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SPRING HILL — Dozers and other earthmovers appear to be scraping up enough sand to build a pyramid on Northcliffe Boulevard, just west of Mariner Boulevard. With no informational sign on the property, many have wondered: What's being built? Related News/Archive The answer: Seven residential buildings of two and three stories, consisting of a total of 160 two- and three-bedroom apartments, will rise on the 10-acre site, said Damon Kolb, development associate with Lamson Avenue Apartments Ltd. in West Palm Beach . "We hope to have the first building ready by the fourth quarter this year," Kolb said. The complex will be known as Mariner's Cay. The apartments, up to 24 per building, will be reasonably priced, Kolb said. "We think there is still a market for affordable apartments. Affordable apartments for people who work in service industries has been underserved," he said. The state apparently agrees . The Florida Housing Finance Corp . is providing the develo...

(Photo: Nadezhda1906 / iStock / Getty Images Plus) This story was made possible by support from readers like you. Help Truthout report on the urgent issues of health care, climate change, US foreign policy and more: Make a tax- deductible donation today . When April's paternal nephews first came to live with her, one was two months old and the other was one-and-a-half years old. She had to fill out the paperwork necessary to retrieve the older boy from foster care, where he had been placed months earlier after being removed from his mother. Under California law, if a potential caregiver -- any adult in the household or any adult who might have "significant contact" with the children has an arrest or conviction for anything other than a minor traffic violation -- they must apply for a criminal record exemption . Granting the exemption is at the discretion of each county -- and often the social workers assigned to the family. This has led to an uneven application of the ...