From the world of wonders: Gas prices are back on the rise, now that the oil market is regaining strength.
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DeSoto County is in line to get a second sizable U.S. Highway 17 residential development just a couple weeks after county commissioners gave a preliminary nod to Sonoma Preserve, a project that will offer 999 manufactured homes to seniors.
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It was a wonderful time of year at the Arcadia Elks for the holidays. “Christmas for the Special People” and the kids’ Christmas were ones to remember. Event organizers and Santa wanted to thank the community for its support for these important events, including Mary Kay Burns, DeSoto County…
Prices at the pump are off to their lowest start to the month of January since 2016. Gas prices in Florida dropped another 4 cents last week. The state average has now declined nearly 70 cents since October.
Lawmakers in town next Wednesday
The DeSoto County Chamber of Commerce honored winners in Christmas Parade and Christmas Card Lane entries at this month’s early-bird event at Joshua Citrus. The next morning event is Feb. 7 at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. It begins at 8 a.m.
Carl McQuay got tired of talk. So when Arcadia set stronger rules to reduce blight, to keep the city tidy, he acted. The town’s ordinance officer has issued hundreds of warnings to those with blighted property — tall grass, abandoned homes/cars, yard clutter, peeling paint, slumlords, too ma…
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The first paragraph in the July 20, 2017, issue of the Arcadian began:
Florida citrus is returning. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in December reported that state orange growers, for example, will deliver almost double the number of boxes in 2018-19 over a year ago. Hurricane Irma in September 2017 destroyed groves and knocked fruit from surviving trees. As…
The plunge at the pump continues this week, and now gas prices are poised to have their lowest start to the New Year since Jan. 1, 2016.
Fresh perspective for Florida
Gas prices in Florida are declining again, after rising an average of 3 cents last week. On Sunday, gas prices averaged $2.30 per gallon, which is only 1.5 cents more than this time a week ago. Florida drivers are now paying 21 cents per gallon less than they did two months ago, and 62 cents…
Hops on the bandwagon
Tidewell Hospice’s Tidewell Honors Veterans Program has been recognized as an elite program for care and recognition of the nation’s military veterans and a mentor for hospices across the country that are seeking to establish or enhance care of veterans. Tidewell Honors Veterans is one of ni…
Tidewell Hospice’s Tidewell Honors Veterans Program has been recognized as an elite program for care and recognition of the nation’s military veterans and a mentor for hospices across the country that are seeking to establish or enhance care of veterans. Tidewell Honors Veterans is one of ni…
It is an airport, after all. So why not have fun with flying?
Lawmakers in town next Wednesday
The DeSoto County Chamber of Commerce honored winners in Christmas Parade and Christmas Card Lane entries at this month’s early-bird event at Joshua Citrus. The next morning event is Feb. 7 at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. It begins at 8 a.m.
Carl McQuay got tired of talk. So when Arcadia set stronger rules to reduce blight, to keep the city tidy, he acted. The town’s ordinance officer has issued hundreds of warnings to those with blighted property — tall grass, abandoned homes/cars, yard clutter, peeling paint, slumlords, too ma…
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The first paragraph in the July 20, 2017, issue of the Arcadian began:
Florida citrus is returning. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in December reported that state orange growers, for example, will deliver almost double the number of boxes in 2018-19 over a year ago. Hurricane Irma in September 2017 destroyed groves and knocked fruit from surviving trees. As…
The plunge at the pump continues this week, and now gas prices are poised to have their lowest start to the New Year since Jan. 1, 2016.
Fresh perspective for Florida
Gas prices in Florida are declining again, after rising an average of 3 cents last week. On Sunday, gas prices averaged $2.30 per gallon, which is only 1.5 cents more than this time a week ago. Florida drivers are now paying 21 cents per gallon less than they did two months ago, and 62 cents…
Hops on the bandwagon
Tidewell Hospice’s Tidewell Honors Veterans Program has been recognized as an elite program for care and recognition of the nation’s military veterans and a mentor for hospices across the country that are seeking to establish or enhance care of veterans. Tidewell Honors Veterans is one of ni…
Tidewell Hospice’s Tidewell Honors Veterans Program has been recognized as an elite program for care and recognition of the nation’s military veterans and a mentor for hospices across the country that are seeking to establish or enhance care of veterans. Tidewell Honors Veterans is one of ni…
It is an airport, after all. So why not have fun with flying?
For the South Florida State College graduates gathered in the Alan Jay Wildstein Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 13, the 2018 commencement ceremony was a time to celebrate.
Were you out on the bike Thanksgiving morning? If you were, I might have seen you as I rode an easy 30 miles just to make room for an extra piece of pumpkin pie. I probably spotted a hundred other cyclists out and about.
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The discount at the pump is beginning to slow down in some southern states. Gas prices in Florida declined fractions of a penny on Sunday, for instance, after declining 1-2 cents a day for the past seven weeks. Average prices followed the same trend in most major metro markets around the state.
It’s happening again.
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