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The damage that boat propellers do to Weeki Wachee | Letters
As a Florida resident who cares deeply about our fragile spring ecosystems — especially Weeki Wachee springs — I support a moratorium on propeller-blade watercraft inside our Weeki Wachee State Park River area. I witnessed two propeller blades tear up the sediment as the boaters got stuck in the riverbed within the park boundaries. It’s bad enough that combustion engine watercraft spew petroleum mist into the protected waterway, but the propellers are undoing all that is being done to preserve Weeki Wachee River inside the preserve. As I kayaked in Weeki Wachee State Park recently, I noticed a uniformed Florida Department of Environmental Protection official patrolling the area and later stationed near the kayak exit ramp to monitor watercraft activity in the river. But what good does it do if propeller-blade watercraft are still permitted in this stretch of river? Would it be better if only speed limit-regulated airboats were permitted inside the Weeki Wachee State Park River? At least those propellers are above the water surface and do not destroy the riverbed. Perhaps after a propeller-blade moratorium, a new ordinance could permit only airboats instead? I am hopeful this problem with boat propellers might be addressed this month before the “summer season of frolic” — Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day — begins.
Publix officially files plans for ‘prototype’ Wiregrass Ranch location
WESLEY CHAPEL — It looks like Publix is coming to Wiregrass Ranch. While the supermarket giant filed a conceptual plan in 2022 in a pre-application meeting with Pasco County planners, Publix Super Markets Inc. has officially filed plans to begin the formal review and approval process. Publix is proposing...
Hudson Woman Arrested on DUI Manslaughter Charges After Fatal Crash
HERNANDO COUNTY, FLa- FHP Troopers have arrested a Hudson woman on charges of DUI Manslaughter following a fatal crash in November that claimed the life of an 18-year-old Fivay High School graduate. According to troopers, Kristie Lynn Paxton, 48, was driving a 2005 Nissan Armada on Mariner Boulevard near Casa...
Teen believed missing and endangered in Pasco County found safe
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — A 16-year-old last seen in Pasco County and thought to be missing and endangered has been found safe, according to deputies. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Peyton Cracchiolo had been last seen around 3 p.m. Monday in the area of Reigler Road in Land O' Lakes. That's located near Myrtle Lake Baptist Church.
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