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| HEALTH IN MOTION BUS IN NORTH PORT TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, CONTINUES ITS MISSION TO BRING LOW OR NO COST HEALTHCARE TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MEDICAID, WHO DON’T HAVE INSURANCE, OR WHO DON’T HAVE TRANSPORTATION TODAY IN NORTH PORT. THE BUS WILL MAKE ONLY ONE STOP, BUT IT WILL BE AN EXTENDED ONE. IT WILL BE AT THE NORTH PORT WAL-MART, AT 17000 TAMIAMI TRAIL, FROM 9:30AM UNTIL 3PM. THE COUNTY SAYS THAT CROWDS FOR THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN INCREASING WEEKLY, PARTICULARLY IN NORTH PORT, AND THEY HAVE ADDED A THIRD STOP IN THE CITY. HEALTH IN MOTION WILL BE PRESENT AT THE NORTH PORT COMMUNITY EXPO AT NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL, AT 6440 WEST PRICE BOULEVARD THIS SATURDAY FROM 9AM-NOON. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES OFFERED, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SCHEDULE OF THE DATES AND ROUTES, YOU CAN EITHER CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 06:40am.
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| DETECTIVES RAID ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE HOME |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT ON A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING, ARRESTING ONE OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS. DEPUTIES SAY THEY ENTERED THE MARSHALL AVENUE HOME AND FOUND A DIGITAL SCALE IN THE PURSE OF 27 YEAR OLD CRYSTAL WINDSOR. THE HOME’S OTHER OCCUPANT, 27 YEAR OLD LEONARD SCURRY III, TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE PUT IT THERE WHEN THEY ARRIVED, AND HE SAID ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS FOUND IN THE HOME, INCLUDING TWO STRAWS, A PLATE, TRAY, AND PEN SHELL WHICH ALL TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE RESIDUE, WERE HIS. DETECTIVES CHARGED SCURRY WITH POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AS WELL AS FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AS THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. SCURRY WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, A PLACE HE IS FAMILIAR WITH, AS THIS WAS HIS NINTH ARREST ACCORDING TO COUNTY RECORDS. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND, WHILE WINDSOR WAS NOT ARRESTED. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 06:24am.
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| TOURISM NUMBERS IN JANUARY UP |
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WENGNews writes, "DESPITE THE RECENT ECONOMIC NEWS, HIGHER GAS PRICES AND THE HOUSING SLUMP, IT APPEARS TOURISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE SOUTHWEST PLEX. SOME OF THE NUMBERS RELEASED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE VISITING, AND APPARENTLY SPENDING PLENTY OF DOUGH WHILE HERE. SARASOTA COUNTY SET A RECORD FOR BED TAX REVENUES IN THE MONTH, COLLECTING MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS, WHILE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHOWED A NEARLY ELEVEN PERCENT INCREASED IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY OVER LAST YEAR, AS THEY COLLECTED OVER $150,000 THEMSELVES. SOME OF THE FACTORS FOR THE INCREASE INCLUDE THE WEAK DOLLAR ABROAD, WHICH HAS PEOPLE UP NORTH LOOKING HERE, ESPECIALLY CANADIANS, WHO HAVEN’T SEEN THEIR DOLLAR AS STRONG AS IT IS IN THE US IN THEIR LIFETIMES. NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY THOU, AS IT APPEARS PEOPLE ARE BEING A BIT SMARTER WITH THEIR MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO LODGING, AS MOST OF THE MAJOR HOTEL CHAINS ARE SHOWING OCCUPANCY DECLINES SO FAR THIS YEAR. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 06:10am.
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| IT PAYS TO PLAY THE LOTTERY IN CHARLOTTE |
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WENGNews writes, "YET ANOTHER FANTASY FIVE WINNER BROUGHT THEIR WINNING TICKET IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY ON MONDAY, MAKING IT THE THIRD WINNING TICKET IN A WEEK THAT WAS SOLD IN THE COUNTY. THREE PLAYERS MATCHED ALL FIVE NUMBERS STATEWIDE ON MONDAY, INCLUDING ONE WHO BOUGHT THEIR TICKET AT THE PUBLIX ON TAMIAMI TRAIL IN PORT CHARLOTTE. THEY WILL SHARE A JACKPOT OF NEARLY $248,000 DOLLARS, WHILE THE STORE GETS A $500 INCENTIVE FOR SELLING THE WINNING TICKET. THE WINNING FANTASY FIVE NUMBERS FROM MONDAY NIGHT WERE 10-12-23-32-35. JUST LAST THURSDAY, A WINNING FANTASY FIVE TICKET WAS SOLD AT A PUNTA GORDA SWEETBAY, AND ON SATURDAY, A WINNING TICKET WAS PURCHASED A PUBLIX ON COCHRAN BOULEVARD IN PORT CHARLOTTE. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 05:46am.
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| MAN FOLLOWS CAR IN ACCIDENT ON A SCOOTER |
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WENGNews writes, "A MAN WHO CAME UPON A FATAL ACCIDENT IN FORT OGDEN ON MONDAY FOLLOWED THE CAR THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED FOR MILES INTO CHARLOTTE COUNTY ON HIS MOTORIZED SCOOTER. ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES AND THE SUN, 82 YEAR OLD DURWARD GREENWOOD, A CANADIAN WINTERING IN PUNTA GORDA, STRUCK 77 YEAR OLD GERALD WEBB, ANOTHER CANADIAN WINTERING HERE, WHILE HE DROVE HIS GOLF CART NEAR THE SUNNYBREEZE GOLF COURSE MONDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, GREENWOOD REPORTEDLY SPED AWAY, ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY 78 YEAR OLD ELMER MORRA OF DESOTO COUNTY. MORRA WAS ON A YAMAHA SCOOTER, AND HE TOLD THE SUN THAT HE CHASED GREENWOOD AT SPEEDS OF EIGHTY MILES PER HOUR INTO PUNTA GORDA. GREENWOOD DROVE TO HIS HOME ON TAHITI COURT, WHICH IS A DEAD END STREET, AND THAT’S WHEN MORRA GOT SOMEONE TO CALL 911. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES WENT TO THE HOME AND FOUND GREENWOOD, THEN CALLED TROOPERS IN TO MAKE THE ARREST. HE WAS CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH INVOLVING DEATH. GREENWOOD POSTED THE $10,000 BOND AND WAS RELEASED MONDAY NIGHT FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 05:31am.
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| NORTH PORT CUTS CITY WORK FORCE BY THIRTEEN |
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WENGNews writes, "THE SLUMPING HOUSING MARKET HAS NOW HIT THE CITY OF NORTH PORT, AS THEY ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THAT THIRTEEN CITY WORKERS, ELEVEN FROM THE CITY’S BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WERE LAID OFF. NEW HOME PERMITS CONTINUE TO BE NEAR ALL TIME LOWS, WHICH MEANS THE NEED FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS HAS DECREASED DRAMATICALLY, THUS THE CUTBACKS. CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL TOLD THE HERALD TRIBUNE THAT THE LAYOFFS ARE NOT ANYONE’S FAULT, BUT IT’S RELATED TO WORKLOAD. HE ALSO PREDICTED THAT THE HOUSING SLOWDOWN IN THE CITY MAY LAST ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE FINALLY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE OFFERED BY THE CITY GAVE THE LAID-OFF EMPLOYEES TWO WEEKS PAY, AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP HEALTH BENEFITS THRU APRIL. THE CITY WILL SAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE LAYOFFS, BUT CROWELL SAID IT WAS MORE THE LACK OF WORKLOAD AS THE REASON FOR THE CITY’S DECISION."
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 04:58am.
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| PGT LAYS OFF ANOTHER 300 WORKERS |
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WENGNews writes, "WHILE MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER THE LAST TWO HURRICANE-FREE YEARS AS A BLESSING, WORKERS AT PGT INDUSTRIES IN VENICE SEE IT AS A WORK SLOWDOWN, AND THAT ALONG WITH THE SLUMPING HOUSING INDUSTRY HAS LED TO ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES BEING LET GO BY THE COMPANY. A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON SAID THE LAYOFFS COME FROM SENIOR MANAGEMENT TO THE PRODUCTION LINES, AND WITH THESE CUTBACKS, PGT HAS NOW REDUCED ITS WORKFORCE BY FORTY PERCENT SINCE PEAKING AT ABOUT 2500 WORKERS IN 2006. THERE ARE TWO PGT PRODUCTION PLANTS…THE ONE HERE IN VENICE AND THE OTHER IN SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, BUT MOST OF THE CUTTING IS HAPPENING LOCALLY. PGT IS REPORTEDLY OFFERING SEVERANCE PACKAGES TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEY ARE LETTING GO OF, BUT DETAILS ARE BEING KEPT QUIET. PGT PRESIDENT AND CFO ROD HERSHBERGER SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THEY’VE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT WORK FORCE, BUT A $4 MILLION DOLLAR FOURTH QUARTER LOSS FORCED THEIR HAND."
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 04:47am.
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