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Author Archives: Virginia Hamrick
UF report: collapse of oyster industry due to drought, salinity
By Virginia Hamrick and Donna Green-Townsend on April 26th, 2013 | Last updated: April 26, 2013 at 5:10 pm
A University of Florida team dedicated to researching the recent decline of oysters in Florida have discovered that the shortage is not due to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Rather, the decline, which is affecting many fishermen and those involved in the industry, is due to drought and high salinity in the waters.
GPD releases sketch of suspect in assault and armed burglary
By Alli Langley and Virginia Hamrick on April 17th, 2013 | Last updated: April 18, 2013 at 9:56 am
GPD released a composite sketch Thursday of a suspect still at large in a case of battery and armed burglary.
Unmarked graves exhumed at Dozier School for Boys
By Virginia Hamrick on March 27th, 2013 | Last updated: March 27, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Anthropologists are starting to excavate unmarked graves at Florida’s notorious Dozier School for Boys, a former state-run correctional institution with a history of alleged abuse and death.
Horse meat discoveries shouldn’t concern Florida, expert says
By Virginia Hamrick on February 27th, 2013 | Last updated: February 27, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Despite findings of horse meat in Europe, local experts say this is not a problem for Floridians and finding horse meat in America is unheard of.
