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Clay shooting, auction are part of food bank fundraiser
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TREASURE COAST - An outdoor fundraiser that includes auctions and shooting sporting clays will benefit the Treasure Coast Food Bank. The March 17 fundraiser is called "will shoot for food." Participants will support the pantry that distributes more than 22,400 pounds of food per day and partners with more than 200 ...
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Inlet dredging will affect boaters
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MARTIN COUNTY - Dredging the St. Lucie Inlet means boaters must use extreme caution when traveling through the work area of the waterway. Workers with the Norfolk Dredging Company of Virginia have started fulfilling the $6.4 million contract from the Martin County board of commissioners to remove 300,000 cubic yard...
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Tigers take quarterfinal win
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Martin County High School's Justin Simmons (No. 12) is sandwiched between Devin Cruz-Klein and Nate Curtner of Venice High School during the Region 3-7A quarterfinal Thursday, Feb. 16 at Martin County High School. The Tigers won the match 66-42 and were scheduled to play Port St. Lucie High School this Tuesday fo...
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DNA used to locate suspect in rape case
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MARTIN COUNTY - A DNA match from the state of Washington led Martin County authorities to a rape suspect, officials said. Juan Carlos Cardenas, 18, 4906 S.E. Horizon Ave., Stuart, was arrested Feb. 16 by the Martin County Sheriff's Office and charged with sexual battery with injury and burglary with batte...
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Group to open 'safe house' for victims of human trafficking
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MARTIN COUNTY - A group calling itself Redeem the Shadows said it is creating a refuge for children who are victims of human trafficking. Executive director Noel Thomas said the group is working on a "safe home" that would house four children and two guardians or house parents. He would not disclose the property's ...
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Sheriff enters race for Congress
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MARTIN COUNTY - The idea that Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, would have no Republican primary election in his bid for the proposed District 18 Congressional seat is out. In instead is a new Republican contender, longtime Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder, who will face Rep. West for the new district that would i...
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Martin chooses top teacher
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Denny Rendell kisses his wife after being named Teacher of the Year for the Martin County School District Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. Mr. Rendell is a physical education teacher at Citrus Grove Elementary School in Palm City and will represent the county in the state recognition competit...
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Authorities search for suspects in scam
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MARTIN COUNTY - Authorities are looking for two men suspected of scamming $10,000 from a 73-year-old Stuart man. The man reported to the Martin County Sheriff's Office that a man with an African-sounding accent approached him and wanted to know the address for a church. When the victim didn't know the loc...
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Car crashes into congressman's office
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STUART - A driver told police he hit his accelerator instead of his brake, causing him to crash his pickup truck into the Stuart office of Congressman Tom Rooney, Stuart Police said in a press release. The building, at 171 S.W. Flagler Ave., which was unoccupied at the time of the accident on Feb. 18, sustained about $10,000 in da...
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