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Longest-serving female police officer retires
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FORT PIERCE - When Diane McGlon became a Fort Pierce Police officer in 1985, other women had paved the way. But at the time, fewer female police officers patrolled the streets. Some parts of the job were off limits and females received a little more scrutiny initially, she recalled last week. "They were wat...
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New school year begins without glitches
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - Alyssa Moore continued a family tradition on Monday when she arrived with her mother, Kandace Moore, at Dan McCarty Middle School. Kandace Moore said she, as well as her mother and grandmother, attended the school. As Alyssa walked into the school, a group of teachers, business owners and...
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Crosstown Parkway project moves ahead of schedule
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PORT ST. LUCIE - Motorists may be able to travel from Interstate-95 to U.S. 1 via Crosstown Parkway by 2016. That's two years ahead of what officials previously said it would take to complete the final segment of the road, a bridge over the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. Consultants told the Port St. Lu...
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Remembering Brother Judah
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer
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City explores possibility of getting electricity from FP&L
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FORT PIERCE - With Fort Pierce residents paying among the highest electricity rates in the state, Mayor Bob Benton is looking for an alternative. Mayor Benton said city officials planned to meet earlier this week with Florida Power & Light officials to explore the possibility of buying electricity from FP&L...
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Little interest shown in Civic Center naming rights
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PORT ST. LUCIE - In the near future, the outside stage at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center might be named for Dominic's Catering. Dominic's was the only business or individual that submitted a bid for naming rights to some portion of the center. The city offered naming rights as a means to gain some revenue ...
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Neighbor charged with stealing candidate's election signs
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PORT ST. LUCIE - During the past several months, City Councilman Chris Cooper has discovered that more than 300 of his mayoral campaign signs were stolen, he said. He suspected that a long-time neighbor, Steven Lewis Nelson, had taken some of them. Those suspicions became stronger when his son received a co...
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Dancing with Elvis
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer
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