Residents in a southwest Florida community are keeping their eyes focused on Tallahassee this legislative session as a bill being considered there would give them the opportunity to head to the polls and decide whether or not Estero should become Florida’s newest incorporated village.
A family from Pensacola is working to change an ordinance that would have forced them to find another home for their pet pot-bellied pig named Buttercup.
Gainesville – Sarah Boston, D.V.M., D.V.Sc., waited four weeks for pathology test results to confirm that she had thyroid cancer. As a veterinary surgical oncologist at the University of Florida, her animal patients typically have these results in four days.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is holding six meetings around the state to take public input on the department’s water quality assessment and restoration priorities during the next two years. One of the six meetings will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., March 13, at the FDEP Northwest District Office, 160 W. Government Street, Pensacola.
Construction of a new snorkeling reef began Feb. 27 in Perdido Key. The artificial reef is located near a public access area off Sandy Key Drive. Funded by the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST), construction is expected to be complete within the next few days.
Hurlburt Field – Master Sgt. Ronnie Brickey, United States Air Force Special Operations School Force Protection Branch NCO in charge, received his second Purple Heart during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field Feb. 20 for wounds received in action as an explosive ordinance disposal technician in Iraq.
Duke Field – Col. David Tabor took command of the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center during an assumption of command ceremony at Duke Field, Feb. 27.
Shortly after U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman Master Sgt. Josh Gavulic died in a training exercise Feb. 21 in Elroy, Ariz., members of the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Association established a fund for his family.
