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Lightning detection for Beach needs exploration

The 15th U.S. lightning death of 2014 was recorded here in Lee County Tuesday.Scott Wilcox, 41, was fatally injured.Two teens, Zac Latawiec, 14, and Chelsea Gill, 16, were injured in the same strike, Zac critically.The trio was trying to make their way back to their vehicle in a swiftly moving ...

Register to vote Monday at Beach Library

This Week's ActivitiesPreschool Story Hour on Wednesday, July 30, at 10:30 a.m. in Kid's PlaceSummer Reading Program, Friday, Aug. 1, 10 to 11 a.m. Pre-register.Register to Vote, Monday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Getting Started with e Books, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 10:30 a.m.Event DetailsElections ...

What are the chances

Sometimes people want to know the odds of something happening, like winning the lottery. Actually, that is the same as getting bitten by a shark, (not bad if you stay out of the water), or what the chance is it will rain on their barbecue. Does a forecast for a 50 percent chance of rain mean it ...

Join the clean water rally caravan to Stuart on Sunday

To the editor:West coast Floridians are needed for a large rally in Stuart, Florida.Join us for the second annual Save Our River Clean Water Rally at Phipps Park this Sunday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m.Never before has something of this magnitude occurred when it comes to community awareness and action ...

Paddlers be warned

To the editor:Florida has more people struck by lightning each year than any other state of the union. More people are killed by lightning in Florida than any other state.Many cities in Florida, like Bonita Springs, blow their FDP warning sirens when lightning is a danger.Like most people we ...

Threat to cooperative stewardship

To the editor:The town has chosen to selectively charge an annual fee on an owner's right to maintain their private property by hiring a licensed beach raking service. Their intent is to fund educational programs,vegetation and monitoring of nesting shorebirds.How ironic! The nesting program's ...