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A frost warning was issued as far as Tallahassee. November 30, 2021, 2:27 pm • Read for 4 minutes Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send this article via email The south is bitterly cold, with states from Florida to Georgia experiencing wind showers in the 1930s. The wind chill – as it feels – dropped to 24 degrees in Raleigh, 36 in Atlanta, 31 in Charleston and 32 in Montgomery, Alabama on Tuesday morning. A frost warning was issued as far as Tallahassee, where the wind is 36 degrees cold. Wind chill dropped to 18 degrees in Boston and 29 degrees in New York City on Tuesday morning. Bundled up for cold weather, an early morning dog walker walks in the wind, framed by the Hyannis Yacht Club dock in Hyannis, Massachusetts, November 23, 2021. Mild air will thaw the east coast through Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to hit the mid to upper 50 degrees in Boston and New York City and near 60 degrees in Philadelphia and Washington, DC Mean...

NAPLES, Florida. , November 29, 2021 / PRNewswire / – PPD Investments is actively searching for land in the Southwest Florida to build more of its multi-family home brand. The new development spurt of PPD follows two successful projects in the region. The coat of arms at Bonita Springs and The Crest at Naples were recently completed and are fully rented to the Naples Project that will be added to the legacy portfolio of PPD Investments as part of a 10-year refinancing with Nationwide. PPD is recruiting for the next wave of multi-family projects Bonita Springs – specifically Bonita Beach Road – and Naples . In addition, PPD continues to expand its search along the coast, from Sarasota to Tampa . “We want long-term properties that we can add to the legacy portfolio of PPD Investments,” said the founder of PPD Investments Pablo diego called. “These properties are not traded.” PPD’s pipeline for 2021-22 includes Georgia P...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sought to reassure Americans on Monday about the latest COVID-19 variant, describing it as “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.” Biden did not announce any new travel restrictions or other federal actions during his brief remarks from the White House. Instead, he urged Americans to get a booster shot to increase their immunity against COVID-19 — and to be patient while scientists gather more data on what exactly the new omicron variant will mean. “We have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we’re learning more every single day,” Biden said. “We’ll fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion.” The White House already  had restricted travel from eight nations, including South Africa, which first identified the new variant, described as omicron. Other countries  also have restricted travel  as cases involving the new variant have been detected...

Tallahassee has a poverty rate of 27.1%, double the national average, down from 18.2% in 2000. The FSU boosters have no poverty rate. However, the Interstate Blueprint Agency stands ready to vote “yes” to fund the $ 6.5 million transfer of $ 20 million in blueprint funds to FSU Boosters to redesign Doak Campbell Stadium. What is the justification for the FSU Foundation to proclaim $ 957 million worth of assets? Blueprint funds come from everyone in Leon County. Every single purchase we make in Leon County has an additional 1% sales tax approved by our vote. The intention to tax ourselves has been widely portrayed and perceived as improving infrastructure and economic development. We paved our streets, planted trees in the median and saw new bike paths. We saw how parks were created. We know that rainwater runoff and flooding have been mitigated. We have new clinics. We have amazon (s) coming to our little town. But the “trickle down” did not reach the 27.1%. The food ...

An annual average of around 6,000 pedestrians are killed in car accidents and a further 137,000 are hospitalized. Pedestrian accidents can have devastating consequences, especially when pedestrians are hit by high-speed vehicles. For those in southwest Florida looking to avoid a pedestrian accident, there are a few statistics to keep in mind: • Almost half of all pedestrian accidents are in some way related to alcohol – About 47% of pedestrian accidents, on average, are in some way related to alcohol. Either the pedestrian is under the influence of alcohol while walking the streets of Southwest Florida, or the driver of the vehicle was alcoholic before he got behind the wheel. Avoiding too much alcohol while walking on local streets and avoiding alcohol while driving a car is a very effective way to avoid a pedestrian accident. • Children and the elderly are most at risk – When it comes to the demographics of those involved in pedestrian accidents, 20% of pedestr...

Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News LOS ANGELES — Christopher Manzo, a boy with curly brown hair and bright-blue-and-yellow glasses, has lived a third of his five years at home because of the pandemic. And he is more than ready for kindergarten. Hand in hand with his mother, Martha Manzo, he walks into the Blind Children’s Center, a low-rise building nestled among apartment complexes in East Hollywood. In the brightly colored hallway, filled with paintings of animals, Manzo kneels to hug Christopher before he scurries unsteadily to his cubby. “God take care of you and be with you,” she says. “And have fun.” Born with congenital hydrocephalus that damaged his brain and left him with severely impaired vision, cognitive difficulties and a lack of coordination, Christopher hasn’t missed only school the past 18 months — he’s missed out on a host of vital occupational, physical and language therapies, as well as socialization with other kids. At home, Christopher couldn’t loo...

LABEL, FL. – Hendry and Glades County’s health authorities welcome Dr. Nancy Witham as the new medical director. Dr. Witham has a lifelong interest in public health. She has lived in southwest Florida since 1992 and has founded a small children’s clinic in LaBelle. During her time at LaBelle, she worked closely with the Hendry County School Board and the establishment of the Hendry County’s Healthy Kids program – one of the first in the state! She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine (now the Perelman School of Medicine). She received her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania). Dr. Witham has served her community and country her entire life. During her time as a pediatrician in primary care, she looked after many children from the Hendry and Glades counties. She said she was thrilled to be able to continue helping them in an...

The Miami Dolphins will need to do some house cleaning this coming off season. Here are 5 players who may not come back in 2022 No matter how successful the second half of the season was for the Miami Dolphins, the problems in the first eight weeks were glaring. Enough that there is likely to be some house cleaning done in the upcoming off-season. Problems seem to start at the top, so it’s unclear whether GM Chris Grier and head coach Brian Flores will make the decisions this spring. But whatever regime is in place through 2022, they will certainly have their hands full with their upcoming squad decisions. There have been loads of overwhelming cast members for the Dolphins this season, many of whom would make the team smart. Here are five players who are unlikely to be returning to Miami for the next season: Miami Dolphins Eric Rowe (Photo by Mark Brown / Getty Images) Eric Rowe A guy who played a key role in the success of the Miami Dolphins defense last year co...

Florida’s city centers, small towns, neighborhoods, and historic cities light up each year during the holidays. Some are city sponsored events while other neighbors decorate their own homes for others to drive by or walk through. Many last a few weeks, usually between Thanksgiving and New Years. But St. Augustine’s Nights of Lights lasts more than two months and runs from November 20th through January 31st. Each is unique and worth the trip to visit those near where you live or your vacation season. Night of Lights in historic St. Augustine Named one of the Top 10 Displays in the World by National Geographic, Nights of Lights in St. Augustine is located in our back yard. From November 20 to January 31, the historic city will dazzle visitors with white lights in Plaza de la Constitucion, along the bay and in other parts of downtown. This is the 28th year of the display, which includes millions of white lights. Everything starts on Saturday, November 20th wi...

Story links Notes on the NCAA XC National Championship THE BASICS Oklahoma State Cross Country travels to Tallahassee, Florida to compete in the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 20. Both the men’s and women’s teams are in the top six en route to the national championships and will look to collect more hardware after winning the Big 12 championships on October 29th in Stillwater. Run it back The third-placed Cowboys are close to their second win in a row at the Midwest Regional. All seven cowboy runners (Ryan Smeeton, Alex Maier, Victor Shitsama, Shea Foster, Rory Leonard, Isai Rodriguez and Ryan Schoppe) all finished as all-region runners. The sixth-placed cowgirls automatically qualified for the Nationals after finishing second in the Regionals. The Big 12 Champions travel to Tallahassee with three All-Region finishers (Taylor Roe, Molly Born and Gabby Hentemann) and want to fight for the trophie...

Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book was not in attendance Wednesday at a caucus meeting with colleagues. She also was gone when senators debated and voted on special session legislation in the Florida Senate chamber that evening. It’s still not entirely clear why so many Senate Democrats failed to attend a caucus meeting earlier in the day. But Book was marked as “excused” during the special session in the Senate chamber Wednesday evening, according to legislative records, when members voted on key initiatives that Republicans approved related to COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. The Phoenix contacted her office multiple times, but has yet to receive a response. In addition, state Sen. Loranne Ausley was excused . She represents several North Florida counties. Members of the Senate caucus met Wednesday before the special session in the Florida Capitol, with only nine members out of 16 in attendance. The situation was troublesome to some lawmakers who were focused on l...

Gov. Ron DeSantis affixed his signature Thursday to four bills designed to countermand President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccine mandates, one day after the Legislature approved the package during a hastily organized special session. He did so during a raucous press conference at an auto dealership in Brandon — a locale seemingly calculated to needle a president who’s become the target of a popular right-wing cheer: “Let’s go Brandon.” You can read the history of the rude origins of that meme here . “I think Brandon, Fla., is a great American city,” DeSantis said. The crowd cheered and repeated the Brandon chant. “We’re proud to be able to make a stand for freedom in Brandon, Fla.,” the governor said. Meanwhile, Attorney General Ashley Moody — who joined DeSantis for the news conference, along with House Speaker Chris Sprowls, Senate President Wilton Simpson, and sponsors of the legislation at issue — filed a new lawsuit targeting one of Biden’s mandates, the one for health care ...

Camryn Pierce, Journey Cook and Kambrie Karvis, students in a homeschool group, view exhibits during a museum visit. PERMITTED PHOTO / THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND COHEN EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The reading of the “Diary of Anne Frank” by students of the Golden Gate Middle School in 1997 led to the creation of a classroom exhibition entitled “Out of the Ashes”, which is now the Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center of. emerged from Southwest Florida. So it was. Michelle Lee and other language teachers had assigned the reading to their students. They asked social studies teacher David Bell to provide background information on the Holocaust that claimed millions of lives during Hitler’s Nazi regime. I had the privilege of doing an Education Channel TV interview with Mr. Bell in his classroom in 2000. He told me that “Words did not do justice to the Holocaust. So I let my students reach out to the world to ask about Holocaust artif...

NAPLES, Florida – Mysterious murals are popping up in public places in Naples and now the mural artist is leaving clues on social media to find the new paintings. Nick Rapp has lived half his life in Naples, but he’s always been artistic. “I was more of a public artist who made bigger pieces,” said Rapp. “It’s really like a big part of my life.” Rapp and his brother paint many of the murals. Your art group is called “Lucid Gardens”. Her latest mural is on the side of a building in Naples. In a social media post, Rapp posted the notes “Coffee, gardenias, by the water” so that the residents could follow the breadcrumbs to find the new work of art. “It would be cool to find places where we can hide small works of art behind buildings, like scavenger hunts for them,” said Rapp. “You see it popping up everywhere and eventually you find out who it is.” The latest mural is in the Gardenia building, w...

Sports / golf / Yuka Saso finished third in episode 73 and turns 48 in Naples Yuka Saso finished third in episode 73 and turns 48 in Naples Yuka Saso (AFP) Yuka Saso carded over par 73 for the third straight day and finished 48th in the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida on Sunday. The Fil-Japanese fought with three bogeys against two birdies for a total of 285 four rounds, 20 strokes behind the eventual champion Jin Young Ko. The Fil-Japanese started the tournament in style, firing a 66 with eagle support, but failed the next three rounds and settled for $ 16,613 (around 800,000 pence). Jin’s victory has now earned her $ 1.5 million (around 50.6 million pesos). Jin broke free of a four-way tie after three rounds with an explosive bogey-free 63 on the final round, highlighted by nine birdies. The Korean sensation ended with a 23-under 265 after previous rounds of 69, 67 and 66. Jin underlined her performance by shooting...

Editor’s Note – The following information was obtained from official government websites. Tallahassee city The city of Tallahassee will open on Thursday and Friday, April 25-26. November, the Thanksgiving holiday. The following are the schedule changes for the week of November 21-27 for solid waste customers living within the city limits of Tallahassee (blue week), StarMetro, the Animal Service Center and city-run community centers. Garbage and recycling collection During the holiday week, some household, recycling, bulky and garden waste customers will be served a day later than their regular service. Monday customers ► No change Tuesday customers ► No change Wednesday customers ► No change Thursday customers ► Friday, November 26th Friday customers ► Saturday, November 27th Rubbish and recycling bins should be rolled behind the curb by 6.30 a.m. on the day of collection and returned home no later than the day after collection. Bulky items and g...

“At the request of the local prosecutor, Administrative Judge Heidi Davis dismissed the indictments of Ernest Thomas and Samuel Shepherd, who were fatally shot by law enforcement, and set aside the convictions and sentences of Charles Greenlee and Walter Irvin. The men known as the Groveland Four, who ranged from 16 to 26 at the time, were accused of raping a woman in the central Florida town of Groveland in 1949.” Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s clemency board gave pardons in January 2019 to the “Groveland Four”– Black men wrongly accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in Lake County in 1949. But despite the pardons, the case was still not over for the four men, now deceased  – Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ernest Thomas. In late October, State Attorney William Gladson, of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida, announced that he had filed motions to dismiss the indictments of Thomas and Shepherd; set aside judgments and sentences of Greenlee and ...

Five people are dead and more than 40 injured after an SUV plowed through the crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade Sunday afternoon. Waukesha schools were closed for the day on Monday, with additional school counselors available at all school buildings for students who needed support. “At this time we are working with the police department to more fully comprehend all of the tragic details of this unfortunate event,” James Sebert, the Waukesha schools superintendent, said in a statement. “A decision for school on Tuesday will be made during the day on Monday.” Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday as a mark of respect for the victims of the tragedy. On Sunday evening Evers released a statement saying, “Kathy and I are praying for Waukesha tonight and all the kids, families, and community members affected by this senseless act. I’m grateful for the first responders and folks who acted quickly to help, and we are in contact with local partner...

“I think soul food starts with the sun,” said David Ritchey. Ritchey, 32, runs a five-acre farm in Quincy with girlfriend Angelique Taylor. The duo’s aim is to heal the soil and convey the importance of economic sustainability to others. “When I eat food fresh from the garden, I feel like I am eating the energy that the food metabolized before I ate it,” he said. They grow seasonal and perennial crops like kale, African spinach, tomatoes, and buckwheat to sell in the community’s farmers markets, including the Frenchtown Farmers Market in Tallahassee on Saturdays. Your harvests form the basis for a soul food dish, the highlight of South African cuisine. Thanksgiving: Project Annie is cooking and seeking help with the community’s Thanksgiving meal in 2021 Restaurants: How to order: Some Tallahassee restaurants will remain open for Thanksgiving Sweet potato cake: Eyes on the cakes: sweet potato dessert rounds off a Southern Thanksgi...