May 8, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/12/2017

› Central Florida businesses reopen despite curfews
Hurricane Irma’s wrath could only keep restaurants closed for so long. As winds died down Monday morning, restaurants reopened despite orders from county officials to stay closed.

› Pennsylvania conservationist now farms oysters in Florida
After a collapse in the mollusk population, many, including a few Lycoming County, PA natives, are farming oysters in a new wave of effort to bring back the industry that once was a staple of the Florida coast.

› As Hurricane Irma bore down, Tesla gave some Florida drivers more battery juice. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
As Florida residents fled Hurricane Irma over the weekend, some Tesla owners got a little surprise from the auto maker to help them get out of the danger zone.

› Leon County business owners support countywide curfew
Local businesses owners largely support the countywide curfew implemented to speed up recovery efforts and keep residents off roads littered with fallen trees and downed power lines.

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