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• Some of Florida's cities don't want spring breakers. With the state's economy booming, many don't need them. Spring Breakers celebrate St.Patricks Day on Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Photo by Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty Images)Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty Images Miami Beach's mayor recently said officials "don't want spring break in our city." Miami Beach isn't the first city to discourage the spring break crowd. Another did so 37 years ago. While spring breakers boost local economies, Florida's economy as a whole has been diversifying. While we may have the ancient Greeks to thank for the origins of spring break, thank Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the raucous party we know today. The members of the Colgate University swim…
• Boat strikes continue to rise for marine life in South Florida, wildlife experts say On Wednesday, a manatee named “Garlic Knot” was released back into the wild in Key Largo. The mammal was rehabilitated after being severely injured when it was struck by a boat. Wildlife experts say boat strikes are a growing problem for marine life in South Florida. Bette Zirkelbach with Turtle Hospital in Marathon told Local 10 that her facility has treated five sea turtles with boat strike injuries in the last month alone. One of the most recent cases was a loggerhead found by members of the U.S. Coast Guard off Duck Key on Sunday. The animal’s injuries were so…
• Orange’s Hannah MacDonald, 22, remembered and cherished for her heart Hannah Rae Luna MacDonald was going places. Anybody who watched her grow up in her hometown of Orange, or met her however briefly, could see that. The 22-year-old already had gone so far, living her dream in New York City. Hannah Rae Luna MacDonald graduated in May 2022 from The Hotel School at Cornell University. (Courtesy of the MacDonald family) She graduated May 2022 from The Hotel School at Cornell University – a proud “Hotelie” of the nation’s top hospitality school – and a month later started as a project coordinator for foodservice design firm Jacobs Doland Beer. As busy…
• At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 21 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage's scope. Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees, and laid waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included seven in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four…
• Today's Mortgage and Refinance Rates: April 1, 2023 | Rates Fall Our experts answer readers' home-buying questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess mortgages). In some cases, we receive a commission from our partners; however, our opinions are our own. Mortgage rates have fluctuated somewhat over the past couple of weeks but have overall been inching down.  This week, the average 30-year mortgage rate dropped to 6.32%, which is 10 basis points lower than it was the week before, according to Freddie Mac. As rates have fallen, more hopeful homebuyers have entered the market, finding increased affordability thanks to both lower rates and a softening in home prices.…