St. Johns Beach Residents Seek Erosion Study They Pledge to Pay Half of the $280,000 Needed to Determine Action.
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By PETER GUINTA  When wild ocean waves are daily undermining the house foundation and washing away patio furniture, it may be difficult for that homeowner to remain patient.
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By CARPINTER, Bernard  HASTINGS District Council will look at buying the whole Haupouri Flats section of the controversial Ocean Beach development.
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NIGERIAâS senate is reportedly to ask a Shell division to pay $1.5 billion (Â£835 million) compensation to oilfield communities for environmental damage.
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Sri Lanka will spend about &#36;3.5 billion on rebuilding its tsunami-stricken coastline, and is counting on donors to pick up much of the bill for new towns and transport links, a government official said on Tuesday.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Frustrated members of the city Wetlands Board agreed Monday to hold off discussion on a large housing project off Shore Drive until May.
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By JAMES MINTON  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The owners of four tracts for a proposed large- scale development near Lake Rosemound joined Thursday in a lawsuit attacking the project.  A hearing is scheduled Jan. 3 in the lawsuit that adjoining landowners James D. and Laurel B.
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A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida's largest lake has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats &#151; and archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels rise again.
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Local tax officials in Florida are  pressing Gov. Jeb Bush to give tax breaks to owners of homes  damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Charley, which caused an  estimated $6 billion in damages to Florida residences.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Mike Averill World Staff Writer  The city of Sand Springs is hoping for a grant that would pay for nearly four miles of trail in the Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve.
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Town officials are hoping the state can unearth $1.4 million to help bring sewers to the Medway 495 Business Park. Otherwise, they say, some 250 area jobs may be lost -- not to mention thousands of dollars in annual tax revenue.
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INCOME TAX HELP  A free income tax preparation program for people or families with a household income of up to $38,000 started this week  at Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry, or BEAM, in Jacksonville Beach.
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Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world's best surf breaks Â but backers say they will fight on.
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By PETER GUINTA  ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH - The owners of the last large tract of undeveloped oceanfront property in St. Johns County said Wednesday their 18 acres off A1A Beach Boulevard may remain a pristine oceanfront beach for a while longer.  At the moment, it's for sale.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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By Joyce Owen, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.