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The owner of a rental house sees electric current in a line and randomly shuts off power to a home. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.
The goal at the end of the year for the Cooper City Optimist Colts cheer program is to compete in the American Youth Football League Cheer Championship,
The Cooper City Colts 8U club enjoyed a successful outing as road warriors when they traveled to the Pompano Eagles nest to squeak out an exciting 28-22 victory in AYFL action.
Sea turtles at risk after Florida agency limits permits, environmentalists warn
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Environmental activists with the Sea Turtle Oversight Protection, also known as STOP, said tensions with the state agency that oversees their activities could put the lives of endangered sea turtles at risk.
Richard WhiteCloud, the founder and director of the nonprofit organization, and Eliot Scarpetti, the organization’s zone leader in North Pompano, said saving disoriented sea turtle hatchlings has contributed to the protection of a species.
WhiteCloud said that during the last 14 years he has trained volunteers like Scarpetti to help guide hatchlings away from shoreline lights and toward the water. During the last six years, Scarpetti said he has saved about 5,000 sea turtles. STOP volunteers have saved more than 250,000, WhiteCloud said.