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[email protected] Groveland — population 8,729 — has been ranked one of the Top 10 Safest Places in Florida by Movoto Blog, a California-based online real estate brokerage. “We are ranked 10th out of 411 cit- ies across the state of Florida,” City Clerk Teresa Begely announced in an email to city employees. “The rank- ings were based on statistical data of reported crimes from 2012. ...Your hard work and dedication help Grov- eland become a greater place to live and work.” J. PAT CARTER / AP Movoto’s list ranks Groveland num- Bob Adelman talks about the photos he took during the civil rights movement at his Miami Beach home. ber 10 following Parkland, Weston, Marco Island, Sanibel, Punta Gorda, Longboat Key, Bay Harbor Islands, Niceville and Valparaiso. Exhibit features photographs “With just 144 reported crimes in 2012, Groveland comes in as the final city (number 10 of 10) on our list,” the blog stated. “This city of nearly from civil rights movement 9,000 people had only 11 reported vi- olent crimes in 2012 — two robberies JENNIFER KAY with his fist raised in and nine aggravated assaults. Associated Press “Now they seem like momentous events. mid-speech, whom he “Of their property crimes, 80 were At the time, they were covered in the back IAMI BEACH — calls “Doc” — better theft, 46 were burglaries and sev- pages of newspapers, for the most part.