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Tuesday May 14 | TCPalm

St. Lucie School Board to narrow field of superintendent candidates today

The School Board meeting starts at 5 p.m. and will be held at district headquarters, 4204 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce.

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Related Topix: St. Lucie, FL, Fort Pierce, FL, St Lucie County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

Fri May 10, 2013

Lehigh Acres Gazette

ECWCD Speakers Series Of To A Successful Start

On Wednesday May 8, East County Water Control District hosted the first in a series of four community presentations in honor of its 55th Anniversary.

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Related Topix: Florida, Lehigh Acres, FL

Thu May 02, 2013

Naples Daily News

Lee biofuel producer says Legislature may force him to expand out of state

David Albers/Staff - Ethanol is produced from algae and saltwater contained in reactors at Algenol Biofuels on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in South Fort Myers.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Fort Myers, FL, Florida, Florida Government, Rick Scott, US Governors

Wed May 01, 2013

The News-Press

Hendry County Judge to hear Fort Denaud land dispute

A bitter legal dispute over who's responsible for a failed land deal in Hendry County at the height of the boom could be close to resolution after six years.

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Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Fort Myers, FL

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Naples Daily News

State budget gives school districts more money, but region's educators wary

Public schools likely will see more money in the coming year, but some Southwest Florida educators say the lack of details makes it difficult to get excited about a bigger budget.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Florida, Rick Scott, US Governors, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL

Southwest Florida Online

Italian Family's Car Hit By Patrol Car

Traffic Stop Ends With Rear Ending By Hendry Deputy's Car CLEWISTON, FL. -- Helene Maria Egger, 59 of Lana, Italy was traveling with her family west on U.S. 27 in the outside lane in western Hendry county as a marked Hendry County Sheriff's department patrol car, driven by Michael Angelo Favara, 38 of LaBelle was traveling west on U.S. 27 in the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Clewiston, FL, Italy, World News,

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Naples Daily News

State budget has more money for teachers, but how to pay it remains issue

The money is in the budget, but Florida teachers aren't entirely optimistic they will have more cash in their pockets during the coming school year.

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Related Topix: Florida, Rick Scott, US Governors, Standardized Testing, Education, Volusia County, FL

Fri Apr 26, 2013

NBC2 News

Miami woman killed in Hendry County crash

A 27-year-old Miami woman was killed in a car crash that happened along SR-80 in Hendry County.

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Related Topix: Golden Gate, FL, Naples, FL

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Travelers may see smoke in Hendry County

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla.- The Florida Forest Service will be conducting a 40-acre prescribed burn on the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest in rural Hendry County.

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Related Topix: Labelle, FL, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

The News-Press

Hendry County crash leaves 1 dead

A three-vehicle crash at State Road 80 and Wellington Parkway in Hendry County on Thursday afternoon left one dead.

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Related Topix: Clewiston, FL

The News-Press

Judge to hear Hendry County land dispute

A bitter legal dispute over who's responsible for a failed land deal in Hendry County at the height of the boom could be close to resolution after six years.

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Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Fort Myers, FL

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Southwest Florida Online

Fun Day Saturday In The Park

Hendry County Sheriff Steve Whidden and the Hendry County Sheriff's Office Community Policing Unit are hosting its Annual Community Fun Day for friends and neighbors to come together for an enjoyable and informative day Saturday, April 27.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

Southwest Florida Online

New Apartments For Disabled Coming In Fall

Affordable, disability-accessible housing will soon be available in Clewiston. Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has broken ground on Sweetwater Place, an income-subsidized apartment complex for people with physical disabilities Sweetwater Place will be Goodwill's fourteenth housing complex in Southwest Florida, and first in Clewiston.

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Related Topix: Clewiston, FL, Florida, Labelle, FL

Tue Apr 23, 2013

Highlands Today

What's buried in Florida's land is sometimes more than seeds

Back in the 1990s', Gene McAvoy, UF Extension, Hendry County, was wandering through a heavily wooded area of pine trees near Buckingham after a summer's rain.

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Related Topix: Florida, Buckingham, FL, US Military, US Air Force, Lee County, FL, Clewiston, FL

Naples Daily News

Southwest Florida Addiction Services Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News CARF International announced that Southwest Florida Addiction Services has been accredited for a period of three years for all of its substance abuse treatment and prevention programs.

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Related Topix: Glades County, FL

Sun Apr 21, 2013

Southwest Florida Online

Luther Davis Dies At 75 - Retired Funeral Director

Luther Charles Davis, age 75, of Clewiston , passed away April 20, 2013 in Clewiston.

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Related Topix: Clewiston, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Jones College, West Palm Beach, FL

Fri Apr 19, 2013

St. Augustine Record

St. Johns County's unemployment rate continues to drop

The latest numbers from the federal government show that St. Johns County's unemployment rate in March was 2 percent lower than the previous year and among the lowest in the state at 5.3 percent.

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Related Topix: St Johns County, FL, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Alachua, FL, Putnam County, FL, Palm Coast, FL

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Flagler, Volusia unemployment rates fall to 5-year lows The...

Wendy Pritchard left talks to Mid-Florida Housing Partnership's Mylene Valderrama during a regional job fair at Deltona City Hall in Deltona on Friday morning Mar.

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Related Topix: Deltona, FL, Flagler County, FL, Volusia County, FL

Bradenton.com

Manatee County's jobless rate dips in March

Manatee County's March unemployment stood at 6.7 percent, which is a about a half percent below February's job numbers, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

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Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Florida, Sarasota County, FL, North Port, FL

Thu Apr 18, 2013

Southwest Florida Online

Will Airport Become A Private Fiefdom?

Will Airport Eventually Be Turned Over To U.S. Sugar Interests? LABELLE, FL. -- The Hendry County commissioners in September 2012 voted 4-0 to go ahead with spending more money for legal work on the possibility of turning over the Airglades Airport in central Hendry county to the private interests of U.S. Sugar, Joe Hilliard, and a principal of a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Labelle, FL, US News, Federal Aviation Administration