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NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND – County officials announced today the precautionary boil water notice has been lifted for all St. Lucie County Utilities customers who reside on North Hutchinson Island.
The notice was issued Tuesday after a water main break.
If you have any questions, contact St. Lucie County Utilities at (772) 462-1150.
NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND – Due to a water main break, a precautionary boil water notice has been issued for all St. Lucie County Utilities customers who reside on the following streets on North Hutchinson Island:
* Atlantic Beach Boulevard
* Oak Drive
* Tamarind Drive
* North Ocean Drive
The St. Lucie County Utilities Department advises that any water used for drinking or cooking be boiled. A rolling boil of one minute is sufficient. Bottled water may be used as an alternative.
This precautionary boil water notice will remain in effect until further notice. If you have any questions, contact St. Lucie County Utilities at (772) 462-1150.
The Fort Pierce Utilities Authority is requesting that all customers located on South Hutchinson Island boil their water for 72 hours — until Sunday — after a contractor damaged a water main on Seaway Drive.
The advisory, issued before 9 a.m. on Thursday, is for 72 hours and began immediately. The boil water notice is in effect until Sunday.
Customers will need to boil all water used for drinking or cooking during this time period. Utilities authority officials said in a statement that they regret any inconvenience to customers.
TCPalm.com
PORT ST. LUCIE — Two months ago, Port St. Lucie Elementary’s writing tests went missing, only no one knew it.
The tests — about 100 of them — languished in the district offices, improperly packaged and grouped with other test materials.
School officials learned of the mistake Thursday when the state released the results of the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and nothing showed up for Port St. Lucie Elementary.
After a frantic 24-hour search and several email exchanges with the state Department of Education, school officials realized today the mistake was theirs, that the tests had never left the district offices. They were found, wrongly placed in a “Scholastic” box, today. (more…)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hosting open houses next week to answer questions about safety at Florida Power & Light Co.’s two nuclear plants.
NRC staff will be on hand starting at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Lucie nuclear plant’s FPL Energy Encounter building, 6501 S. AIA, Jensen Beach.
The Turkey Point nuclear plant open house is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Homestead City Hall.
In these tight times, pay cuts and layoffs are affecting all ranks of school district employees from office staff to administrators.
But during the 2007-08 fiscal year, more than 61 Treasure Coast school district administrators earned more than $100,000. Now, some of these top earners are bracing for budget cuts.
Treasure Coast school superintendents made top dollar with Indian River County Schools Superintendent Harry La Cava taking home the biggest paycheck at $192,750.
However, for the 2009-10 fiscal year, La Cava is volunteering to take a 10 percent cut from his base salary, which equals about $17,500.
“If everybody is taking some kind of hit, we’re right in the mix of it,” La Cava said.
FORT PIERCE — A jury says Lewis Barton owes Peter Angelos $63,797 for legal fees and other expenses from the two men’s court battle over Chuck’s Seafood.
The three-man, three-woman jury deliberated about 40 minutes after a one-day trial at the St. Lucie County Courthouse, reaching their decision late Wednesday evening.
Angelos bought the eatery on Seaway Drive on Hutchinson Island in 1986 and sold it to Barton in May 2004 for $1.45 million. However, when Barton failed to keep up payments, Angelos went to court to get the restaurant back, and after a seven-month legal battle, he did.
Acting as his own attorney, Barton admitted he owed Angelos some money, but not the nearly $75,000 Angelos was seeking.
By Tyler Treadway, TCPalm.com
FORT PIERCE – St. Lucie County officials, in conjunction with the St. Lucie County Fire District and Florida Division of Forestry, have implemented a county-wide burn ban effective immediately.
The burn ban applies to all non-permitted, outside burning and fireworks. Agricultural burning will be permitted on a case by case basis as authorized by the State Division of Forestry. The drought index for St. Lucie County is currently 672, out of 800. An index reading higher than 550 is considered extremely dry.
MARTIN COUNTY — Stuart resident Melissa Kinder tries to be professional at job interviews, but there has only been a few since her layoff almost a year ago from a local construction company office.
So in a recent interview, the 41-year-old woman really wanted to jump up and say, “For love of God I really need this job.” Her unemployment has run out. Food in the single woman’s refrigerator is from a friend. A Christmas gift card pays for gasoline.
And she didn’t get the job. “It’s difficult,” she said. (more…)
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