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Northeast Florida realtors clean up local waterways, collect thousands of pounds in trash
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Northeast Florida Association of Realtors held its annual Clean-Up Florida Waterways event Saturday morning. The goal was to collect as much trash that feeds into Northeast Florida’s waterways. Saturday’s event followed Putnam County’s which was two weeks ago, where NEFAR said realtors in that area...
2024 ‘Stop Heart Disease Early Career Researcher of the Year’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Florida Heart Research Foundation has announced Ariadna Herrera, PhD candidate at Florida International University (FIU), as its “Stop Heart Disease Early Career Researcher of the Year.”. Herrera will be presented with the prestigious award in the amount of $50,000 at this year’s...
Victor Crist, former Florida legislator, in the hospital after car crash
Former state legislator and county commissioner Victor Crist was feeling upbeat as he left a political candidate forum Thursday night in northwestern Hillsborough County. A seasoned elected official, Crist is running to be the county’s clerk of court. Several hundred people, he later said, poured into the event hosted by a local civic association.
HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — With the disclaimer that it is way, way too early to be concerned, the system that the National Hurricane Center started tracking late Friday is still tracking towards South Florida Saturday morning. The system, which notably has just a… Read More »HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
Full list of tax-free Items for Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday: July 29-August 11th
Just in time for the new school year, Florida is hosting a 14-day “Back-to-School” Sales Tax Holiday from July 29 to August 11th. Action News Jax has put together a full list of items discounted.
Some Florida condo owners facing deadline as Castle Key drops insurance policies
Some 33,000 Floridians will be getting notified through next year that Allstate’s Florida subsidiaries are dropping their insurance policies, and some are getting the news during a particularly nerve-wracking time to start looking for coverage: hurricane season. That reduction decreases Castle Key Insurance and Castle Key Indemnity’s policyholders by about 12% in the...
Medical marijuana biz booming on Nine Mile; adult use could take industry even higher
Another cannabis dispensary is opening on Nine Mile Road at the former home of Wingz2Go, marking the sixth dispensary on the major road. Curaleaf is the latest medical marijuana vendor to join Nine Mile Road, but they haven’t opened up just yet. Curaleaf has one operating store in Escambia County at 5090 N....
HOA Q&A: Can the size of the board of directors be changed?
Editor’s note: Attorneys at Goede, DeBoest & Cross respond to questions about Florida community association law. With offices in Naples, Fort Myers, Coral Gables and Boca Raton, the firm represents community associations throughout Florida and focuses on condominium and homeowner association law, real estate law, litigation, estate planning, and business law. Q: Is it possible to change the size of the Board from seven directors to five directors? --Naples ...
Post reporters win statewide awards for sports coverage, addiction treatment investigation
Two Palm Beach Post staff writers have won awards from the Florida Society of News Editors for sports reporting and for an investigative project about addiction treatment centers published in 2023. Post columnist Tom D'Angelo won first place in the Sports category for stories that ranged from the thing Tiger Woods' son earned...
Central Florida Cities Actively Working To Keep Disney World Cast Members Homeless
Last year, when the union representing Walt Disney World cast members fought for and got a raise, it was a significant victory. However, the union could not have foreseen the explosion in the cost of living in Central Florida, which has essentially voided that raise. Despite that, there were signs...
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