ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
“We’ve got to get along and find that middle ground to get something done.’” Congressman Patrick Murphy
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 1/ISSUE 48
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013
Vitalia grows in grandeur Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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TRADITION — Developers of Vitalia at Tradition broke ground on the community’s expansive clubhouse on a clear and bright day last week that could have easily made many meteorologists jobless in the Sunshine State. Slated for a mid-2014 completion, the extravagant 24,000-square-foot gathering area will embody what each resident is all about: fun, friends and family with a touch of luxury. “We worked very hard and very diligently, trying to work as closely with you guys as homeowners to understand what it is you want out of your community,” David
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A GALS’s gal
Norma Doody making a difference with Guardian ad Litem Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Vitalia residents Neecie Kablan, Cathy Powers, Kathy Pachuta, Diana Coutts, Julianna DiPasquale, Arlene Cohen and Vito Blancato made half of the Vitalia Singers to perform the National Anthem to celebrate the opening of the development’s new clubhouse as part of the next phase of the Vitalia community in Tradition.
Supporters and critics see very different Seven50 plans
Manatee students get congressional civics lesson
Patrick McCallister & Nicole Rodriguez
Nicole Rodriguez
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TREASURE COAST — To its critics, the Southeast Florida Regional Partnership’s Seven50 Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan is a usurpation of property rights and local government. To its supporters, it’s necessary regional planning for inevitable population growth that had widespread public contribution. The American Coalition 4 Property Rights, an advocacy organization formed to oppose the partnership, had a presentation about the developing
ST. LUCIE WEST — Amid a faltering fiscal house, the threat of strikes in Syria and a deteriorating waterway he’s desperately trying to save, U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter made a scheduled appearance at Manatee Academy K-8 last week. During his visit, Murphy explained the world’s tumultuous times and the inner workings of the federal government to the school’s seventh-grade students partaking in civics studies. “Unfortunately right now, as you might have
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