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Vigil for the lost
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013
A roomful of supporters at Coastal Life Church in Palm City take part in the Narcotics Overdose Prevention & Education (N.O.P.E.) National Candlelight Vigil Thursday, Oct. 24. The event was sponsored by Tykes & Teens and featured testimonials from parents who have lost their children and others that had lost their way to drug use. See stories, photos on A6-7.
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TREASURE COAST — U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, hailed last week’s passage of the first water bill in seven years as a major milestone in the fight for clean water on the Treasure Coast.
“This is a huge win for Florida and a huge win for Congressional District 18 and really the entire Everglades,” Murphy said during an Oct. 24 press call with media the day after the bill passed the House floor. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act contains approximately $8 billion worth of national water projects. Of that
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Photo courtesy of Darrell Brand Palm City resident and Indian River Lagoon activist Darrell Brand met with U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, during an Oct. 3 congressional briefing on the Iagoon in Washington, D.C. Murphy credits the Florida delegation and close to 200 Treasure Coast residents who attended the meeting for drawing attention to the urgency of the bill’s passage.
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total, the state received $1.8 billion in funding. The bill, which already passed the Senate, will head for final review before a conference committee before landing on the president’s desk. “We definitely got a very big share of that. A lot of that is because of the entire Florida
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