E-Commerce Retailer of Hammocks Announces New Web Site

HOUSTON , Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas-based e-commerce retailer of hammocks, TLC Global Ventures Inc., today announced a new online store at www.RecreationHammocks.com .  President of TLC Global ...

Speed limit revised along area road

SWANSBORO — A drive down Hammocks Beach Road in Swansboro will soon be at one speed. The town Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance at its Jan. 17 meeting that revises the speed limit along the road to 45 mph its entire length. The action...

Hammocks Burglary Yields Trove Of Stolen Goods

A burglary last December in Hammocks in southwest Miami-Dade led to two arrests and quite a haul of stolen property. Now police are trying to return the items to their rightful owners.

Police: Hammocks Man Killed Wife, Then Himself

Miami-Dade police are investigating what they believe is a murder-suicide in the Hammocks. It happened some time around midnight Monday in a home at SW 155th Avenue and SW 94th Street.

Living on the edge: An innovative model of mangrove-hammock boundaries in Florida

The key to understanding how future hurricanes and sea level rise may trigger changes to South Florida's native coastal forests lurks below the surface, according to a new model linking coastal forests to groundwater. Just inland from the familiar mangroves that line the coasts lie hardwood hammocks that are sensitive to salinity changes in water found in the soils.