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› Brevard civil rights martyrs finally having their moment 70 years after their murder
Harry and Harriette Moore were killed when a bomb exploded beneath their Mims home on Christmas Day, 1951. For a brief moment — perhaps nowhere briefer than Brevard County itself — the murders of the two schoolteachers and Black civil rights pioneers were big news, dominating headlines from Miami to New York. Then history promptly forgot them. Now, on the 70th anniversary of their deaths, that may all be starting to change.
› OUC’s giant, curving power plant tower in east Orange to get concrete makeover
The curvaceous and soaring towers of a power plant that stand as landmarks over east Orange County are not at risk of collapse. The Orlando Utilities Commission wants to make that really clear. The projected timeline for the towers, one nearly 26 years old and the other 35, leaves them as landscape fixtures for another 20 years or so.
› North Port shifts some government services online in light of rising COVID-19 numbers
The city of North Port is making temporary changes in how people can interact with staff at City Hall, in response to the COVID-19 positivity rate in the area exceeding 11%. Starting Jan. 3, access to the Building, Utilities, Code Enforcement, Economic Development, and Planning/Zoning Divisions will be online only. City Hall will remain open but access to one-on-one interaction with staff will be restricted.
› Florida Payday loan scheme bilks investors out of millions, SEC says
The owner of a Miami-based payday loan company bilked hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and repaid others with money he acquired from a Ponzi scheme, according to a newspaper report and federal regulators.
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