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North Port, Florida is located in Sarasota County. Zip codes in North Port, FL include 34286, 34289, and 34287. The median home price in North Port is $138,000 which is roughly $71/per square foot. More North Port information.

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6 hrs ago | North Port Sun

School Board to finalize bus depot in North Port

If approved Tuesday, the Sarasota County School Board will begin construction of a bus depot in North Port in July.

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7 hrs ago | North Port Sun

County to review Springs agreement

The Sarasota County Commission will have its chance Tuesday to approve the revised interlocal agreement that would outline the future operations of the 81-acre Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa.

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19 hrs ago | The News-Press

Military Notes

Airman Brian Xenes graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

North Port Sun

Local man struck by car in St. Pete

A North Port man was badly injured Saturday night after being struck by a car as he ran across Gulf Boulevard in St. Pete Beach, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

North Port Sun

Cypress Lending out at Warm Mineral Springs

After nearly eight hours of discussions Thursday to save Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa from closing, North Port city commissioners learned Cypress Lending isn't interested in managing the Springs after its contract expires in 16 days.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

North Port Sun

Huskys may have temporary home

When practice began last summer for the North Port Huskys youth football organization, it was uncertain where the 400 players would go to prepare for their season.

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North Port Sun

Guilty verdict in child sex trial

It took a six-member jury about 90 minutes Friday afternoon to find Anthony Hanifan guilty on 10 separate counts associated with his homemade child pornography case - charges that included the transmission of child porn, child cruelty and sexual battery, the latter of which is a capital offense that could land Hanifan in jail for the rest of his ... (more)

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North Port Sun

North Port standout to take reins of Drug Free Charlotte

Fresh from her hiring as the new executive director of Drug Free Charlotte County, which is effective Monday, Diane Ramseyer already is familiar with the organization.

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North Port Sun

Chamber expo is this weekend

The North Port Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 27th annual Business and Community Expo on Saturday, June 15 with a "Viva Florida" theme.

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Englewood Review

Bryan T. Kovzelove

Bryan T Kovzelove, 70, of Englewood, Florida passed peacefully on May 15, 2013, entering into the protective arms of our Lord after fighting a brave battle with cancer.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

North Port Sun

Springs workers: Save our jobs

Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa employees pleaded with the North Port City Commission Thursday to keep the Springs from closing at the end of the month and save their jobs.

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North Port Sun

Defense attempts mistrial in child sex-abuse case

Attorneys for Anthony Hanifan, the North Port man charged with making and transmitting his own child pornography, attempted to get all 11 counts dismissed Thursday at the Sarasota County Courthouse after the state decided to drop a single charge because prosecutors were certain Hanifan wasn't in the county during the alleged transfer of a photo.

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North Port Sun

Third day focuses on graphic evidence in child sex abuse trial

The relationship between North Port resident Anthony Hanifan and Massachusetts resident Jason Clark, both accused of creating their own child pornography and sharing it with each other, evolved quickly in October 2011, according to a federal investigator.

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The Greenville News

Urban growth puts more pedestrians at risk

Bill Porter had just left a bridge game that summer afternoon in 2010. A year earlier, he wouldn't have been walking -- there had been an operation on his leg, but he had fought through it like he always did.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

FOX 4 Now

5 One arcade still open and other owners wonder why?

Remember back in April when the governor closed down those internet cafes and arcades? Well, one is still open and the owner of another one which had to shut down found out that it's still open and wants to know why.

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North Port Sun

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SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Charlotte County YMCA camp counselor John Giamanco and his group take a break from the heat to just sit and talk under the big white tent at the Dotzler YMCA Outdoor Center in Charlotte Harbor, where kids from all over the county and from the North Port YMCA are bused in daily for camp this summer.

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North Port Sun

Convicted murderer seeks federal relief from death row

Suspected serial killer Daniel O. Conahan Jr. has filed new court documents this week in his latest attempt to have his conviction and death sentence overturned.

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YourObserver

Longboat Key-License to mend

Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman says "working together with guys he's helped train to resuscitate a life" is the best part of his job.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

North Port Sun

North Port man's sexual battery trial underway

The state's key witness against Anthony David Hanifan, a North Port man accused of sexually assaulting a 2 A1 2-year-old girl in his care and photographing the abuse, detailed a bizarre relationship between the two men in which they created their own homemade child pornography and shared it using cellphones and email.

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North Port Sun

Latest Springs vote confuses county

Monday's decision by the North Port City Commission to push back discussion on an interlocal agreement that would have put an end to the conflict over future operations of the Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa left Sarasota County commissioners looking for answers Tuesday.

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