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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...
Get ready now for fall vegetable gardening. Here's how.
In Florida, we are fortunate to have two growing seasons for growing vegetables. In the spring (actually late winter), we can plant warm-season crops like beans, tomatoes, squash, peppers, and cucumber. If you had a spring garden that has succumbed to the heat and humidity, take heart, all is not over. In the fall, as the days get shorter and the temperatures start cooling down, we are able to plant vegetables that do well in our...
IDEA Public Schools across the state to offer free breakfast, lunch to students during school day
All IDEA schools in Florida will provide nutritious breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge. This will eliminate the collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price, and paid student meals.
Florida back-to-school sales tax holiday starts Monday, runs 2 weeks
Parents, start your shopping carts: Florida’s back to school sales tax holiday begins Monday at midnight and runs through Aug. 11. Shoppers are poised to save on clothes priced at $100 or less, school supplies at $50 or less and computers valued at $1,500 or less over the two-week period. The holiday was...
Northeast FL Surf Report #1 Sunday 6:40 AM 07.28.2024
Northside Cam Jacksonville Beach Pier Center View Cam Jacksonville Beach Pier. View Our Latest Video Update [YouTube] Subscribe / Get Notified. View Our Live Jacksonville Beach Pier Cam [Northside]. View Our Live Jacksonville Beach Pier Cam [Southside]. Public Safety Announcement. In the modern era, our surf breaks can be very...
This Brazilian native has blossoms like old-timey portraits
Long before the dawn of photography, European gentry away from home used miniature portraits to gaze upon images of their loved ones. The best of these vest-pocket renderings were detailed and exquisite works of art. To me, those tiny paintings bring to mind the gemlike blossoms of apostle plant (Trimezia caerulea), a...
National Hurricane Center tracking tropical disturbance moving west
ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical disturbance over the central Atlantic Ocean is expected to move west towards Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. In its Sunday morning advisory, the NHC predicted that the tropical disturbance would interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days. "Environmental...
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