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$25 million in funding is set aside for widening of South River Road; $40 million for new affordable multi-family rental housing

Venice and North Port face different challenges as they cities ready for the impact of Hurricane Ian.

Altitude International Holdings, which owns a youth soccer network, is the buyer, Port St. Lucie city officials said

Altitude International Holdings, which owns a youth soccer network, is the buyer, Port St. Lucie city officials said

Club Meds Port St. Lucie resort is closing in September, putting hundreds out of work.

Water and sewer expansion and the state Clean Waterways Act will top discussion at a special meeting of the North Port City Commission on May 17.

NORTH PORT – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port is conducting a “Bingo Card” fundraiser so it can purchase another city lot for scrub jay and wildlife habitat. The targeted lost costs $5,000 and is adjacent to one of the two lots it purchased last year.  Barbara Lockhart, president of the conservancy that formed in early 2020, said that while donors are tagged to square of varying sizes for contributions of $500; $250; $100; $50; and $25, the bingo card is only for aesthet...

NORTH PORT – Developers of Wellen Park in North Port have amended their complaint in an attempt to halt a resident push to contract the boundaries of the city of North Port and deannex land west of the Myakka River. The amended complaint, filed Feb. 4, comes on the heels of a Jan. 25 denial by Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll of their bid for a preliminary injunction against the process. The city is currently paying a Fort Lauderdale-based consultant, Munilytics, $74,000 to conduct a fea...

NORTH PORT – Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against a resident push to contract the city of North Port Monday morning. In a 12-page ruling, Carroll essentially said the push by the attorneys for Wellen Park, LLLP, Mattamy Tampa Sarasota, LLC; Neal Communities of Southwest Florida, LLC; and GB WV, LLC, to stop contraction did not prove “likelihood of irreparable harm; the unavailability of an adequate remedy of law; the substantial likelih...