Martin County might object to utility's expansion
JUPITER ISLAND — Martin County might oppose a proposal to extend the South Martin Regional Utility's boundaries to west of Pratt Whitney Road, beyond the line that limits water and sewer services to the eastern portion of the county.
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Swimming instruction is offered to all ages
Centari Rodriguez, 6, could hardly put his head under water without clenching his nostrils shut at the start of his first swimming lesson Tuesday. By the end of the lesson, however, he didn't want to leave the pool.
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Stuart Fourth celebration needs more bucks for its bang
STUART — Fourth of July is a month away, but Bernie Malone wants you to plan for it today. The manager for Stuart Main Street is organizing this year's celebrations but says he's short $4,500. It's a situation other non-profit groups like his have experienced during fund-raising drives.
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Camera catches drugs thrown into jail yard
Caught on videotape, a black SUV pulls up to a barbed wire fence, an arm hangs out of the driver's side window and a brown package flies through the air.
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Site of West Virginia bridge discussed in PSL
PORT ST. LUCIE — Residents got their first chance Thursday night to learn more about the placement of a proposed bridge over the North Fork of the St. Lucie River since the City Council decided in December to build the West Virginia Drive traffic corridor.
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Catholic charity seeks volunteers to help it help others
Ringing is a familiar sound at the St. Lucie County Office of Catholic Charities.
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Growth may be driving impact fees up
St. Lucie County officials are considering higher impact fees on new construction to deal with the demands of rapid growth, weeks after their counterparts in Martin County took up the same issue.
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WWII veteran tells of survival in Normandy
Charles Phillips was in Normandy five days before the enemy started shooting at him; it didn't stop until his shattered 21-year-old body was hauled away on a litter.
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Stuart church ponders new home
First United Methodist Church proposed an 80,500- square-foot house of worship on Kanner Highway.
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Stuart sailor blasted obstacles
The first D-Day exchange between German and American troops on Omaha Beach was not gunfire, but a friendly wave of hands in the pre-dawn twilight, recalls Murray Frazer of Stuart.
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Manslaughter added in train death
STUART — The gin he bought got her intoxicated.
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Hospital sues to release man
STUART — Luis Alberto Jiminez spends his days in a wheelchair near the nurses station at Martin Memorial Medical Center and watches as hurried people scurry by.
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St. Lucie County school superintendent candidates at last hurdle
School officials are poised to tap a new superintendent Thursday, less than three weeks before Schools Superintendent Bill Vogel leaves for Seminole County.
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Area oxycodone-related deaths decrease
Deaths involving oxycodone and cocaine along the Treasure Coast last year were down compared to 2001, while deaths where investigators found hydrocodone in the bodies remained the same, a report obtained Thursday states.
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