JENSEN BEACH — A 43-year-old Port St. Lucie man died after he was thrown from his motorcycle in an accident early Sunday and another vehicle ran over him on U.S. 1, according to the Florida Highway Patrol

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JENSEN BEACH —A 43-year-old Port St.

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The timing could not have been worse.The same week a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report revealed former Martin County School District employees might have accepted bribes from a contractor, county government officials are facing accusations that they improperly awarded an $8.7 million contract for a new aquatics complex.It’s the kind of thing that makes taxpayers suspicious.Even if no …

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JENSEN BEACH —Go to the Environmental Studies Council’s 23rd annual Mars Lecture Series, and you can learn of surprises you can find on Florida beaches and dangers threatening the River of Grass.For the next two months, the nonprofit organization is offering free weekly lectures on the environment and conservation at its center. The lectures touch on a wide spectrum of subjects ranging from the …

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JENSEN BEACH — The more-than 70-year-old Mansion at Tuckahoe took a step into the 21st century Thursday by opening its Old Florida confines to the next generation of young Martin County leaders.Organizers of the Indian RiverSide Park venue invited the Young Professionals of Martin County in for the mansion’s first public event, a YP second anniversary celebration that included a luncheon and …

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SPECIAL EVENTSSouth Florida Fair: Southern Boulevard, 1 mile west of Turnpike exit 97, through Jan. 31. (561) 793-0333; southfloridafair.com.

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TREASURE COAST —The Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association, serving Indian River, Martin and St. Lucie counties, will conduct two professional development seminars Feb.

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STUART — Grants from the Florida Dairy Council under their Bucks for Breakfast program are meant to help students at two Martin County schools eat a good breakfast and do a better job. Jensen Beach High School and Indiantown Middle School received …

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STUART — Grants from the Florida Dairy Council under their Bucks for Breakfast program are meant to help students at two Martin County schools eat a good breakfast and do a better job.Jensen Beach High School and Indiantown Middle School received two of the 34 statewide grants. The money will be used for such items as a computer and a warming oven to keep the prepared breakfasts ready to serve …

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JENSEN BEACH — Jane Greenwasser came to Florida in 1939.She grew up in Miami-Dade County, graduated from the University of Miami and did six years of graduate studies in psychological testing and interpretation only to learn she liked history better.She did curatorial research and development for the Bonnett House Museum in Fort Lauderdale before moving to Sewall’s Point in 2000 when her husband …

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