St. Lucie Nuclear Plant’s No. 1 reactor restarted after repair of water pump
By Elliott Jones ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Florida Power and Light Co.’s Unit 1 nuclear reactor on Hutchinson Island was restarted at 11:35 p.m. Thursday after repairs were made to a failing cooling system...
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Pro-business group backs growth rules in Martin
Post Opinion columnist Sally Swartz writes that a newly formed group of businessmen is rallying to support Martin County’s careful growth rules. Sally Swartz She reports that the group, Preserve Martin...
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Martin’s conservation crowd setting themselves up to lose
Post Opinion columnist Sally Swartz says that early developments leading up to next year’s Martin County Commission races indicate that slow-growth factions might once again set themselves up to...
View ArticleKite surfer rescued from high waves; Martin, St. Lucie County beaches taking...
By Elliott Jones Up to 8-foot waves are again bashing Treasure Coast beaches and threatened a kite surfer in high waves 100 yards north of the North Jetty at the Fort Pierce Inlet around midday Monday....
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Will Martin pool, parks hold ‘captive’ ad audience?
Post Opinion columnist Sally Swartz writes that most Martin County residents just wanted a community pool. But the Martin County Commission voted to build an $11 million pool and water park — complete...
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Decade-long ‘Great Chimp Migration’ to St. Lucie County complete
ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Young chimpanzees play on swing attached to a overhead walkway on one of the 12 islands, their own private natural retreat, that is now their home at the Save the...
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Martin County’s Everglades effort long, impressive, inspiring
Palm Beach Post Opinion columnist Sally Swartz writes that last weekend at the Everglades Coalition Conference, Martin County residents and leaders paused to celebrate everything everyone has done over...
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Outdoor necropsy performed on humpback whale that died at Fort Pierce Inlet
Steve McCulloch, director of marine mammal research for Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, walks by the 25-foot-long dead humpback whale at the Fort Pierce Inlet on Tuesday. Photo by Eric Hasert,...
View ArticlePublic asked to stay away from South Hutchinson Island tidal marsh area after...
By Keona Gardner FORT PIERCE — The public is asked to stay away from a tidal marsh area on South Hutchinson Island, about a block north of Jaycee Beach Park and Surfside Park, after raw sewage leaked...
View ArticleProperty owners say they like St. Lucie County beach restoration plan, but...
By Laurie K. Blandford ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Most of the 15 residents who attended a Wednesday evening meeting about a beach restoration project agreed they want it but don’t want to foot the bill. County...
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