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April best month for homes sales in eight years
Sār :: Iran | 16 hours ago
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Southwest Florida residential property sales continued to sizzle in April, led by a Sarasota area that notched its best one-month performance in eight years. Facts Sales prices of existing single-family homes, meanwhile, posted double-digit gains
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Scott approves Benderson rowing park funds
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott moments ago approved $5 million in additional funding for the Nathan Benderson Park in a quest to land the world rowing championships in 2017. Scott approved the state Legislature's budget but used his line item veto to kill
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NEW: Punta Gorda Airport to celebrate 1 millionth passenger
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 3 days ago
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Punta Gorda Airport is scheduled to celebrate its millionth passenger Tuesday with the arrival of passengers on a plane from Lexington, Ky. Passengers on the 2:40 p.m. flight into Punta Gorda will be offered refreshments and given raffle tickets for
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Saunders is top local brokerage on Real Trends 500
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 7 days ago
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A trio of local real estate brokerages have earned spots in a new Real Trends 500 survey of top U.S. residential sellers. Michael Saunders & Co. of Sarasota ranked 55th among the 500 largest agencies nationwide and was the highest locally based firm,
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NEW: Records reveal winning bid and bidder for huge Punta Gorda campus
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 17 days ago
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whose horse Oxbow just finished sixth in Saturday's Kentucky Derby -- was the buyer of the former Integrated Control Systems Inc. campus in this waterfront city. Records show Kelley's Boca Norte LLC bought the three-building complex at at 900 W.
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Southwest Florida feels sting of sequester cutbacks
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 19 days ago
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The FAA's furloughs of air traffic controllers have been the most visible sign of Congressional budget cuts that began in March. But as the $85 billion in so-called sequester cuts take hold, a quieter but no less poignant struggle is emerging for
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Market Snapshot: Punta Gorda Historic District
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 19 days ago
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History is never more than a few steps away in this city's National Register Historic District. Between Marion and Virginia avenues west of downtown, a 1950s house would be considered newer. Many date to 1930 or before, and some to the 1890s and
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Motorsports | Grand opening Saturday for Full Throttle Speedway, formerly DeSoto Superspeedway
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 20 days ago
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Grand opening Saturday for Full Throttle Speedway, formerly DeSoto Speedway jdill@bradenton.com When Mike Chase and Kevin Williams closed on the $1.2 million purchase of DeSoto Speedway, the three-eighths mile oval in East Manatee, about two months
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State track preview | Lakewood Ranch bids farewell to fast-moving Zarrella-Ortiz era
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 22 days ago
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For the past four years, Kristin Zarrella and Olivia Ortiz have been the faces of the Lakewood Ranch girls track and field program. They have logged hundreds of miles, won a cache of medals and provided enough drama to fill a Hollywood movie script...
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Alexander: Readers react to discount phone furor
Punta Gorda :: FL :: USA | 23 days ago
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In a column two weeks ago, T-Mobile customer Kyle McCauley of Burnsville protested that the company's abrupt switch to no contracts and full-priced phones had violated his right to purchase a discounted cellphone in the future. T-Mobile wouldn't
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