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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to break the shutdown impasse and fund his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump on Saturday offered to extend temporary protection for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But while Trump cast the move as a “common-sense compromise,”…
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NORTH PORT - North Port Police announced late Friday night that after getting tips and investigating, they arrested an 18-year-old North Port man "for his part in the Domino’s pizza robbery."
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is holding a women’s self defense class in partnership with ATA Shuman’s Black Belt Academy on Wednesday.
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This is the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history, but it’s not affecting region airports very much.
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Today is the day to take the golf/beach/boat braggart photos to share with northern friends, because rainy, windy and chilly weather will begin moving into the area soon, leaving us with a soup-making, football-watching kind of Sunday.
ENGLEWOOD — The South Manasota/Sandpiper Key Association isn’t sitting on the sidelines when it comes to the toxic red tide algae.
If the partial government shutdown continues into March, Sarasota County School District will need to come up $4 million to keep the school lunch program going.
A Naples Realtor who helped negotiate the sale of Seahorse Marina for the development of Allegiant’s Sunseeker Resort is accused of stealing $400,000 he promised the former owners would go toward a Sunseeker condo.
PLACIDA — A 57-year-old man cut himself deeply with a chainsaw and had to be airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday.
ENGLEWOOD — Ruth Hill wants to do what she can for the Jubilee Center and its food pantry.
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Amy Stone spent part of a busy morning Thursday at the Englewood Farmers Market explaining to people how the government shutdown will impact their benefits.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature’s implementation of a medical marijuana law and said Thursday that if they don’t fix it quickly, he’ll take matters into his own hands.
A small crowd of neighbors are objecting to a proposed hotel in Englewood on State Road 776. They say it will bring crime and disruption to their piece of old Florida.
ENGLEWOOD — State health officials are meeting with small focus groups to take the pulse of the health of Sarasota County.
ENGLEWOOD — Manasota Key can give a sigh of relief when it comes to red tide, but not so with Venice and Sarasota.
ENGLEWOOD — For nearly a decade, converting a former golf course into a nature preserve has been the top project for the members of the Lemon Bay Conservancy.
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WEST VILLAGES — Bases are loaded and it's the bottom of the ninth for area Atlanta Braves fans who bought tickets for the inaugural game at CoolToday Park.
I had a few moments of thoughtlessness Saturday. And a few moments of thanklessness too.
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Today is the day to take the golf/beach/boat braggart photos to share with northern friends, because rainy, windy and chilly weather will begin moving into the area soon, leaving us with a soup-making, football-watching kind of Sunday.
ENGLEWOOD — The South Manasota/Sandpiper Key Association isn’t sitting on the sidelines when it comes to the toxic red tide algae.
If the partial government shutdown continues into March, Sarasota County School District will need to come up $4 million to keep the school lunch program going.
A Naples Realtor who helped negotiate the sale of Seahorse Marina for the development of Allegiant’s Sunseeker Resort is accused of stealing $400,000 he promised the former owners would go toward a Sunseeker condo.
PLACIDA — A 57-year-old man cut himself deeply with a chainsaw and had to be airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday.
ENGLEWOOD — Ruth Hill wants to do what she can for the Jubilee Center and its food pantry.
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Amy Stone spent part of a busy morning Thursday at the Englewood Farmers Market explaining to people how the government shutdown will impact their benefits.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature’s implementation of a medical marijuana law and said Thursday that if they don’t fix it quickly, he’ll take matters into his own hands.
A small crowd of neighbors are objecting to a proposed hotel in Englewood on State Road 776. They say it will bring crime and disruption to their piece of old Florida.
ENGLEWOOD — State health officials are meeting with small focus groups to take the pulse of the health of Sarasota County.
ENGLEWOOD — Manasota Key can give a sigh of relief when it comes to red tide, but not so with Venice and Sarasota.
ENGLEWOOD — For nearly a decade, converting a former golf course into a nature preserve has been the top project for the members of the Lemon Bay Conservancy.
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WEST VILLAGES — Bases are loaded and it's the bottom of the ninth for area Atlanta Braves fans who bought tickets for the inaugural game at CoolToday Park.
I had a few moments of thoughtlessness Saturday. And a few moments of thanklessness too.
County Commissioner Nancy Detert told representatives of Venice Regional Bayfront Health (VRBH) last fall that they’d have to go a long way to get her support for their new hospital site.
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Starting in July, you might not see any more butts on Charlotte and Sarasota county beaches.
ENGLEWOOD — It was the toughest $1,000 raised by the Moose Riders so far.
An Englewood man is in critical condition at Lee Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle crashed into a car late Saturday morning.
ENGLEWOOD — Stabbing a person, creating a distraction or even throwing a basketball at someone with a gun are some survival tactics that could save lives.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Sun correspondent Don Moore has written veteran stories for years for the newspaper. These interviews become part of the Library of Congress veteran history program. This story is No. 1,000 from Moore.
