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St. Lucie West • Tradition
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Your Independent Local Community Newspaper
Vol. 1 / Issue 4
Friday, November 30, 2012
Local agency dedicated to improving senior health set to celebrates 40 years By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer The Council on Aging of St. Lucie’s Meals on Wheels program has been serving healthy meals to seniors on the Treasure Coast for close to 40 years. But the program means much more to its clients than just a balanced portion of food -- it’s emotional nutrition for the more than 450 seniors it serves on a daily basis, program representatives said. “The program is absolutely vital, especially for home-bound seniors,” Daphne Stewart, a nutrition program manager said. “Quite a few of our clients don’t have family or friends in the area.” “We serve wholesome and nutritious hot meals. It’s also import-
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Nicole Rodriguez/staff writer Volunteer Meals on Wheels delivery driver Jordan Connors makes a Monday stop at the home of Albert Palmieri Sr., 82. “I enjoy giving back to my community a couple of times a month,” Connors said. “I might be the only person some people on my route see that day.”
New road provides a vital outlet for one Tradition neighborhood
High-tech fingerprint reader makes it easy to identify habitual offenders
By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
Tradition — One neighborhood just south of Crosstown Parkway and west of I-95 finally has a second outlet to enter and exit their community, city officials said. Prior to the road’s addition, residents on Southwest Fairgreen Road had to use Gatlin Boulevard and Import Drive as their lone entrance and exit from their homes, city spokesman Ed Cunningham said. Many residents used a dirt path to enter Crosstown Parkway, Cunningham said. The makeshift pathway is freshly paved and is now an extension of Southwest Fairgreen Drive to Crosstown Parkway. “There was one way in and one way out,” Cunningham said. “It was a safety concern for emergency vehicles to get into the neighborhood.” “Residents and emergency vehicles had to travel
Port St. Lucie police are using innovative gadgets to get instant results on potential offenders. And in the last three weeks alone, three arrests were made thanks to the technology. Police said during the past couple of years, a fingerprint reader has helped officers to immediately identify suspected law-breakers who provide fake identification or false names. The force uses 30 of the machines, which are doled out mostly to traffic officers and crime scene investigators, Master Sergeant Frank Sabol said. Fingerprints scanned by the reader are sent instantly to the Federal Department of Law Enforcement’s national data base. In just minutes, the results are back and the suspected law-breaker is identified, Sabol said.
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