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Celebrating in style
Clothing store is 1 year old
Opinion
HOA boards should be vetted
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An evening of ‘Nunsense’
Classic performance on stage at Barn
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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 17
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Neighborhood Advisory Committee hears about ethics maze Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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PALM CITY — To be on the Old
Palm City Neighborhood Advisory Committee, one pretty much has to own property or live in Old Palm City. But that also means he or she might have perceived conflicts of interests exposing
him or her to complaints to the Florida Commission on Ethics for discussing or voting on recommending projects to the County Commission when it’s acting as the Community Redevelopment
Agency, CRA. “I know this is a neighborhood group, which makes it trickier,” Elizabeth Lenihan, assistant
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March is Bicycle Month in Martin County
Shelby Allison, 11, of Stuart and Kaiya Foster, 9, of Palm City bookend Martin County Sheriff William Snyder in preparation for March’s Bicycle Month.
Parks and Recreation giving away bicycle helmets, riding lessons Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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MARTIN COUNTY — The county commission declared March “Bicycle Month in Martin County.” “It think it’s a good way to promote bicycling,” Kevin Abbate, parks and recreation director, said. There’re plenty of bicycles around Palm City already, and for good reasons. The 3,100foot Veterans Memorial Bridge has wide bicycle lanes and gives riders a good workout with an about 50-foot climb. Both ways. Martin Highway has bike lanes from the Ronald Reagan Turnpike to Interstate 95. Citrus Boulevard sports six miles of bike lanes on a winding road with few cars and
no stop signs or traffic lights, 12 miles of a bicyclist’s Garden of Eden. On Saturday, March 21, the county will host a Bicycle Rodeo at Big Mound Park, 15205 S.W. Indianmound Drive, Indiantown. The first 50 children will get free bicycle helmets. All will get free bicycling instruction, safety tips, and lunch. Abbate is also a competitive bicyclists who’s taken state championships. The seasoned rider said there’re a few things he hopes will happen during Bicycle Month, starting with a spike in helmet wearing among children, youths and adults. For him, it’s personal. “I got hit in Palm Beach County,” he said. “Really bad.” Abbate was with a group of riders when a passing driver made a right turn in front of them. Abbate had no time to avoid a collision with the turning car. “He didn’t judge my speed; I was
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