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‘The Great Gatsby’ MCHS gets coveted play
Celebrities Fore Kids
Jim Kaat to be guest co-host this year
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Happy 1st Oyster-versary!
Spoto’s celebrates its first year
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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 2/ISSUE 22
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Back in time
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014
Martin gets ready for Citizens Growth Management Forum Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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MARTIN COUNTY — There’s always a lot of talk about the Martin County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, commonly called the “comp plan.” As the county heads into elections, two county commission seats are up for grabs — 2 and 4. Palm City’s Donna Melzer, chairwoman of the Martin County Conservation Alliance, said voters will get a chance
to better understand the comp plan’s role in protecting the county from overdevelopment at the 14th annual Citizens Growth Management Forum. “This coming election will have a huge impact on our comp plan and people need to know that,” she said. “They need to know what questions to ask candidates.” The forum will be on Saturday, April 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Robert Morgade Library, 5851
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Snyder drafts county in fight against meth Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Lorrianna Colozzo of Palm City made a musical contribution to the 1960s-era singing ‘Born Free’ to celebrate Stuart’s Centennial during the ‘Century in Review’ at the Lyric Theatre Saturday, March 29. The event was presented by the Woman’s Club of Stuart and the Stuart Heritage Museum.
MARTIN COUNTY — Sheriff William Snyder paints a very ugly picture of methamphetamine. For good reason — nothing about it is anything but ugly. On Thursday, March 27, the Sheriff hosted a town-hall
meeting, “The Faces of Meth: What You Should Know about the Growing Meth Problem in Our Community” at the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. “You want to know what a meth lab looks like?” he asked the audience. Behind him was a projected picture of a sports-drink bot-