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Arcadia, Florida is located in Desoto County. Zip codes in Arcadia, FL include 34269, 34265, and 34266. More Arcadia information.

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23 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

Blueberries a highlight on this yeara s Farm Tour

When you think of places where blueberries grow, you normally think of cold-weather locales such as Michigan and Maine.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

News Chief

Polk to see manufacturing facility, solar array

Polk County will be getting more jobs and could become a leader in renewable and solar energies in the state of Florida.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

North Port Sun

A fun-filled faire

Bailey Thurman didn't have far to go. In fact, the 13-year-old Punta Gorda resident was only two feet from ringing the bell of a 25-foot-tall rock-climbing wall on display at the Church of the Good Shepherd's Canterbury Faire Sunday.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

ResourceShelf

Learn About and Tryout OpenCalais

OpenCalais is a free service that we first mentioned six months ago and have mentioned several times since.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

HeraldTribune.com

North Port man having sex in car winds up in jail

A man caught by police having sex with a woman in a parked car wound up in jail after he drove away, despite having a suspended license.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Call for Action: Cops Gone Bad

Major mistakes by an officer at the Arcadia Police Department may have lead to the dismissal of 13 drug cases in Desoto County.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Gulf Times

Historic facelift for power grid

"It is something that will give us sort of a transformational impact on how electricity is generated, delivered, and consumed," said Carol Browner, assistant to the president for energy and climate change.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

SDG&E to get federal smart-grid funding

President Barack Obama toured the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center yesterday in Arcadia, Fla., where he announced smart-grid funding.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Marco Eagle

Obama's Arcadia visit brings focus to small town with country's largest solar energy plant

President Barack Obama will be visiting FPL's DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center near Arcadia, Florida on October 27, 2009.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Obama visit has special meaning to some in Arcadia

William Burton is dead three decades now and his barbershop by the railroad tracks here is shuttered, but the old men still come every day, sunup to sundown, to the place they got their first haircuts.

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Environmental News Network

Smart Grid to be Stimulated

President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday.

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WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Fatal stabbing in New Port Richey

Deputies are investigating a fatal stabbing at an apartment complex on Trouble Creek Road in New Port Richey.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

North Port Sun

President coming but no one will get to see him

Area residents hoping to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama when he visits DeSoto County Tuesday will be disappointed.

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Town Hall

Obama promotes 'smart grid'

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

News Press

Florida shines in solar power

Its name is impressively futuristic: The DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center.

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WNOL-TV New Orleans

Obama to spend stimulus money on building a "smarter'' electricity grid

President Obama and administration officials on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in spending projects to modernize the nation's electric power system.

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HeraldTribune.com

Arcadia quiet on eve of president's arrival

The impending arrival of President Obama did little to disturb the dusty antique stores or cause much hoopla in downtown Arcadia Monday.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Highlands Today

Obama will visit Arcadia

A presidential visit is big news anywhere in America, but in a city so small that Friday night football games are still the weekly happening and politicians gather under the Tree of Knowledge, hearing "Hail to the Chief" at a presidential visit is the chance of a lifetime.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

News Press

President plans to visit solar plant near Arcadia

Fields of citrus groves and cattle ranches line the unchoked roads of DeSoto County, about one hour north of Lee, where President Barack Obama is expected to arrive Tuesday - the first presidential visit anyone there can remember.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

North Port Sun

It's official: President Obama coming to Arcadia

President Obama has planned a visit DeSoto County to herald the opening of the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, Florida Power & Light's solar plant just north of Arcadia.

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