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What you need to know about Florida today
› Alachua County to begin "Scientists in Every Florida School" program
A new initiative will bring scientists into classrooms in Alachua County. The county will start the "Scientists in Every Florida School" program. The idea is to connect scientists with every K-12 public school in the area. Alachua County is 1 of 5 counties in Florida selected to participate in the first three years of the program.
› After sanctuary controversy and funding loss, Jacksonville-based Pit Sisters animal rescue to close
Pit Sisters, a Northeast Florida rescue group that has saved about 1,500 at-risk dogs over the past eight years, is shutting down. The news came after weeks of upheaval as Jen Deane, executive director and co-founder, unsuccessfully tried to establish a sanctuary on property she owned in Nassau County.
› Miami Beach Pop Festival has been postponed for 2019
The Miami Beach Pop Festival, the inaugural music bash set for Nov. 8-10 on the shorelines of South Beach, has been postponed, festival brass announced Tuesday morning. In a statement, organizers cited “unforeseen circumstances” for the scuttling of the first-time festival, a genre-bending bill topped by Chance the Rapper, Daddy Yankee, the Roots, Jack Johnson, Nacho, Leon Bridges, T-Pain, Damian Marley and Arcade Fire’s Win Butler.
› Florida Citrus Star Set to Retire From the Business
IMG Citrus, a family-owned, citrus grower, packer, importer/shipper has been a longtime fixture in Florida’s Indian River citrus-producing community, with impact well beyond. The Vero Beach-based company has announced the upcoming retirement of its Vice President, Veronique Sallin, after 40 years with the company. According to IMG officials, Sallin’s retirement will officially begin at the end of the 2019-2020 Florida citrus season.
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