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Moose Lodge holds benefit breakfast
NORTH PORT a ' Moose Lodge Chapter 1892 will hold a "Pancakes and More" breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday as a benefit for Angela Pifer, a local cancer patient needing help. Comment?
Free chicken parm hero with food donation
NORTH PORT a ' American Legion Auxiliary Unit 254 is collecting nonperishable food for its Christmas food baskets for needy families. Comment?
Driver still at large after hit-and-run in North Port
... still looking for answers in the hit-and-run crash that left a 47-year-old Port Charlotte bicyclist hospitalized. North Port Police Capt. Robert Estrada said the department has not identified any suspects in the Nov. 19 collision at East Price and ... Comment?
Police seek clues in accident that injured bicyclist
... looking for answers in the hit-and-run accident that left a 47-year-old Port Charlotte bicyclist hospitalized. North Port Police Capt. Robert Estrada said the department has not identified any suspects in the Nov. 19 collision at East Price ... Comment?
Woman charged after toddler swallows pills
North Port police report that 33-year-old Renay Kaczenski-Varney called 911 Sunday, saying her 1-year-old son appeared lethargic and that she had found a chewed up Valium on the bathroom floor. Comment?
Jacksonville firefighter killed in shooting was beginning a lifesaving career
Emanuel Porter II was supposed to treat gunshot wounds, not die from them. But Porter, a 21-year-old Jacksonville firefighter/paramedic, was fatally shot early Tuesday when a gun went off in the hand of a woman who picked it up from the seat of a car in the parking lot of an Arlington gas station, police said. Comment?
North Port man charged after fighting to escape ambulance
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. NORTH PORT - A man on his way to the hospital after an alleged drunken fight tried to open the doors of the ambulance he was riding in while it was still moving, according to police. Comment?
Library's 1800s Christmas event Saturday
NORTH PORT a ' The North Port Library will revisit a kinder, gentler era with its third annual 1800s Christmas celebration Saturday afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m. The first 1800s Christmas event, the brainchild of Youth Services librarian Janet Hansen, took place in 2006 as a way to encourage North Porters to learn more about both Victorian times ... Comment?
Mother charged after child reportedly takes sedatives
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. NORTH PORT - A woman called 911 Sunday after her child reportedly swallowed Valium pills she had received at a bridal shower. Comment?
Student charged with attempted murder
NORTH PORT a ' Police arrested 16-year-old Zachary E. Smith on the charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a 16-year-old Friday in the parking lot of the new police substation and fire department, near the North Port Skate Park. Comment?
Mustangs in need of $30K for Orlando trip
NORTH PORT a ' The North Port Pop Warner Pee Wee football team and the Junior Midget cheerleaders are seeking $30,000 from the community to participate in national tournament competition this weekend at Disneya TMs Wide World of Sports Complex. Comment?
... recreation area. It's located south of Clark Road, east and north of Interstate 75 and is adjacent to the city of North Port. The entrance is on Border Road.   According to the executive summary of the draft plan, which is posted on the county's ... Comment?
Controlled burn on Carlton Reserve today
NORTH PORT a ' Sarasota County Emergency Services staff will be conducting a prescribed burn on the Carlton Reserve today. Comment?
Excerpts from editorials in Florida newspapers
... cooperation, that service could have connected to Sarasota County Area Transit buses that stop along U.S. 41 in North Port. A similar arrangement has made buses more accessible to people who travel between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The ... Comment?
North Port coach Tom Tintor has 10 girls who play in five-man waves, most of them hovering around 5-foot-5. None of them are superstars and no one girl intimidates opponents more than the rest. Comment?
Holiday Festival of Trees reception
NORTH PORT a ' The public is invited to attend the Holiday Festival of Trees reception held by People for Trees Inc. Comment?
Seven-year North Port Police Officer William Carter was visibly shaken after he shot and killed a 69-year-old local man last week. Comment?
Put the public in transportation
... cooperation, that service could have connected to Sarasota County Area Transit buses that stop along U.S. 41 in North Port . A similar arrangement has made buses more accessible to people who travel between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The ... Comment?
Ernst: Call it a clearcut case of a city going too far
Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. If North Port city government were in charge of our penal system, we'd have shoplifters heading to the electric chair. Comment?
Thousands take advantage of Black Friday sales
... Buy store in Murdock. Nestled in a fuzzy, orange blanket on a blow-up mattress inside a pup tent, Smith left her North Port home Thanksgiving morning to be the first in line at the popular, newly opened electronics store. "I've been on the Black ... Comment?