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Wildlife sanctuary in running for grant
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - As the sun begins its slow climb into the sky, Winnie Burns makes her way among deer, raccoons, ferrets, parrots and foxes, stopping to feed and check on the health of each animal as she goes. It is a familiar routine for Ms. Burns, one she has done every day for the last 19 years here in...
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Special vehicle helps track stolen cars
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - As Deron Brown, a St. Lucie County detective, drove around a shopping center parking lot in Fort Pierce recently, a computer-activated voice told him that a car license plate registration was expired. As it turned out, the registration had been renewed, but apparently not included in th...
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City commission sets standards for arcades
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FORT PIERCE - They're not for playing Pac Man and Donkey Kong anymore. Recognizing that, the Fort Pierce City Commission recently took a firm position on exactly what constitutes an arcade within city limits. After much tweaking, the commission voted on ordinances that not only define what an arcade is, but...
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Keeping the beat with the SLC Boys & Girls Club Drumline
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Joshua Hills, Claudy Edmond, 18, Darryl Constant and Gerard Perry, 17, all of St. Lucie County perform in 'Sounds of the Season' with the Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County Infinity Teen Center drum line Friday, Dec. 16 at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce. Sean Boyle of Children's Service's Council of St. Lu...
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City to consolidate departments
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PORT ST. LUCIE - In a cost-cutting measure for the city, the engineering and public works departments were combined into one with the approval of the Port St. Lucie City Council at the Dec. 12 meeting. "The idea for it started when I first took over as city manager," said Jerry Bentrott, Port St. Lucie city...
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Police, school district help homeless student
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PORT ST. LUCIE - Until recently, a Port St. Lucie High School student only had two shirts and two pairs of pants to wear to school. The student, Andrew Miller, an 11th grader, had become homeless because of a family situation and is temporarily living with a friend. But thanks to Port St. Lucie High Schoo...
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Mother, daughter graduates
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Indian River State College graduates Jill Guettler and her daughter, Sarah, of Port St. Lucie, stand while being recognized for their uniqueness of being mother-daughter graduates during the commencement address by Randall Hanna, chancellor of the Florida College System during school's first fall commencement cer...
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Gift certificates make good last-minute stocking stuffers
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As the days toward Christmas count down, Treasure Coast residents are looking for last-minute gift ideas that will make even the most Scrooge-like person on their list smile. Gift certificates that can be purchased via Hometown News might be the perfect answer. Since there are a variety of dining, hotel and recreation gift certificat...
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Drug ring recruited patients to obtain pills, authorities say
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - When a St. Lucie County man was released from prison earlier this year, he didn't have much in the way of a vehicle to get around, authorities said last week. Within, a short period of time the man, Albert Walker Jr., had changed his mode of transportation "to a luxury vehicle," said Andr...
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Furniture store helps local charity
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - When the owners and staff of Discount Furniture Store in Fort Pierce saw local nonprofits struggling with a recent decrease in donations, they knew they wanted to help in some way. And the solution they came up with helps not only the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity, but its customers, as ...
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