March 28, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 3/14/2018

› A relatively unknown town in Florida has become a horse 'Disneyland' for the richest of the rich
To most of the country, the name "Wellington, Florida," doesn't mean anything. However, to a certain elite group that ranges from Olympians to the children of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Springsteen, the small town has become a magnet that draws thousands of people every winter.

› Florida restaurateur raises $182K for school massacre survivors, victims' families
Restaurateur and horse trainer Carlo Vaccarezza, whose sons Michael and Nicholas survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, raised $182,254 in a fundraiser to benefit the school at his Boca restaurant, Frank and Dino's.

› Why Hillsborough’s record tourism year may help build a Rays ballpark in Ybor City
For the first time, visitors staying overnight in Hillsborough County hotels, motels and other short-term rentals spent more than $600 million in a calendar year. The record-setting year means Hillsborough is now a "high-impact tourism" county.

› Florida keeping eye out for invasive pest that’s caused real stink elsewhere
Twenty years after showing up in Allentown, Penn., the brown marmorated stinkbug has spread to more than 40 states, including Florida. But luckily for Floridians, it doesn’t seem as if they’re established here — yet.

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