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Company to donate 1,000 bikes to area children
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MARTIN COUNTY -- An area company is gearing to donate a bike in the name of each of the next 1,000 customers who make purchases at its stores across Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties. BikeStreet USA, a chain of chain of specialty retail cycling stores, is partnering with Bikes for Tykes to make the donat...
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Butterfly artwork
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Demma Bailey, Reese Bailey, 5, Bella Childre, 8 and Carina Mehringer, 8, all of Stuart, paint butterflies at the Audubon of Martin County's birding and butterfly workshop on Saturday, Nov. 10....
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Volunteer continues work on parade
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HOBE SOUND -- December 2012 will mark the 24th year of service as a Hobe Sound chamber volunteer for Lillian Johnson, who chairs the annual Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade, manages the front desk two days a week, trains new volunteers and contributes to multiple committees year round. Ms. Johnson has coordinated ...
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Former schools head proud of district's accomplishments
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MARTIN COUNTY -- Days before she ended her term as Martin County's superintendent of schools, Nancy Kline said she was proud of the student achievement and success in the district. Ms. Kline left office Nov. 20, having served four years as superintendent. Before that, she represented District 4 on the Martin County...
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Man fires gun from car window
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MARTIN COUNTY -- A man returning home from an evening at the rodeo frightened residents when he "fired several shots out the passenger side window" of a dark-colored Cadillac, investigators said. Damaso Pineda Jr. of West Palm Beach also had a "leafy green substance" -- later identified as marijuana -- in the car c...
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House builders
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Desiree Gomez, 8, and Natile Gomez, 9, of Stuart, paint bird houses made from gourds at the Audubon of Martin County's birding and butterfly workshop on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Possum Long Nature Center and Sanctuary....
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City seeking new fire chief
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MARTIN COUNTY -- City officials are fielding inquiries from candidates interested in becoming the next fire chief to replace Lori Sunderman, who retires Nov. 30. Paul Nicoletti, city manager, said he'd sent letters to about six potential candidates seeking information about the job. "I'm taking my time as far as th...
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Thanksgiving dinner is served
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Jimmy Smith of Stuart, owner of Jimmy's Barbeque, smoked 40 turkeys and prepared some of the side dishes at the seventh annual Thanksgiving community dinner held on Nov. 15. at the Gertrude Walden Child Care Center. Stuart Community Services, the Boys & Girls Club of Stuart, Christ Fellowship and Treasure Coast ...
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Man charged with sexual battery, false imprisonment
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STUART -- According to police, Brandon James Wesley, a.k.a. Merc, said he "did not care about the police, as he was going to jail anyway." About three hours later, turns out he was right. Stuart Police arrested the 23-year-old on three felony charges. Mr. Wesley, of 933 S.E. Bahama Ave., Stuart, was charged with s...
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Up & coming
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Help a senior this Christmas Dr. Ronald Frenkel of the Eye Research Foundation and the Council on Aging of Martin County is looking for secret Santas for seniors. The foundation has decorated a holiday tree with Santa gift tags with the seniors' names and wish lists. Residents are asked to stop by the Eye Research Foundation at 509 Riverside Dr...
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