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Vandals cause thousands in damages at park
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PALM CITY - Vandals caused $3,000 to $5,000 in damages at Jock Leighton Park when they destroyed a bathroom at the Palm City recreation site. An individual or group of people destroyed fixtures, ripped a partition and urinal from the wall and smashed two sinks, said Gabriella B. Ferraro, spokeswoman for the Martin ...
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One in three kids on Treasure Coast goes hungry
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TREASURE COAST - About one out of every three children on the Treasure Coast doesn't have enough food to stay healthy. A new national study found that more than 33,500 children in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties are what the U.S. Department of Agriculture call "food insecure," which means t...
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19th cycling classic held
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer
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Mentorship program grows at area schools
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TREASURE COAST - When Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin counties launch the next class of its business internship program, the venture will have almost doubled in size. The group, which provides adult role models for children facing adversity, runs the career skills mentoring program for students ...
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Hitting those high notes
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Sydney Carbo of Palm City was chosen to sing the national anthem on a patriotic afternoon during the third annual Vets at the Mets celebration of veterans Saturday, June 2 at Digital Domain Park prior to the game between the St. Lucie Mets and the Tampa Bay Yankees....
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Park's fishing pier to close for repairs
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MARTIN COUNTY - The fishing pier at the popular Indian Riverside Park is getting a makeover. The park is located at 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach. Its pier is about 780 feet long, and among one of the favorite draws at the 63-acre park that offers half a mile of waterfront. The park is open from 8 a....
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Food drive generates thousands of meals for region's hungry
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TREASURE COAST - A food drive by letter carriers on the Treasure Coast and part of Palm Beach generated nearly half a million pounds of food for area agencies that feed low-income residents. About 1,000 postal workers and 300 retirees converged on Branch 1690, the local arm of the National Association of Letter Car...
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Body found in lake
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MARTIN COUNTY - There's no sign that foul play was involved in the death of an unidentified man whose body was found floating in Lake Okeechobee, authorities said last week. The body was found in the area of Southwest Connors Highway in Port Mayaca on May 31 at 2 p.m., the Martin County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. Inv...
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