PORT ST. LUCIE — Air-conditioning units were stolen early Sunday morning from at least four nearby businesses on Southeast Lennard Road, according to recently released St. Lucie County Sheriff’s records.

The businesses are in the 10200 block of Southeast Lennard Road, east of U.S. 1 near Southeast Mariposa Avenue. They were identified as Express Food Mart, Duke of Oil, Design A Sign and Uptown Motors.
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John Santilli

According to the woman, she had been involved with 47-year-old John Santilli for two and a half years before ending the relationship two months ago.

The woman told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputies that she moved and asked Santilli not to contact her but she had received several phone calls and notes from him. She has also had several UPS packages stolen and her television cable cut off, according to a sheriff’s report.

On Monday the woman said her cable had been cut off again. She told investigators Santilli admitted he had cut it and to fix it would need to enter her apartment.

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You don’t have to win Home & Garden Television’s green home in Port St. Lucie to get an up-close look at the hydroponic garden and solar-power system.

The house, at the Tradition development, will be open for public tours April 20-June 6. Tickets are $15.

The domestic cable network built the 2,430-square-foot home for its second annual green home giveaway contest.

It’s one of a handful in Florida that has received platinum-level certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

Indiantown’s home-grown telephone company is about to invest big bucks to link fiber optic lines to homes in the central Martin County community.

ITS Telecommunications Systems Inc. got an $8 million loan this month from the Rural Utilities Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that makes sure people living in the country have access to electricity, water and telephones. (more…)

PORT ST. LUCIE — Residents in the city will see their cable, Internet, home phone and cell phones bills increase in six months by a few dollars.

The Port St. Lucie City Council approved more than tripling the city’s communications services tax at its Monday night meeting with only Councilman Chris Cooper dissenting. Nobody from the public spoke on the issue.

The increase from 1.5 percent to 5.22 percent will provide the city with $4.6 million each year as part of the solution for the city to make up for an anticipated $10 million shortfall in next year’s budget, according to the city’s Communications Director Ed Cunningham.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — Residents may soon see an increase to their monthly cable, Internet, home and cellphones bills if the city decides this month to increase the communications tax by almost 350 percent.

The City Council gave preliminary approval earlier this week to increase the city’s comunications services tax from 1.5 percent to 5.22 percent, which would provide the city with $4.6 million each year. It’s one possible solution for the city as a way to make up for an anticipated $10 million shortfall in next year’s budget.
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