Martinique residents help dig out motorist mired in sand

Joe DiClemente and Michel Trotter along with other residents of the Martinique South condominiums in Holmes Beach help a motorist who drove off the road into soft sand at the terminus of 52nd Street July 27. Hurricanes Helene and Milton damaged the asphalt at the location last year. Holmes Beach city engineer Sage Kamiya wrote in a July 31 email to The Islander that the damaged roadway was one of several locations identified for repairs but a schedule was not determined. Islander Photo: Courtesy Deborah Trotter