Driver wanted in deadly Fort Myers Beach hit-and-run
LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities are looking for the person involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Wisconsin woman on San Carlos Boulevard near Siesta Drive in Fort Myers Beach Wednesday evening. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 55-year-old Wisconsin woman was trying to walk across San Carlos Blvd around 7:15 p.m. when an unknown driver hit her and took off. A second driver, described as a 58-year-old Read more ...
On this day, his wish came true
Make-A-Wish Southern Florida recently stepped in to help that wish come true. Make-A-Wish Southern Florida has granted more than 13,000 life-changing wishes since 1983 for children who have critical illnesses. Wish kids most often ‘wish to be’ (something), ‘wish to meet’ (someone), ‘wish to go’ (somewhere), ‘wish to have’ (something), or ‘wish to give’ (to a cause) and the nonprofit organization makes this happen for the child and his/her entire Read more ...
Send us your haiku; it will be a total blast; we may just print it
“Poor Ralph,” we agreed, knowing how important his Saturday morning hockey games were to my cousin in China. This week we’re asking our readers to look back through the pandemic and sum up what seems like an eternity in 17 syllables. We want haikus from you that tell us something about what you learned or observed and how you handled the past two years. Send your haiku or two (but Read more ...
Barbara Ruth Lane Deakin, 76, of Fayetteville, Ga.
Barbara Ruth Lane Deakin, 76, of Fayetteville, Georgia, passed away peacefully in the early hours on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at Amicasa Hospice & Home Care. She was the daughter of Eddie and Georgia Lane and had spent most of her life either in her native Illinois or as a longtime Georgia resident. She enjoyed spending time with her family, grandchildren, celebrating every holiday, loving her cat Misty, and watching Read more ...
New Condo Project Slated for Downtown Sarasota on Frutiville Road
After being vacant for five years, plans to break ground on a condo project on Fruitville Road are in motion. Image: Kim DoleattoAn empty plot of land on Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota, surrounded by condos, commercial buildings and construction sites prepping for more, looks downright suspicious in the current market. Especially since much of what’s left of open spaces is getting quickly filled in with new high-rises, like the Read more ...
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Floridians want more work-from-home opportunities, data show
The work-from-home trend, however, is sticking around and it’s changing the way people search for jobs. “We are seeing three big trends in search over the past year,” said Google Trends expert Alex Joseph. 1 searched job trend in Florida is actually how to become a notary,” Joseph said. Joseph says becoming a notary is a great side hustle, or full-time job if you meet the requirements. Search: “jobs near Read more ...
'Miya's Law' strengthening tenants' safety heading to Governor's desk
A bill intended to protect apartment tenants from the kind of tragedy that befell young Miya Marcano last September is on its way to Gov. In the end, it was Stewart’s bill that received a 39-0 Senate approval last week, and a 120-0 approval in the House after the motel amendment was attached Thursday. “Miya’s Law” would require apartment owners to conduct criminal background checks on employees who could enter Read more ...
Medical Marijuana Cannabis Use Climbs
ORLANDO, Fla. — Marijuana use is at an all-time high in Florida, when it comes to use as medicine; as the number of patients keeps rising, counting 688,672, as of the Office of Medical Marijuana Use’s (OMMU) most recent report March 4. What You Need To Know The medical marijuana industry keeps growing, the number of dispensaries and patients increasingThe medical marijuana industry keeps growing, the number of dispensaries and Read more ...
Junior League of Tallahassee hosts 3rd Annual Mighty Meals event
The Junior League of Tallahassee (JLT) is hosting its 3rd Annual Mighty Meals food distribution event on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at Sabal Palm Elementary School. Mighty Meals is a JLT project helping fill the meal gap experienced by Leon County students during the week of spring break who cannot access their school’s free meal programs. According to JLT President Katie Britt Williams, one in three children do Read more ...
Inside The Outboard Skater Fun Run
Sam Jirik’s aired out his recently repowered Skater 318 catamaran during yesterday in the second Outboard Skater Fun Run weekend in Sarasota, Fla. Yesterday’s fun run and photo shoot in the Gulf of Mexico was picture-perfect“We have had a great day,” said Muller. Added his friend LaMorte, “All an all it was a great day for a small group of outboard Skater owners who got a chance to run their Read more ...
