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| HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FILING DEADLINE TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "IF YOU DIDN’T REMEMBER TO FILE FOR YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BY THE MARCH 1ST DEADLINE, I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FOR YOU. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SINCE MARCH 1ST FELL ON THE WEEKEND, YOU ARE NOT TOO LATE. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF BUSINESS TODAY TO FILE IT. TO QUALIFY FOR THE NOW $50,000 DOLLAR EXEMPTION, A LANDOWNER MUST BE A FLORIDA RESIDENT LIVING IN A PERMANENT, PRIMARY HOME AS OF JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF TAXABLE HOMES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY RECEIVED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS LAST YEAR, WHILE OVER FORTY PERCENT OF HOME IN SARASOTA COUNTY RECEIVED EXEMPTIONS. THE EXEMPTION DOUBLED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SO-CALLED SUPER EXEMPTION BACK ON JANUARY 29TH. IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY, YOU CAN VISIT ANY OF THE APPRAISER’S OFFICES IN PUNTA GORDA, MURDOCK OR ENGLEWOOD TODAY, WHILE IN SARASOTA COUNTY, YOU CAN VISIT EITHER THE VENICE OR SARASOTA APPRAISER’S OFFICE. BUT YOU MUST DO IT BY THE END OF BUSINESS TODAY!! "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 06:16am.
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| ZIGGY’S LOUNGE THE TARGET OF A STING |
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WENGNews writes, "NARCOTICS DETECTIVES, WITH THE HELP OF AGENTS FROM THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO DEPARTMENT, SCOPED OUT ZIGGY’S LOUNGE IN PORT CHARLTOTE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, AS THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED TIPS ABOUT DRUG ACTIVITY THERE. THEY FOUND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AS 31 YEAR OLD RAMEL HENRY OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS ARRESTED ON POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, COCAINE, AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CHARGES. DETECTIVES SAID THEY FOUND A BAGGIE OF MARIJUANA, A BAGGIE OF COCAINE, AND OVER SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH ON HENRY. DEPUTIES SAY THIS WAS THE EIGHTH TIME HENRY HAS BEEN BUSTED ON A VARIETY OF CHARGES, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HE WAS RELEASED LATER ON SATURDAY ON $4500 DOLLARS BOND. "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 05:44am.
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| FIRES IN PUNTA GORDA KEEP FIREFIGHTERS BUSY |
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WENGNews writes, "TWO FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND IN PUNTA GORDA KEPT CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS UNITS BUSY. YESTERDAY, UNITS BATTLED A FIRE IN AN UNOCCUPIED HOME ON BERMONT ROAD NEAR STATE ROAD 31 ON THE HALLS RANCH PROPERTY. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED IN JUST BEFORE 3PM TO BATTLE THE BLAZE, AND WHILE FIREFIGHTERS GOT THERE WITHIN TEN MINUTES, THE STRUCTURE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. AUTHORITIES DON’T BELIEVE ANYONE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE, AS POWER WAS OFF TO THE BUILDING. AT FIRST, OFFICIALS THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS PART OF A CONTROLLED BURN IN THE AREA, BUT THEY LATER LEARNED IT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. BACK ON FRIDAY, CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE ON CORAL RIDGE DRIVE IN PUNTA GORDA. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A SINGLE STORY HOME FULLY INVOLVED. A QUICK SEARCH OF THE HOME FOUND THERE WAS NO ONE HOME AT THE TIME, AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE BLAZE WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES. RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME AS CREWS WERE MOPPING UP, AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN TOLD RESCUERS THAT SHE HAD A CAT IN THE HOME. IT WAS LATER FOUND IN THE BRUSH BEHIND THE HOME…ALIVE AND WELL. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS ALSO INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE. "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 05:40am.
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| MAN KILLED IN ONE CAR WRECK |
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WENGNews writes, "A MAN FROM WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK WAS KILLED YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS FELL ONTO THE ROADWAY. TROOPERS SAY 67 YEAR OLD JAMES DOCK WAS ON A BICYCLE TRAVELING ON THE GRASS SHOULDER SOUTHBOUND ON STATE ROAD 29 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 78 WHEN AN UNKNOWN BLACK TRUCK PULLING THE TRAILER WAS TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, BOTH DOCK AND THE TRUCK PULLED THRU THE INTERSECTION, WITH DOCK’S BIKE GETTING CAUGHT IN SOME SOFT SAND ON THE GRASS SHOULDER. DOCK TRIED TO STEER ONTO THE PAVED APRON, BUT THE BIKE FELL OVER, THROWING DOCK ONTO THE ROADWAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TRUCK’S TRAILER TIRES RAN OVER DOCK, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE TRUCK THEN HEADED SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 29, NOT WAITING FOR TROOPERS TO ARRIVE ON SCENE. THEY WANT TO TALK TO THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT THE HIGHWAY PATROL. CHARGES MAY BE PENDING. "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 05:14am.
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| CONTROLLED BURN GETS OUT OF CONTROL |
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WENGNews writes, "A CONTROLLED BURN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 74 AND BERMONT ROAD IN PUNTA GORDA JUMPED CONTAINMENT LINES YESTERDAY, BURNING NEARLY TWO HUNDRED ACRES. OFFICIALS SAY FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY INTO AN UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE COUNTY JUST WEST OF STATE ROAD 31 NEAR THE BABCOCK-WEBB WILDLIFE AREA. THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY IS ON SCENE WITH EQUIPMENT TO HELP TRY AND CONTAIN THE FIRE, WHICH WAS TO BURN ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED ACRES. FORTUNATELY, IT’S IN A VERY REMOTE AREA, AND NO STRUCTURES APPEAR TO BE IN ANY DANGER AT THIS TIME. OFFICIALS SAID THE FIRE WAS ABOUT SIXTY PERCENT CONTAINED AS OF LAST NIGHT. ONE OTHER NOTE…THERE WERE RED FLAG WARNINGS UP YESTERDAY."
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 04:55am.
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| GARY NORRIS LEAVING TOWN?? |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT GARY NORRIS MAY BE ON THE MOVE AGAIN, AS HE IS PUTTING IN FOR JOBS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, NORRIS IS A FINALIST FOR THE SAME POSITION IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AND HAS APPLIED IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS AS WELL. NORRIS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN DICEY AT BEST, AND HE SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION LETTER BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH HE LATER RECINDED. NORRIS SAYS HE’S NOT IN ANY HURRY TO LEAVE, AND HE TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD HE IS LEAVING DUE TO FAMILY HEALTH REASONS, BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT BEGIN A SEARCH FOR HIS SUCCESSOR UNTIL HE OFFICIALLY RESIGNS FROM THE POSITION. NORRIS HAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS LEFT ON A CONTRACT THAT REPORTEDLY PAYS HIM OVER $170,000 DOLLARS A YEAR. "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 04:43am.
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| AUTHORITIES CLOSE DOWN TWO BUSINESSES |
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WENGNews writes, "CHALROTTE AND LEE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES WORKED TOGETHER TO SHUT DOWN TWO PORT CHARLOTTE BUSINESSES AND ARRESTED THREE WOMEN ON PROSTITUTION CHARGES LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED DOCUMENTED TIPS ABOUT WOMEN SOLICITING SEX FOR MONEY AT THE RELAXATION STATION AND ESSENCE-LIFE MANAGEMENT, BOTH ON TAMIAMI TRAIL. AN UNDERCOVER LEE COUNTY DETECTIVE, USING FUNDS FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WENT TO RELAXATION STATION AND WAS MET BY 27 YEAR OLD JESSICA MORALES AND 33 YEAR OLD TINA TIEDEMANN. WHEN MONEY WAS EXCHANGED FOR SEX, DETECTIVES STORMED THE BUILDING, HAVING TO FORCEBLY OPEN THE LOCKED FRONT DOOR. THEY ALSO FOUND A VIDEO SYSTEM THAT RECORDED CLIENTS ENTERING AND EXITING THE BUSINESS. DETECTIVES ALSO FOUND A PURSE BELONGING TO MORALES THAT HAD A PLASTIC BAGGIE WITH POWDERED COCAINE INSIDE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, DETECTIVES WENT TO THE ESSENCE-LIFE MANAGEMENT LOCATION, WHERE THEY WERE MET BY 26 YEAR OLD TRACY KRUSE. ONCE MONEY WAS EXCHANGED FOR SEX, AGAIN DETECTIVES STORMED THE FRONT OF THE STORE, FINDING VIDEO EQUIPMENT RECORDING CLIENTS ENTERING AND LEAVING THE STORE. ALL THREE WOMEN WERE BOOKED ON PROSTITUTION SOLICITATION CHARGES, WITH MORALES ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. ALL THREE MADE BOND AND WERE RELEASED THIS MORNING FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Feb 29, 2008 08:53am.
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