DUNEDIN â City Manager Jennifer Bramley called the celebration May 13 for the cityâs acquisition of the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property a âbig day for all of us â the birds, the bees and the flowers and the trees.â
She went on a lot of boat tours on Jerry Lake by the east parcel until she found out that one of the inhabitants was a 9-foot alligator, she said, in jest.
âKeep an eye on my back as I do this presentation,â she said, drawing laughter.
City and county officials, local residents, donors and members of various conservation groups and others attended the ceremony on site of the 44-acre property.
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Tallahassee city commissioners Curtis Richardson and Jack Porter have joined 25 other elected officials from across Florida in opposing an energy preemption bill. It would strip away local government’s ability ban or restrict the types of fuels utilities use to power customer’s homes and businesses.
Local governments wouldn t be able to ban or restrict the types of fuels utilities use to power customer s homes and businesses under a bill that has cleared its last House committee stop. Those powers would be preempted to the state. Rep. Josie Tomkow (R-Auburndale) is sponsoring the House bill. She wants to prevent local governments from banning natural gas as a fuel utilities can use to power buildings. Tomkow points to Pinellas, Miami, and Tampa as areas that attempted to ban natural gas.
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DUNEDIN â In a letter dated Jan. 22, Eric MacNeill, president of the Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation, announced the cancellation of the 2021 Dunedin Highland Games and Festival. The event had been tentatively scheduled for April.
The Dunedin Highland Games & Festival, which traditionally is presented in early spring, was also canceled last year due to COVID-19. The event is a fundraiser for the foundation, attracting athletes and spectators from the United States and abroad. Participants compete in a variety of Scottish heavy athletics, such as the caber toss, sheaf toss, hammer throw, stone throw and weight over bar.
âWe had all hoped that by this time the restrictions on gatherings related to COVID-19 would be reducing,â MacNeill wrote in his letter. âSadly, that is simply not yet the case. While we were so proud to be able to successfully present the Dunedin Celtic Music Festival on a restricted scale back in November 2020, the magnitude of the Dunedin Highl
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