Port Salerno News

FIREWORKS. TWIN LAKES. Call #: 12127650

The arrival of Memorial Day weekend always has Treasure Coast boaters and anglers planning on plenty of time on the water.

Ayla, a 9-year-old black Labrador, sat still as she was petted by residents of Parkway Health & Rehab Center in Stuart - no licking, no jumping on laps, no barking.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON. CORAWIN COVE. Call #: 12118575

A moist, unstable air mass continues to hover over South Florida. In fact, the National Weather Service issued two tornado warnings early Thursday morning between 1:45 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. for Martin and St.

If hunger is such a problem on the Treasure Coast , why are so many of the region's poor overweight? It's a question that surfaces every time the issue of hunger and its significant impact comes up here, where nearly one in five residents is "food insecure," not knowing where they'll get their next meal.

DEBORAH SILVER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Seventh-grader Rosie Kissel practices with the Murray Middle School Symphonic Band during class Monday afternoon at the Port Salerno school.

Martin County High School's OPUS and Combined Choir will perform their spring concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Stuart Baptist Church, 1950 N.W. U.S. 1 in Stuart.

Martin County School Board member Laurie Gaylord submitted her letter of resignation Friday afternoon so that she can run for the district's superintendent of schools.

DEBORAH SILVER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Lisa Fricke of Stuart paints along with about 20 other volunteers Tuesday during Women Build Day in Port Salerno.

Sandsprit Park, one of the county's most popular areas for fishermen, boaters and picnickers, will be closed May 14-18 so the parking lot can be repaved and restrooms can be repainted, Martin County officials said Monday.

I was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Martin County Republican Executive Committee at Pirate's Loft in Port Salerno.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS James Snyder , of Stuart, reacts to graduating with an Associate in Arts degree in anthropology during Indian River State College's 2012 spring commencement ceremony Friday at Digital Domain Park in Port St.