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› After tense meeting, Miami Dade College board unanimously picks interim president
After a disharmonious meeting among trustees, Miami Dade College’s board chose former provost and trustee Rolando Montoya as its interim president — the first unanimous vote held in the board’s quest to find a new president. Montoya’s name has never been publicly floated, nor was it included as an item on Thursday’s agenda
› Brooksville airport to get $6 million taxiway upgrade
An expensive and needed upgrade at the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport got approval from the Hernando County Commission on Tuesday. Commissioners accepted a $4.6 million grant through the Federal Aviation Administration to rehabilitate Taxiway A at the airport.
› Sarasota County child singer makes semifinals on ‘America’s Got Talent’
Sarasota County’s own aspiring young opera singer moved closer to potentially winning it all on “America’s Got Talent,” after stunning judges once again this week. Ten-year-old North Port resident Emmane Beasha advanced to the semifinals in Wednesday’s episode of the NBC talent competition series, currently in its 14th season.
› An Orlando bank lost her jewels. She sued and lost. And then they turned up — at an auction
It had been three years since Orange County teacher Jennifer Morsch’s lifetime of valuables mysteriously disappeared from her safe deposit box at a Chase bank on Dr. Phillips Boulevard. About $100,000 in jewelry, gold coins and cash were gone. A federal lawsuit Morsch filed against Chase questioning the reliability of bank safe deposit boxes had come and gone, with Chase winning the suit based on a statute of limitations provision.
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