Monday, March 31, 2025

Acreage/Indian Trail

ITID Still Wrestling With Concerns Over Halloween On Citrus Grove Blvd.

What started off as a neighborhood event for children along Citrus Grove Blvd. has morphed into a Halloween monster, one of the event’s founders told the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, Sept. 18. “It has turned...

Betty Argue Counting On Experience To Carry ITID’s Seat 4

Indian Trail Improvement District Supervisor Betty Argue said this week that she is comfortable that the area’s informed voters will choose her during the Nov. 5 general election for Seat 4 on the ITID Board of Supervisors, but angry...

Melian Believes ITID Seat 4 Needs Her Youth, Fresh Perspective

Natalia Melian-Torres said that the plight of big-rig truckers, like her husband, got her interested in politics, but she is far from a one-issue candidate. “The parks are horrible… traffic is unbearable… improvements are needed in drainage… the milled...

Incumbent Jordano Slams PACs, Seeks Neighborhood Support

In the race for Indian Trail Improvement District Seat 2, incumbent Supervisor Keith Jordano said this week that he knows he’s fighting an uphill battle against challenger Richard Vassalotti II. “This situation is akin to David vs. Goliath,” said Jordano,...

Vassalotti Aims To Listen To The ‘Heartbeat’ Of The Community

After winning 40.03 percent of the vote in the six-way primary for Indian Trail Improvement District Seat 2 in August, candidate Richard Vassalotti II said a lot of hard work and listening to the “heartbeat” of the community paid...

New Culvert Install Underway At Carol Street Crossing

After some four months of often emotional entreaty from Santa Rosa Groves residents to the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors, earth is being moved and culvert pipe is being laid that will allow a renewed connection between...

ITID Looks At Alternatives To Citrus Grove Halloween Party

The decades-old street party that has come to be known as “Halloween on Citrus Grove” is a lawsuit waiting to happen, district staff told the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors at their Wednesday, Aug. 21 meeting. ITID Executive...

Vassalotti And Jordano Advance In Race For Indian Trail Seat 2

The Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election contenders are set for Indian Trail Improvement District Seat 2 following this week’s primary election. In the crowded, six-way ITID race, political newcomer Richard Vassalotti II ran ahead of his five opponents. The retired...

ITID, AAL Grind Toward New Sports Provider Agreement

Officials from Indian Trail Improvement District and the Acreage Athletic League met for more than two hours recently trying to work out a new service provider contract, but sparks continue to fly over competition for athletes and access to...

Crowded ITID Seat 2 Field Shares Thoughts On Key Issues

In an effort to inform readers about candidates and issues important to residents of Indian Trail Improvement District, the Town-Crier asked a series of questions to each of the six candidates competing for ITID Seat 2 in the Tuesday,...

GL Offers Carol Street Culvert Install; ITID Studying Permit Request

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors agreed 4-0 in a Monday, July 15 special meeting to accept an offer from developer GL Homes to install a new culvert at the south end of Carol Street in the...

UPDATE: ITID Gives GL Homes Tentative OK For New Carol Street Culvert

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors agreed 4-0 at a special meeting on Monday, July 15 to accept an offer by developer GL Homes to install a new culvert at the south end of Carol Street in...

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New PBSO Captain For The Acreage, Groves And Westlake

In the early 1990s, when Robert Sandt first trekked through the palmetto scrub of what is now part of...