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2 Publix shoppers win over $50K prize playing Fantasy 5
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two lucky Publix shoppers won over $50,000 playing Fantasy Five on Wednesday. According to the Florida Lottery, the winning tickets were sold at a Publix in Jacksonville and Tampa during the midday and evening drawings on Wednesday. Hollywood store sells $2 million winning Mega Millions ticket.
First sawfish in 16 years of surveying caught, tagged, and released in St. Marys River
The University of North Florida Shark Biology Program caught, tagged, and released the first sawfish recorded in its 16 years of surveying shark populations in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
UF Health liver, kidney, and lung transplant programs top in Florida, No. 5 in U.S.
UF Health’s lung, liver, and kidney transplant programs are the state’s best and in the top 5 nationwide. The post UF Health liver, kidney, and lung transplant programs top in Florida, No. 5 in U.S. appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Profit margins for Naples area home sales drop in 2nd quarter
Home sellers across the U.S. earned an average 55.8% profit margin on typical single-family home and condo sales during the second quarter, according to data from land, property and real estate curator Attom’s second-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Sales Report. That figure was largely unchanged, rising about 1% from the first quarter, but remaining down 1% from the second quarter of last year. The Naples area had the fifth biggest year-over-year decrease in typical profit margins, dropping from 84.9% to 69.2%. It trailed only Hilo, Hawaii (down from 80.5% to 45.3%), Port St. Lucie (down from 95% to 73.9%), Daphne-Fairhope (down from 49.8% to 45.1%) and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach (down from 60.7% to 45.1%). Naples was among the top metropolitan areas where all-cash sales represented the largest share of transactions in the second quarter with 61.5%.
Code orange alert issued at Lee Memorial Hospital
Emergency services are responding after a Code Orange alert was issued at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers on US 41 Thursday afternoon. A code orange refers to a chemical hazard or spill, a mass casualty incident, or a disaster that overwhelms the hospital’s resources. According to the Fort...
Estero community battles polluted water
Water is a highly used source; people use it daily to drink, clean, bathe, and treat waste plants. Recently, a neighbor who lives at the Cascades in Estero noticed something fishy in her pond and brought it to the attention of a professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. “Someone who...
Southwest Florida's Apex Physical Therapy going to Olympics with men's gymnastics
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Physical therapists are the reason why Olympians are able to do what they do. “I mean it’s been incredible the support that we’ve gotten from them," U.S. men's gymnastics' Brody Malone said. “I work with them daily," Olympic pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik...
Marco Island restaurant wins land variance to expand within 3 feet of Jewish Cemetery
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — On Monday evening, Marco Island City Council voted 5-2 to approve a land variance for an already green-lit restaurant at the vacant lot located along 588 Bald Eagle Drive. The property directly borders the Jewish Memorial Garden, a section of the Marco Island Cemetery. "I...
Naples man exonerated in 2022 fatal beating of 5-month-old puppy Buzz Lightyear
A Naples man accused of fatally beating his 5-month-old puppy Buzz Lightyear put his hands against his face as he listened to the jury's July 24 verdict of not guilty after a three-day trial. Contradictory statements and an absence of physical evidence collected at the site where the puppy was...
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