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Friday s Afternoon Update | 2/12/2021
Spring Break in a pandemic? Florida still expects a crowd
Spring Break, that booze-filled rite of passage for stir crazy college coeds, might be dead on arrival this year thanks to the coronavirus. But some wary Florida leaders aren’t counting on it. The thought of thousands of mask-free college students mingling on the sand the way they did last year just when the deadly pandemic was taking hold has some officials talking of curfews and maybe even beach closings to prevent another surge. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Some jobless Floridians must resubmit unemployment paperwork to keep receiving benefits
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Water management district suing owners of dig site criticized by Nikki Fried
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TAVARES The St. Johns River Water Management District has filed suit against the owners of an 80-acre dig site in Sorrento in an operation first criticized by Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in November.
Kirk and Stephen Leiffer, as trustees of the C & K Family Trust, are violating an administrative order to stop collecting dirt on the 80-acre White Water Farms, the circuit civil suit filed Wednesday claims.
White Water leases the land from the Leiffers and the trust.
The Leiffers signed a $2.2 million contract with SEMA Construction for 700,000 cubic yards of fill dirt. About 200,000 cubic yards has been excavated so far, according to the water district. Digging began in April.
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