Gulf Stream News

Palm Beach County may tack on another new fee, this time for draining away stormwater, to try to head off budget troubles and address pollution concerns.

Charlie Crist has capitalized on huge campaign finance advantages to win three statewide elections in the past decade, and he's off to a quick start in his latest campaign.

Flavia Milano has listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 1465 N. Ocean Blvd.

An Open Letter to Senators Menendez and Lautenberg, The current government health care proposal before the Senate should be voted down.

Climate change activists converged on the beach with the number 350 painted across banners, signs and T-shirts on Saturday, joining thousands of other campaigners worldwide who hope to persuade decision-makers that 350 parts per million is the right goal for curbing carbon emissions.

Fort Myers Police Officers are searching for a suspect related to a Friday night drug bust.

Police departments and Sheriff's offices throughout the state are slimming their ranks to make due with less money.

This week's ride is a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta GLI owned by Dave Peregrim of Scranton.

County/Region: Miami-Dade county FL / Miami-Dade Year built: 1985 Builder: N/A Square footage: 1,250 sq.

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A Sola Media presentation, in association with MTN Movies, Filmsat59, the Save Our Seas Foundation, supported by Filmstiftung NRW, Austrian Film Institute, ORF -- Austrian Broadcasting Corp., in co-production with Tradewind Pictures, Allegro Film, of a Big Wave and Film & Music Entertainment production.

Cold ocean cyclones can reduce hurricane intensity and activity In a new study, a team of scientists has found that cool water upwellings occurring within ocean cyclones following alongside and behind hurricanes are sometimes strong enough to reduce the strength of hurricanes as they cross paths.

The Miami Science Museum has unveiled an ultramodern conceptual design for its planned new downtown home that wraps a series of layered outdoor terraces around a big Gulf Stream aquarium and a striking new planetarium orb overlooking Biscayne Boulevard.

Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. Sarasota Mayor Richard Clapp tends to be a man of few words.

A federal jury began deliberating Thursday in the first trial over claims that government-issued trailers exposed Gulf Coast hurricane victims to potentially hazardous fumes.

The First Alert Weather Center is tracking the remnants of "Fred", a once powerful hurricane.

Twenty-eight people claim in a lawsuit that a now-defunct credit union and a slew of players in the Lee County real estate industry - including investment guru Russ Whitney - defrauded them into taking out illegal loans to buy houses at bloated prices.

An iconic symbol of the City of Marathon recently received a boost in visibility.

For more than 20 years, Butch told stories while he worked as a guide and photographer in the Everglades before moving to Suwannee County.

The beginning of September signals a big shift in the direction of the year. Day length is dramatically shortening, ambient temperatures, especially at night are dropping and there are signs everywhere in the natural world of great change.