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		<title>10th Annual Fun Fest</title>
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		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/10th-annual-fun-fest/</link>
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		<title>Momma Nature winning the game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Mother Nature and I are  having  a battle these days.
And of course, I’m losing.
I have always prided myself  on knowing that Mother Nature will always win the war, even though I  may win a battle or two along the way.
If we screw up this planet  enough, Mother Nature will just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/momma-nature-winning-the-game/</link>
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		<title>What’s next step without penny?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The state Legislature may  have put the brakes on Monroe County’s quest to get approval for a  one-cent additional sales tax to help it fund several hundred million  dollars in remaining wastewater upgrades, particularly for the northern  Lower Keys section from Lower Sugarloaf to Big Pine Key.
Some county officials had  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/what%e2%80%99s-next-step-without-penny/</link>
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		<title>Three Marathon locations serve minors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 27,  the  Sheriff’s Special Investigations Division conducted an undercover  operation checking businesses that sell alcohol in Marathon. Sixteen  businesses were checked using an underage undercover operative who  entered  the business and attempted to purchase an alcoholic beverage. The  businesses  included restaurants, convenience stores and bars. Three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/three-marathon-locations-serve-minors/</link>
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		<title>Drug drop off program now available in the Lower Keys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sheriff’s Office is  offering an environmentally friendly program to allow people to dispose  safely of no-longer-needed prescription drugs and other medications.  This program is now up and running in the Lower Keys and in the Upper  Keys. It will soon be offered county wide.
People living from Stock  Island to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/drug-drop-off-program-now-available-in-the-lower-keys/</link>
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		<title>Coll seeks to unseat Neugent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in three  election cycles, Republican District Two County Commissioner George  Neugent will face someone other than a perennial also-ran in the  upcoming  race to retain his seat.
Local businessman Danny Coll,   owner of Keys Medical Transport and NAPA Auto Parts on Big Pine Key  Wednesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/coll-seeks-to-unseat-neugent/</link>
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		<title>FEMA: NOEnclosure inspection program will stay in place until end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It came as no surprise last  week that Federal Emergency Management Agency officials turned thumbs  down on a county request to end the pilot flood insurance inspection  program for below-base-flood-elevation enclosures.
FEMA had mandated the  program,  after a few years of wrangling with county officials to start bringing  a high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/fema-noenclosure-inspection-program-will-stay-in-place-until-end/</link>
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		<title>Sea level rise gets local attention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though we are probably  decades away from seeing noticeable impacts from sea level rise, the  time to begin thinking about and planning for those impacts is right  now, says County Commissioner George Neugent.
Neugent hosted a town-hall  meeting about sea level rise last week, with guest speakers talking  about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/03/05/sea-level-rise-gets-local-attention/</link>
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		<title>County, feds work out differences on H value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The county’s new Growth  Management Director believes that mitigation issues on Big Pine and  No Name Key may be finalized in the next few months.
At least concerning how much  has been used and how much remains to complete the 20-year planning  horizon of the Incidental Take Permit.
The ITP is a development [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/02/26/county-feds-work-out-differences-on-h-value/</link>
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		<title>Neugent may seek change to county’s ethics rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[District Two County  Commissioner  George Neugent says he plans to ask his fellow commissioners to amend,  clarify, change or whatever is necessary to at least partially exempt  the county attorney and county administrator from the county’s ethics  rules.
He particularly wants to  make sure the two, particularly County Administrator Roman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://newsbarometer.com/2010/02/26/neugent-may-seek-change-to-county%e2%80%99s-ethics-rules/</link>
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