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🌱 Flooding halts burials at Jensen Beach’s Washington Memorial Cemetery

Jensen Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Flooding halts burials at Jensen Beach’s Washington Memorial Cemetery
  • Jensen Beach flood victims await aid as county tallies damage
  • Jensen Beach gets a path toward quieter railroad crossings

Also on today's calendar: Bobby and the Blisters at Kyle G's Prime Seafood and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
  • Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Flooding threatens at least three graves at Jensen Beach cemetery (treasurecoast.today) — Flooding has suspended burials at Washington Memorial Cemetery in Jensen Beach and threatens at least three graves after a neighboring pond overflowed. Henrietta Cooper’s plans to bury her brother near relatives are on hold, while a volunteer whose family manages the cemetery says one casket has begun to sink.
   

2. Martin County counts 66 flood-damaged homes, 25 destroyed, as Florida seeks federal aid (treasurecoast.today) — Displaced Jensen Beach residents are relying on neighbors and churches while Florida's request for federal disaster assistance awaits approval. Martin County reports 66 flood-damaged homes, including 25 destroyed, and residents describe unlivable conditions more than a week after heavy rainfall.
   

3. Florida county enacts limited quiet zones to combat noisy train horns (tcpalm.com) — Routine train horns could fall silent at Jensen Beach’s North County Line Road and Skyline Road crossings under a quiet-zone plan county commissioners approved 3–2. Planning starts immediately, but implementation could take months. The three-crossing project would cost about $30,000, and engineers could still sound horns in emergencies.
   

4. Still underwater in Jensen Beach several days after historic flooding (tcpalm.com) — Parts of a Jensen Beach neighborhood west of Northeast Skyline Drive remained underwater on Nov. 10, more than a week after historic rains flooded the area. Photos show lingering water around residents' homes, including sandbags protecting Scott Pratt's garage.
   

5. 10 Martin County restaurants get perfect scores; 1 closed; 10 fail (tcpalm.com) — Two Jensen Beach restaurants need follow-up inspections after inspectors found high-priority violations during Nov. 2–8 visits. Reports for 3359 NW Main Ave. and 3201 NW Federal Hwy 1 cite food-temperature problems and stop-sale orders. Neither was ordered closed, though a Stuart restaurant elsewhere in the county report was.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Jensen Beach

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