All the Ways to Enjoy Florida, in or on the Water
If any state can claim to have just as much water to enjoy as land, it’s Florida. Visiting the state without enjoying its waters from rivers to springs to swamps to the sparkling Atlantic Ocean would be missing the point entirely. Here, we take a look into a few of the main ways to enjoy Florida by water, no matter whether you’re a thrill-seeker or happy to just float.
Beaches A view of sunset over Clearwater Beach’s sugar sands. (Channaly Philipp/The Epoch Times)
Florida has 663 miles of beaches, so visitors can take their pick from crowded and commercialized to hidden, wild places tucked away in preserves and parks. Thanks to the state’s peninsular shape, no matter where you are in Florida, you’re never more than a couple hours from the nearest beach.
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Voters show strong preference for mail-in ballots March 9, 2021 at 6:45 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 6:55 PM
Voters in municipal elections across Palm Beach County once again showed a strong preference for mail-in ballots.
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link said Tuesday that a vast majority of voters opted to do so by mail.
By late Tuesday afternoon, more than 70% of the votes cast were by mail-in ballots.
Vote-by-mail was widely popular in the presidential election in November, and some election officials had predicted its popularity would continue. We are going to see an increase in vote-by-mail, but I don t know that it ll be this strong going forward, Sartory Link said. I think we still are dealing we still have a pandemic, and so people, I think, are still taking advantage of the vote-by-mail because of that.
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No fishing signs removed from Blue Heron Bridge; city investigating
FDOT placed the signs in error but fishermen worried they ll come back Share Updated: 6:25 PM EST Feb 24, 2021
FDOT placed the signs in error but fishermen worried they ll come back Share Updated: 6:25 PM EST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript TERRI: THE LATEST IS THE SIGNS ARE NOW GONE BUT SOME OF THE FISHERMEN ARE WORRIED THAT THEY MAY RETURN, SOME OF THE DIVERS ARE HOPING THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY SAY THE FISHING CREATES A DANGER NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT FOR THE FISH UNDERNEATH THE WATER. FOR YEARS, FISHERMEN AND DIVERS HAVE HAD AN UNEASY TRUCE OVER THE UNDERWATER PARADISE BENEATH THE BLUE HERON BRIDGE. CLEARLY, IT’S THE MOST POPULAR DIVE SITE IN NORTH AMERICA. TERRI: AND IT’S A LONG TIME GREAT FISHING SPOT. BUT UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER LANA SMITHSON WORRIES ABOUT THE IMPACT FROM FISHING, SHE’S BEEN COLLECTING FISHING DEBRIS. FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE POLLUT