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Tavares sells seldom-used water taxis for $75K
TAVARES — The city is selling a pair of water taxis that have been seldom used since 2008 for $75,000. The 42-foot-long, air-conditioned boats, named the Capt. Haynes and the Major St. Clair Abrams, operated briefly in 2008, ferrying up to 40...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Broward County
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A water taxi in Boca? Don't get your hopes up
It didn't come up on the wish list in city talks, but possible water taxi service between Boca Raton and Jupiter made the radar screen in Palm Beach County. Boca Raton has no vendors in mind and there's no request for proposals right now, said...Tags: Jupiter, Boca Raton, Intracoastal Waterway, Transportation, Palm Beach County Commission
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Tortuga how-to's
How to Tortuga This is the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival, so we're all learning the logistics together this weekend for what we hope is many years of concerts on Fort Lauderdale beach. Here are some things to know before you go: Where it's at The...
Tags: Entertainment, Travel, Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Water Taxi firing shows perils of civic engagement
Truth be told, I don't care much about a big old rain tree in Fort Lauderdale that's stirring controversy because it might be moved — and perhaps mortally harmed — for a new condo development. If I cried for every fallen tree or lost patch...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, FPL Group, Fort Lauderdale, Politics
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Rain tree supporter fired over YouTube video
Until last week, Chris Brennan was in good favor as senior first mate for the Water Taxi, regaling riders with Florida history lessons as they floated down the New River. Now he's unemployed. Brennan was fired two weeks ago for shooting a YouTube...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Fort Lauderdale, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Media Industry
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Inescapable calm
CAYE CAULKER, Belize — On this island off the Caribbean coast of Belize, you'll hear it almost as soon as you step off the water taxi dock: "Go slow." Stride too purposefully down a sandy street, as if you actually were headed somewhere, and...Tags: England, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Belize
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Fire on troubled water taxi halts service
Q13 FOX News OnlineThe captain of a West Seattle Water Taxi is being credited with thinking quickly and getting his vessel to shore and the passengers off safely after a fire was reported onboard. The Rachel Marie had just left West Seattle bound for Seattle about 7a.m....Tags: Travel, Transportation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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36 Hours in Halibut Cove
Channel 2 NewsIt's a half-hour boat ride from Homer, but it's a world away in many other respects. I'm talking about Halibut Cove, an idyllic little place just across Kachemak Bay. In good weather the crossing can be like glass, according to our captain Sam Beachy --...Tags: Fishing, Human Interest, Transportation, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Travel
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When snowbirds clear out of Palm Beach, there's still plenty of fun to be had
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Many of the waterfront mansions are shuttered for the season, and there are few yachts at the private docks along the Intracoastal. The theater season doesn't start until late October, concerts and art exhibits at the Society...Tags: Entertainment, Chicago Hotels, Tourism and Leisure, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Star Wars (movie)
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Water taxi crew, passenger and firefighters rescue woman from river
Tribune reporterWhen the captain of a Chicago Water Taxi headed for Chinatown from downtown this morning saw a small wave near a riverwall, she did a double-take. “I said, ‘Is that a person in the water?’” said Ragna Russo, captain of the...Tags: Travel, Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), U.S. Coast Guard, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Fires
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100 things we love about Baltimore -- Printable list
Baltimore Sun reporterA moody tavern. An extraordinary cocktail. The easy lapping of bay water against the banks of the Inner Harbor. Duckpin lanes. Old Bay. Art in an otherwise empty storefront. For all of these things, and for so many more, people love Baltimore. People feel...Tags: Fishing, Andres Alonso, Athletes, Baltimore School for the Arts, Horse Jumping
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City launches circulator line from Hopkins Hospital to downtown
Baltimore added a third line to its free Charm City Circulator service Tuesday, with the launch of the new Green Route at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The Green line will run from Hopkins Hospital through Fells Point and Harbor East before heading north to...Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Health, Harbor East, Tide Point Waterfront Park, Commuting
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