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Jerry Rappaport, a Boston lawyer and developer who lived in Sewall's Point, donated most of the money to build Temple Beit HaYam, in Stuart.

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Suspended Sewall's Point Officer Juan Antonio Garcia is facing a federal charge that he attempted to produce pornography of a 15-year-old boy, less than two weeks after being arrested by the Martin County Sheriff's office of sexual misconduct with the child.

No major incidents were reported on the second and final day of spiny lobtser mini-season on Thursday. On Wednesday, Emilio Gonzalo Perez, 35, of Sewall’s Point, Florida was pronounced dead at Lower Keys Medical Center after he lost consciousness snorkeling for lobster near Sawyer Key. Autopsy results are pending, Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said. Trauma Star airlifted Ricardo Maikel Rodriguez Leyva, 41, of Naples, Florida to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after his leg was struck by a boat propeller near Cudjoe Key. He was listed in serious condition on Th...

View Comments MARTIN COUNTY — The taxable value of property in unincorporated Martin County and four of its municipalities increased this year, with the jumps ranging from 2.7% to 9.7%. Only one saw values decline, according to the Property Appraiser's Office. Indiantown’s taxable value decreased by 3.3%, according to the preliminary tax roll. Florida Power & Light Co., which makes up 90% of the village’s tax base, closed its coal-burning plant last year, creating the loss in taxable value, said Karl Andersson, chief deputy of the Property Appraiser's Office. Indiantown's early estimate...