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  1. read storyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Venice Gondolier

    ... playoffs. a oeWe had a great season,a Foster said. a oeThis doesn't take anything from that.a Division II PEE WEE North Port 28, Parkland Rangers 0: The Mustangs not only were the only area team to gain a berth in the regional second round. They ...

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  2. King's house sold at auctionRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | North Port Sun

    ... to the attorney's office, King went to an area gun range with a friend. By 4 p.m., he had kidnapped Lee from her North Port Estates home. King was arrested later that night. The state sought the death penalty for one of North Port's most notorious ...

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  3. City Kidfest and Film is SaturdayRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | North Port Sun

    NORTH PORT a ' The second Kidfest and Film, presented by the North Port Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of North Port, will be Saturday at the Larry Thoennissen Football Field behind the George Mullen Activity Center off Sumter Boulevard.

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  4. Free amplified telephones available for hearing-impairedRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | North Port Sun

    NORTH PORT a ' Florida residents with hearing or speech loss qualify for amplified telephones, at no cost, through Florida Telecommunications Relay.

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  5. San Antonio's Fall Fest goes bigRead the original story

    Yesterday | North Port Sun

    ... and talking to people. I love to talk to them. My husband used to say, 'You'd talk to a tree.'" Dan Finton of North Port, who was manning a booth for handmade dichroic glass jewelry, said he credits his wife, Kathy, for coming up with the idea for ...

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  6. Adult students using SCTI satellite locationRead the original story

    Saturday | Venice Gondolier

    A higher concentration of adult students is making use of the Sarasota County Technical Institute's North Port satellite location because of the struggling economy and other entities' stepped-up help for job seekers, said instructor Anita Marisi.

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  7. Code complaints take a steep plunge in North PortRead the original story

    Saturday | HeraldTribune.com

    ... the driveway can rest a little easier: City code regulators will not come knocking unless a neighbor complains. North Port code complaints dropped by more than 9,000 between 2008 and 2009 -- more than 80 percent -- after the City Commission decided ...

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  8. Sheriff's Office wants Lee's lawsuit thrown outRead the original story

    Friday | North Port Sun

    ... her while she was driving south on U.S. 41 in Charlotte County. Denise, 21, had been kidnapped by King from her North Port home and was blindfolded and bound in the back seat of his Camaro, which was traveling near Kowalski's car. In a detailed, ...

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  9. Sheriff's Office Wants Lee Case DismissedRead the original story

    Friday | WINK-TV Fort Myers

    In October, Nathan Lee the husband of murdered North Port mom Denise Amber Lee, filed a wrongful death suit against the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and the Sheriff.

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  10. Bus driver acquittedRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Venice Gondolier

    For months, North Port bus driver Charles Billa, has been doing maintence instead of driving students following alleged sexual advance he made toward a 5-year-year-old girl in the spring of 2008.

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  11. Man faces molestation chargeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | North Port Sun

    NORTH PORT a ' A 48-year-old North Port man has been charged with allegedly molesting a teen girl known to him.

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  12. Sheriff's Office wants Lee suit thrown outRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | HeraldTribune.com

    ... of Denise Lee and contributing to her death. Denise Lee, 21, was later found buried in a shallow grave in North Port, a few miles from where Kowalski had seen her in the car driven by unemployed North Port plumber Michael King, who awaits sentencing ...

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    Related Topix: Charlotte County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

  13. School bus driver acquitted of molesting chargeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | HeraldTribune.com

    ... Eisenberg said the girl's testimony had contradictions in it about when Billa allegedly touched her along his North Port bus route. Eisenberg said he even brought out tables to show that the sun would have risen about 45 minutes before the bus ...

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  14. North Port man facing charge of sexual batteryRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | HeraldTribune.com

    - A North Port man was arrested for sexual battery after allegedly assaulting a sleeping woman at his home early Tuesday. Dustin Bruhn, 22, of the 8000 block of Jacinto Avenue, faces one count of sexual battery on a helpless victim after police say ...

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  15. McIntosh offers bleak news on Naples real estate marketRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Naplesnews.com Stories

    ... this year. Other "new towns" have been postponed. One investor, who hoped to build a new town in the city of North Port in Sarasota County, is now involved in foreclosure, McIntosh said. "Another new town dream dashed," he said. When builders do ...

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  16. Gulf County Sheriff Arrest Log

    Thursday Nov 12 | The Star

    The Gulf County Sheriff's Office will be conducting vehicle safety checkpoints and DUI check points during the month of November 2009.

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  17. Man arrested for alleged sexual battery of drunk teen

    Thursday Nov 12 | Venice Gondolier

    NORTH PORT a ' Police arrested a North Port man who allegedly sexually battered an 18-year-old passed out at his house Tuesday.

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  18. Water quality still troubles cityRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | The Star

    ... oject. The city and county will meet on Nov. 12 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the redevelopment agency's expansion into North Port St. Joe.

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  19. Cross urges messengers to support GCR-type task forceRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 10 | Florida Baptist Witness

    ... of the 148th FBSC annual meeting at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola. Cross, pastor of South Biscayne Church in North Port, used his presidential address to make an appeal for support for a motion to be offered Tuesday by Orlando pastor David Uth ...

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  20. Florida Baptists create - Imagine If ... Great Commission Task Force'Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 10 | Florida Baptist Witness

    ... Baptist Church in Pensacola with a total of 893 registered messengers. Cross, pastor of South Biscayne Church in North Port, earlier was elected without opposition to a second term as president. Authorizing Cross to appoint what he had earlier ...

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