🌱 How the $4M Avenue D overhaul will change your daily drive
Fort Pierce, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min readHey there, Fort Pierce! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How the $4M Avenue D overhaul will change your daily drive
- Witnesses stop alleged gunpoint kidnapping tied to Fort Pierce couple
- How a rocket recovery hub could reshape the Port of Fort Pierce
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A stray t-shower; not as warm, with a high of 81 and low of 71 degrees.
- Thursday: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
- Friday: Showers around in the morning, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Fort Pierce Breaks Ground on $4M Avenue D Corridor Overhaul (wqcs.org) — Fort Pierce has started a $4 million overhaul of Avenue D, resurfacing 1.6 miles from 29th Street to U.S. 1 and adding safer sidewalks, ramps, and crosswalks through Lincoln Park. Funded by state money, the FPRA, and local surtax dollars, the project will last about six months, bringing lane closures but also a new gateway sign and long-term neighborhood improvements. 
2. Florida man attempts to kidnap 74-year-old ex, flees to Hialeah, cops say (local10.com) — A 64-year-old man is jailed in Fort Pierce on a high bond after police say he tried to force his 74-year-old ex-girlfriend into a car at gunpoint outside a Port St. Lucie church. Authorities say the pair previously lived together in Fort Pierce, the victim had a protective injunction, and witnesses’ quick actions helped stop the attack before she was seriously hurt.
3. Blue Origin explosion, SpaceX-ULA launch doubleheader top space newsletter (palmbeachpost.com) — St. Lucie County is considering adding a rocket Launch Vehicle Recovery Facility at the Port of Fort Pierce, which could turn local waterways into a key route for returning SpaceX and Blue Origin hardware from Cape Canaveral. The broader roundup details recent rocket explosions, launches, and Florida’s booming space industry, but the potential port upgrade is the piece that could most directly affect Fort Pierce jobs, traffic, and waterfront activity.
4. Friar Michael Heine, OFM Conv., installed as Our Lady of the Angels Province Minister Provincial (catholicnewsherald.com) — Fort Pierce gets a nod in the career story of Friar Michael Heine, who once taught and led peer ministry at John Carroll High School here. He’s now been installed again as minister provincial of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, with church leaders highlighting a renewed focus on faith, identity, and relationship with God during the installation Mass in Baltimore.
5. Activists rally to save rare deep-sea coral reef off Fort Pierce as federal agency prepares final ruling (wflx.com) — A rare deep-sea coral reef just off Fort Pierce is at risk as federal regulators weigh a proposal to reopen parts of the Oculina Bank to shrimp trawling. Scientists and activists are urging Treasure Coast residents to speak up before NOAA releases draft rules, warning that further damage could devastate habitat for thousands of marine species.
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Writers Workshop @ Morningside Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Morningside Branch Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd Port St Luci
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Gardening Advice @ Morningside Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Morningside Branch Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd Port St Luci
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Mahjong Open Play @ Kilmer Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Kilmer Branch Library, 101 Melody Ln Fort Pierce, Florida 34950
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FREE Family Story Walk at Heathcote Botanical Gardens! →
Fort Pierce, FL Calendar, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce
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World Ocean day Celebration →
Fort Pierce, FL Calendar, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce
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Coffee & Conversation at Council on Aging of St. Lucie →
Fort Pierce, FL Calendar, 1505 Orange Avenue, Fort Pierce
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Gardening Advice @ Morningside Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Morningside Branch Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd Port St Luci
1:00 pm
Thursday June 4
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Writers Workshop @ Morningside Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Morningside Branch Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd Port St Luci
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Gardening Advice @ Morningside Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Morningside Branch Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd Port St Luci
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Mahjong Open Play @ Kilmer Library
St. Lucie County Public Library Kilmer Branch Library, 101 Melody Ln Fort Pierce, Florida 34950
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FPRA Board Meeting →
Fort Pierce, FL Calendar, Fort Pierce City Hall City Commission Chambers, Fort Pierce
5:00 pm
Thursday June 4
Tuesday June 9
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