Provided by: Tara Martin

Americans have recognized the month of May as "Older Americans Month" since 1963 when President John F. Kennedy declared the month to increase awareness and support for individuals living beyond the age of 65." Today, one in six Americans is age 60 years or older. While most older Americans are active members of their families and communities, others are at risk of...
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Provided by: pamela hope levin

Joseph Wachtel, Holocaust sculptor, 1914-2008 Joseph Wachtel of Lake Worth, whose sculptures are displayed at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, died June 7 of cancer. He was 94. Wachtel was born and raised in the Ukraine. During World War II, he joined a group of partisans who fought the Nazis alongside the Russians. Wach...
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Provided by: Terry Barth, FSO-PA

Mark your calendars for May 17th to attend the Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce Open House. This is an opportunity for the public to visit the station, learn valuable boating safety information and meet the men and women who protect and serve the Treasure Coast. Along with tours of Coast Guard cutters, interactive displays, Search and Rescue demonstrations, safe boati...
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Provided by: Rolf Snyder

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. LUCIE COUNTY RECYCLING SALUTES CAPT. MICHAEL HOWARD WITH THE NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND - St. Lucie County's Solid Waste Department salutes Capt. Michael Howard of the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum for his efforts in starting a recycling program on North Hutchinson Island. "After months of unsuccessful attempts to place a paper...
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Provided by: Jane Donlon

I'm a shell collector. My foyer, dining room, pool patio and garden? Yes, shells. Inside I have brandy snifters standing on tables proudly displaying whelks, eared arks, cones, lettered olives, murexes, drills, scotch bonnets and many varieties of scallops, to name only a few of what one can find there. Out in the garden, shells enhance the statue of a young lad car...
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