …
2017 in Florida: Hurricane, serial killer hunt, #metoo
Tiger Woods avoided potential DUI conviction. PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTSKEEDA.COM By JASON DEAREN Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida in 2017 was ravaged by …
SBA disaster loan outreach centers and hours of operation
Hurricane Irma aftermath PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM Staff Report ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved almost 30,000 disaster loans totaling over $1 …
State could spend $1 billion on Everglades reservoir. Will it work?
By JENNY STALETOVICH Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) – This spring, Florida lawmakers approved plans for a massive new reservoir near Lake Okeechobee, touting the billion-dollar project …