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Who’s Who of Florida economic development will be at upcoming summit Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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MARTIN COUNTY — Gray Swoope, Jesse Panuccio, Chris Hart, Melissa Medley, Andrew Corty. They’re not household names, but among the Sunshine State’s economic-development circles, they are in demand. “It’s hard to get all these folks
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together,” Tim Dougher, executive director of the Business Development Board of Martin County, said. They’ll be together at the board’s inaugural Martin County Economic Summit, Partners for a Stronger Florida. That’ll be on Wednesday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Indian River
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Students invited to ‘BYOD’ Staff writer
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MARTIN COUNTY — School is a hotspot these days. The wi-fi is ready at the Martin County School District for the about 19,000 students to tap with PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS
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their notebook and tablet computers, depending completely on what each of the schools say about who may use them and when. “We said to the schools, you kind of have to come up with
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Spectators and staff members at Sailfish Splash Waterpark in Stuart watch to see if their duck will be one of the 1,000 to finish the trip through the lazy river for the inaugural duck derby Saturday, Aug. 2. The ticket purchases benefit the facility’s water safety training program for children.
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