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Charter school at Calesa Township announces principal
The Ina A. Colen Academy, a charter school under construction at Calesa Township, announced that Sandra Rocquin of Fleming Island will be its principal. The school is scheduled to open in August 2022.
Ocklawaha River economic benefits
The Free the Ocklawaha group sent this message last week:
A team of economists, science and tourism experts have jointly outlined the strong economic benefits of breaching the Rodman/Kirkpatrick Dam to create a free-flowing Ocklawaha River, reconnecting Silver Springs and the Ocklawaha and St. Johns rivers.  
Financial assistance for COVID-19 funerals
FEMA is accepting applications for funeral assistance for COVID-19 funerals in Florida. This is part of the recently approved American Rescue Plan.  ....

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Editorial: It's time to finally free the Ocklawaha


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Let this river run: It s time to finally free the Ocklawaha from the shackles of old folly
The Gainesville Sun Editorial Board
Fifty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon ordered an end to an environmentally destructive barge canal that would have bisected the Florida peninsula.
Yes, Richard Nixon. Before he resigned office in disgrace, Nixon had a respectable environmental record that included creating the Environmental Protection Agency, signing the Clean Air Act into law and canceling funding for the financial boondoggle known as the Cross Florida Barge Canal.
Other Republican leaders who followed took a similar approach when it came to removing the barge canal project s most damaging legacy: a dam that backed up the Ocklawaha River and flooded about 7,500 forested acres, creating the Rodman Reservoir. ....

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