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NORTH PORT — With 31 residential home permits issued in August, North Port continuously is seeing more growth than last year, according to figures released by the city this week.
In August 2012, there were 16 residential permits issued, with a value sligh...

VENICE — A burglary suspect who escaped from custody while being treated at Venice Regional Medical Center Friday afternoon was rearrested just over an hour later.
Venice police and Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies set up a tight perimeter and eventuall...

ENGLEWOOD — Detectives are requesting the public’s assistance to identify a female suspect involved in a vehicle burglary and credit card fraud case. In mid-July, a Rotonda area resident reported that sometime overnight someone had broken into her vehicl...

PUNTA GORDA — When the city earned its way this week into the final round of Rand McNally’s Best of the Road contest, it was hard to tell whether the Most Beautiful category referred to the city or its people.
Certainly the “City of Hibiscus,” with its lu...

PORT CHARLOTTE — A string of vehicle burglaries late Thursday caught the attention of Charlotte County Sheriff’s officials, who caught up to a suspect later that night.
Antonio Cuyler, 37, of the 1300 block of Yorkshire Street, Port Charlotte, has been ch...

PUNTA GORDA — In the end, Pies & Plates’ lofty target of raising $200,000 in just one month through crowd-funding proved to be beyond reach.
As a result, the all-in-one restaurant, bakery and culinary academy has withdrawn its intent to relocate to downto...

NORTH PORT — City commissioners approved the tax rate for three special districts Thursday night, bringing the city one step closer to signing off on the fiscal year 2013-2014 budget.
For the most part, commissioners agreed on the budgets and assessments ...

NORTH PORT — A nonprofit organization near Warm Mineral Springs is working to create connections between cultures through a planned “sister cities” project.
The Face of Hope Foundation, an international community outreach organization, was founded locall...

SARASOTA COUNTY — Interstate 75 northbound, just north of River Road at mile marker 191, has all three lanes shut down due to a fatal accident this afternoon, North Port city officials reported. Two vehicles were involved in a crash with one rollover, res...

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