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| FISHING PIER TO BE REMOVED BY COMMISSIONERS |
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WENGNews writes, "UNLESS THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART, THEY WILL VOTE TODAY TO ACCEPT A BID TO REMOVE A WALKWAY, RAILING, AND CROSS-BRACES OF AN OLD RAILROAD TRESTLE ALONG THE MYAKKA RIVER THAT IS USED BY MANY AREA FISHERMEN. AND THE FISHEREN ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY CHARLOTTE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR LAURA KLEISS HOEFT, WHO SAYS THE TRESTLE IS FALLING APART AND COULD POTENTIALLY POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE TRESTLE HAS BEEN BLOCKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BY A WOODEN GATE, PUT UP AFTER THEY WIDENED THE EL JOBEAN BRIDGE. A PETITION IS CIRCULATING ASKING COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE MAKING A DECISION, AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONERS TODAY. IT’S BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 70 SIGNATURES ON IT, BUT IT APPEARS THE COMMISSIONERS WILL MOVE FORWARD TODAY ANYWAY, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT SPENDING NEARLY $100,000 DOLLARS TO HAVE IT REMOVED."
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 05:32am.
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| FCAT TESTING THIS WEEK |
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WENGNews writes, "IF YOUR STUDENTS ARE A BIT SLOW GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL TODAY, AND DON’T SEEM QUITE AS EXCITED AS THEY USUALLY ARE, THERE’S A REASON. THE FLORIDA COMPREHENSIVE ASSESMENT TEST BEGINS TODAY IN SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE. FCAT’S ARE REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THRU TEN, AND PASSING IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GRADE. TESTING WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, WITH MAKE-UPS ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE TESTING ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR SELECTED GRADES, WITH MAKE-UPS THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE FCAT TESTS STUDENTS IN READING, MATH, WRITING, AND SCIENCE IN SELECTED GRADES, AND EACH SECTION IS TIMED FROM SIXTY TO NINETY MINUTES. IT TAKES A WHILE TO TABULATE THE GRADES, BUT ANXIOUS STUDENTS AND PARENTS SHOULD GET THE RESULTS IN THE MAIL STARTING IN MAY. GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ARE TAKING THE FCATS!!"
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 05:21am.
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| KITSON WALKS AWAY FROM DEAL |
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WENGNews writes, "SYD KITSON SENT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A FAX LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON LETTING THEM KNOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN ANY DEAL FOR MURDOCK VILLAGE. KITSON SCALED BACK HIS OFFER TO COMMISSIONERS AT THEIR LAST MEETING, SAYING HE ONLY WANTED TO PURCHASE ABOUT 40 OF THE 870 ACRES ON THE PROPERTY, A MOVE THAT COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH AND WERE READY TO REJECT. THE COUNTY DID GIVE KITSON THIRTY DAYS TO COME UP WITH A FORMAL OFFER, BUT HE TOLD THE SUN HE FELT THIS IS WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED. IT PUTS THE COUNTY BACK AT SQUARE ONE TO FIND SOMEONE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY THEY BOUGHT WITH A LOAN BACK IN 2004 THAT IS NOW COSTING THEM OVER $16,700 DOLLARS A DAY IN INTEREST. COMMISSIONER TOM MOORE TOLD THE PAPER HE BELIEVES IT WILL BE AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY FIND SOMEONE TO DEVELOP THE LAND, AND THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO ABSORB THE ENORMOUS DEBT ON IT. "
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 04:40am.
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| THREE MORE TEENS ARRESTED FOR CAR HOPPING |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOLVED NUMEROUS CAR HOPPING INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE CAPE HAZE AREA LAST SUMMER. DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD JUSTIN OWENS WAS ARRESTED BACK ON MARCH 2ND ON UNRELATED CHARGES WHEN DURING QUESTIONING HE ADMITTED HE AND TWO OTHER TEENS WERE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS VEHICLE BURGLARIES TO UNLOCKED VEHICLES FROM JUNE TO AUGUST. THE TWO OTHER, 16 YEAR OLD COLTON DEVOE OF ROTONDA WEST AND 16 YEAR OLD TRAVIS NEFF OF GROVE CITY WERE CONTACTED AT LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL LAST THURSDAY, AND NEFF ADMITTED THE THREE WERE INVOLVED. ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES OF BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AND GRAND THEFT. THESE CHARGES STEM FROM JUST ONE INCIDENT BACK IN JULY, IN WHICH A $500 DOLLAR GUITAR, A $300 DOLLAR XBOX 360 AND $340 DOLLARS CASH WERE TAKEN FROM AN UNLOCKED PICK-UP ON CAPE HAZE. DETECTIVES SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, AND MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED ON THE THREE TEENS, AND THERE MAY BE MORE ARRESTS OF OTHERS INVOLVED. OWENS WAS RELEASED ON BOND, WHILE DEVOE AND NEFF WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 06:49am.
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| SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO JAIL AGAIN |
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WENGNews writes, "A CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL INMATE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AS AN INVESTIGATION FOUND HE HELPED SMUGGLE CONTRABAND INTO THE JAIL, SOMETHING THAT IS REACHING EPIC PROPORTIONS. JAIL INVESTIGATORS REPORTEDLY FOUND TOBACCO AND ROLLING PAPERS IN THE TRASH CAN OF THE LOBBY RESTROOM FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY TOOK THE SUBSTANCES, THEN PUT THE BACK AFTER VISITING HOURS WERE OVER. THEY THEN WATCHED 22 YEAR OLD KENNETH RAY HUNTER GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND EMPTY THE TRASH CAN. HE THEN MOVED THE TOBACCO FROM THE WOMEN’S RESTROOM TO THE MEN’S. HUNTER, WHO HAS BEEN AT THE JAIL SINCE EARLY OCTOBER, WAS CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING CONTRABAND INTO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE GEORGIA MAN WAS HELD WITHOUT BOND. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECENT INCIDENTS OF DRUG SMUGGLING INTO THE JAIL, INCLUDING THE DISCOVERY OF CRACK IN A JAIL CELL AND A FRIEND ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR AN INMATE LAST WEEK. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 06:24am.
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| CONE ZONE FOR WEEK OF MARCH 10TH |
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WENGNews writes, "HERE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WILL SLOW YOU DOWN THIS WEEK IN SARASOTA COUNTY. IN NOKOMIS, CREWS WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THE NOKOMIS WATER LINE PROJECT IN TWO AREAS…FROM COLONIA LANE BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND ALBEE FARM ROAD, AND FROM EAST OF ALBEE FARM ROAD BETWEEN COLONIA LANE AND KIRKPATRICK ROAD. THEY’RE ALMOST DONE HERE, AS WORK SHOULD CONCLUDE LATER IN THE SPRING. IN VENICE, THERE WILL BE ONE-LANE CLOSURES, ALTERNATING BETWEEN THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES OF JACARANDA BOULEVARD STARTING THIS WEEK WHILE WORK IS UNDER WAY IN THE MEDIANS. THIS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE END OF THE MONTH. IT’S THE SAME STORY ON CENTER ROAD FROM RIVER ROAD TO FIELDSTONE DRIVE. ALSO, THE CIRCUS BRIDGE SOUTHBOUND WILL BE SHUT DOWN ALL WEEK FROM 9PM TO 6AM FOR CONSTRUCTION. YOU WILL NEED TO EXIT VENICE ISLAND FROM THE NORTH WHILE THAT IS GOING ON. FINALLY IN ENGLEWOOD, LANE CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK ALONG DEARBORN STREET WHILE BRICK PAVERS ARE INSTALLED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AS PART OF THE DEARBORN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. OTHER PLANNED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF THE CONCRETE SHEET PILE WALL, CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARRIER RAIL ON THE DEARBORN STREET BRIDGE AND THE ROADWAY ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE BRIDGE. THE WATERWAY BY THE BRIDGE WAS REOPENED TO TRAFFIC LAST WEEK. THE COUNTY SAYS WORK ON THE DEARBORN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SHOULD WRAP UP BY JULY. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 05:53am.
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| MEN RESCUED IN GASPARILLA SOUND |
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WENGNews writes, "TWO MEN WERE RESCUED FROM A BOAT THAT RAN AGROUND IN GASPARILLA SOUND SATURDAY EVENING. REPORTS SAY OFFICIALS RECEIVED A CALL AROUND 7PM FROM A FRIEND OF THE BOATERS WHO SAID HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MEN LOOKING FOR HELP, AS ONE OF THE MEN WAS HAVING A MEDICAL EPISODE THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THE MEN WERE RESCUED AT AROUND 8:30PM BY HELICOPTER, WITH AN ASSIST FROM COAST GUARD CREWS, THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND FT. MYERS BEACH POLICE. THE MAN HAVING MEDICAL ISSUES WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, WHERE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE WAITING. THERE IS NO WORD THIS MORNING AS TO THE MAN’S CONDITION. THE OTHER MAN WAS REPORTEDLY NOT INJURED. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 05:22am.
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