Jensen Beach News

It was a difficult year for many in Martin County, as news of record foreclosures and rising unemployment broke with each set of data released from local, regional and state officials.

DEBORAH SILVER deborah.silver@scripps.com Katie Wacha puts new sheets on a king-size bed in one of the eight rooms that she has at the Inn at Tilton Place in Jensen Beach on Tuesday.

The Treasure Coast Square Mall in Jensen Beach, Florida was fairly empty on the morning of Christmas Eve.

The Dizengoff-Trading Group, an Israeli-based trading and real estate development company, has completed its acquisition of Colonial Promenade Winter Haven, a 278,741 square-foot open-air shopping center, located at 303-399 Cypress Gardens Blvd.

Five Treasure Coast residents are suing AT&T BellSouth as part of a two-part legal initiative to get $1 billion in back pay and damages for up to 5,000 current and former lower-level managers of the nationwide telecommunications company, court records show.

Police said a crash victim followed a Jensen Beach man suspected of drunken driving and fleeing the scene of the wreck.

Authorities said they caught a man who robbed a Jensen Beach jewelry store Monday.

Seeing Santa Clause in Fort Pierce and Port Saint Lucie, Florida. There will be a Santa Clause at Santa's Christmas Tree Village on Friday and Saturday Night starting around 6 PM.

Martin County Library Director Donna Tunsoy, who helped lead a major expansion of the county's library system, is among 23 county employees who are leaving under the latest buyout program.

The Treasure Coast may be known for its pristine beaches and golf lifestyle - but nine Treasure Coast eateries could soon propel the region to being a culinary destination.

The Martin County Sheriff's Office has issued a Silver Alert for a 68-year-old with Alzheimer's. Police said they issued a Be On the Look Out for Guadalupe Garcia.

Christmas, Thanksgiving and Chanukah rank as many people's favorite holidays. For me, it's Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving - which marks the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

The attack happened about 6 a.m. Thursday, according to a Martin County Sheriff's Office report.

But just think back to the heat wave a couple of weeks ago; and this beautiful "autumn" weather - highs around 80, lows in the 60s and breezes - that's supposed to continue through the weekend should be enough to get you out and about to some of these events.

William Albert Crowell, 44, of the 4100 block of Cinnamon Circle, was arrested 31 minutes after being suspected of handing the teller at the PNC Bank at 1021 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd.

A trio of Jensen Beach softball players celebrated together on Friday when they made their college choices official.

A suspect in a Jensen Beach bank robbery has been arrested, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

The question was posed to me earlier in the week over a corned beef hash and cheese omelet at Maria's Cafe in Stuart.

A 63-year-old woman was struck by a car and killed while out expercising this morning in Jensen Beach.

The woman was reportedly dead at the scene. Fire-rescue units were canceled. The accident happened in front of Langford Park in the area of Jensen Heights.