Frank Stanfield
Reporter at Daily Commercial
Author, Christian writer, newspaper reporter, Vietnam-era vet, UGa., Bulldog. Interested in crime, writing, politics, veteran issues.
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4 days ago |
nwfdailynews.com | Frank Stanfield
Frank StanfieldFor the Daily NewsA woman residing in a Freeport storage facility has been arrested following a fire incident. Heather N. Randolph, 49, faces charges of resisting arrest and battery on law enforcement officers. The fire, which damaged seven storage units, occurred at Stow-Away Storage on Business 331. The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, and further charges against Randolph are possible.
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1 month ago |
lakeandsumterstyle.com | Frank Stanfield
If you think about downtown Tavares, the courthouse, Wooten Park, restaurants, and sea planes come to mind. But a developer hopes to break ground by late summer for an apartment complex diagonally across from City Hall. “We’re excited about it,” Jeffrey Cagan of Cagan Management Group says. So are city officials, who bought the property from the county a decade ago for economic development. It was once the site of a bank and later used by the clerk of court.
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1 month ago |
lakeandsumterstyle.com | Frank Stanfield
“Growth needs to pay for growth,” Council member Troy Singer proclaimed. Builders weren’t on board with the idea. “Every dollar matters in the housing market,” Danielle Stroud of Habitat for Humanity in Lake and Sumter counties noted. That is especially true for her clients – teachers, bus drivers and others — who are now renting but trying to buy a home. Christie Folker with the Home Builders Association of Lake-Sumter urged Council members to phase in the increases.
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2 months ago |
lakeandsumterstyle.com | Frank Stanfield
City Council, feeling the squeeze of growth and development on its budget, is poised to possibly tripling the size of construction impact fees on May 7. “Why should residents pay the cost of new development?” Council member Lori Pfister says. Not so fast, says the board of directors for the Home Builders Association of Lake & Sumter Counties.
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2 months ago |
lakeandsumterstyle.com | Frank Stanfield
City Commissioners Monday shot down the idea of adopting a moratorium on annexing land for new homes in a 4-1 vote before a packed, sometimes raucous crowd. “It’s bad economic policy,” Al Minner, the city manager, told the 300-plus people at the Venetian Community Building.
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