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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Pensacola still working to collect more than 21,000 recycling cans
Pensacola residents who still have a Pensacola recycling can are being urged to leave their cans at the curb so the city can collect them. The city is working to collect more than 21,000 recycling cans now that the city's curbside recycling program is over. The city officially ended its curbside recycling program as of Oct. 1, and the city's plan was to pick up all recycling cans during the last recycling pick-up in September.
› A woman's story reflects the rise of homelessness in Central Florida
After 10 years of being homeless, Angelique Miller is grateful for her small apartment. Her new home is in west Orlando, about five minutes east of Pine Hills — every corner is clean and tidy. Were it not an air mattress in her bedroom, a rug in the living room, a chest in the kitchen, and a few boxes, the 513-square-foot unit is mostly empty. The 55-year-old military widow said her life didn’t always look like this.
› Miami-Dade schools struggling with teacher vacancies
The Miami-Dade County Public Schools system is currently facing about 208 teacher vacancies. The most needed areas are Exceptional Student Education and the higher high school math and science classes such as algebra 2, calculus, physics and chemistry, said Elmo Lugo, public schools’ media relations director. Recruitment efforts are always ongoing through the public schools’ website, as well as partnerships with Miami Dade College and Florida International University, he said.
› Tampa Bay Water pushes conservation amid limited rainfall
Dry weather has triggered a warning from the region’s supplier of drinking water. “Conserve water, know your watering days and don’t be wasteful,” said Chuck Carden, general manager of Tampa Bay Water. Carden delivered that message to the Hillsborough County Commission Wednesday, a day after the utility similarly urged the public to step up conservation efforts.
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