You open the windows to give the AC a break, but UF/IFAS says Florida...
As of late September 2026, every mild, breezy day in Port St. Lucie tempts somebody on my street to switch off the air conditioner and open every slider in the house to air it out. It feels like giving the compressor a break after a long summer, and outside air feels cleaner just because it is moving. I did the same fo
Dancing with the Martin Stars Returns This Weekend
On September 26, eight community members will take the stage at the fifteenth annual Dancing with the Martin Stars at the Lyric Theatre The post Dancing with the Martin Stars Returns This Weekend appeared first on Stuart Magazine .
You leave the sunny-side blinds open with the AC on, but the Department of...
As of late September 2026, the afternoon sun here in Florida still comes through the sliders like it's July, and in Port St. Lucie the easy habit is to leave the blinds on that side wide open all day. The AC is running, so why fuss? A little sunlight through the glass can't matter much with the compressor doing the wor
You plug the generator into the dryer outlet, but OSHA says that without a...
As of mid-September 2026, here in Port St. Lucie, the double-ended cord is the shortcut that comes up whenever the power goes out: plug the portable generator into the dryer outlet and light up the whole house at once, instead of running extension cords room to room. It looks like a harmless stand-in for a proper trans
Man jailed after hit-and-run in Fort PiercePolice say suspect hit a car stopped at...
FORT PIERCE – A 23-year-old man was jailed on Sept. 22 after he allegedly struck a car at South 25th Street and Indiana Avenue in Fort Pierce and then fled the scene, according to Fort Pierce Police reports. At about 10 a.m., Sept. 22, officers responded to that intersection...
You switch off the bathroom fan the moment the shower stops, but the Building...
As of mid-September 2026, in my Port St. Lucie house, the bathroom exhaust fan used to get flipped off the second the shower handle turned off. The mirror was clearing, the water had stopped, so what was left for the fan to do? Florida's health department lists showers right alongside basements as places where humidity
Wanted man found hiding under bed at Port St. Lucie hotel, police say
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — You can run, but according to Port St. Lucie police, you cannot hide — especially under a hotel bed. Police said officers went to a hotel on Village Parkway on Tuesday after receiving information that 41-year-old Kenneth Robert Ferow II, who was wanted on a Martin County simple battery wa
FDEP results complicate Fort Pierce’s contamination claims
A year after WPTV first investigated a contentious legal battle over the future of Fisherman's Wharf, newly released environmental testing is raising fresh questions about a key argument in the dispute: contamination.
You flush tissues, paper towels and cotton swabs because they’re paper or cotton, but...
As of late September 2026, I still catch myself reaching for the toilet instead of the trash can with a used tissue. The logic is sitting right there: tissues are paper, cotton swabs are cotton, paper towels are paper, so surely it all breaks down in the pipe the way toilet paper does. I carried that habit down from Je
Vehicle fire shuts down southbound Florida’s Turnpike in Martin County Thursday morning
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A vehicle fire has blocked all southbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike in Martin County on Thursday morning. The vehicle fire was reported on Florida's Turnpike South between mile markers 128 and 126. Photos on Florida 511 show a fire engine at the scene as...

















