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› Lawsuit over Escambia Jail payment ends with county forking over $5.5 million
Escambia County must pay more than $3.4 million to the construction company hired to build the new Escambia County Jail, plus more than $2 million in legal fees. The board of county commissioners agreed to the mediated settlement in September, which ends a nearly two-year long legal battle over money the county withheld from the company.
› Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship Aqua to set sail at Port Canaveral
Norwegian Cruise Line will debut its new Prima-class ship the Norwegian Aqua from Port Canaveral in 2025. The ship, the first of what the line calls its Prima Plus class, is an expanded sister ship to Norwegian Prima, which sailed out of Port Canaveral last winter and Norwegian Viva, which is sailing from Miami and Puerto Rico this winter.
› Coral Gables says expansion won’t doom trailer park, but annexation anxiety persists
Coral Gables cleared a significant hurdle this month in its years-long pursuit of Little Gables, reviving anxiety over the fate of a neighborhood trailer park that is home to dozens of low-income residents — mostly seniors — who fear being priced out of Miami-Dade County amid the region’s housing squeeze.
› Long-delayed Port Charlotte resort gets December opening date
The Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor is opening Dec. 15. Allegiant Travel Co. announced the new date in its third quarter earnings report issued Thursday morning. In the statement, the company’s chairman and new CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher, says that construction crews are wrapping up the final details.
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