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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 23, 2020
Bottoms up for Mote

We'll drink to ending red tide.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Location, location . . . communication?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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The homeowners removed the ropes that were blocking off the area, leaving stakes and rocks.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Sarasota County says Siesta house barricade is unauthorized, homeowners remove ropes

Sarasota County officials sent a letter to the homeowners asking them to remove the barricade.

  • Siesta Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 23

John Caviglia photographed the sunrise over Moorings Marina on Longboat Key.

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  • January 23, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 23

Ann Klemeyer captured an image of this wood stork in Sarasota’s Red Bug Slough.

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  • January 23, 2020
East County weather page photo: January 23

Richard Bottorff captured a moment between a limpkin and an alligator in Rye Wilderness.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Demolition of the Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility is set to begin in June.
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  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Siesta Key to soon see work on two major projects

Sarasota County will begin the demolition of the Siesta Key Water Reclamation facility and begin replacing a water pipeline near Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
When grease gets into the county’s wastewater collection system it can cause blockages and clogs. Photo Courtesy
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Change in Sarasota County grease regulations leave business owners concerned

A change in the county's fats, oils and grease regulations leave business owners with additional annual expenses.

  • Sarasota
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As the county funds more large scale projects, less funds are being allocated to tourism promotion.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Tourist Development Council expects slower gains

Because money is being diverted to pay for capital projects, there is less available money to market Sarasota County

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Sarasota school Board discusses safety funds, rental policies

The district has about $2 million left to address safety at district campuses.

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Mitsi Corcoran is being paid $207,000 a year as acting superintendent.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2020
Superintendent search firms narrowed to two

The school board will hear presentations from Florida School Boards Association and Ray & Associates, Inc. at its Feb. 4 meeting.

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EnsembleNEWSRQ co-founders Samantha Bennett and George Nickson continue to carve their unique niche with their sincere, playful creative style.
    By
  • Edward Alley
  • January 23, 2020
ensembleNEWSRQ 's 'Fire and Light' burns bright with innovative sounds

Guest violist Jessica Meyer contributes a fascinating trio of compositions

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Sailors junior Annette Zamsky watches her shot go over the head of a Palmetto goalkeeper.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Riding the (frozen) waves

Sailors girls soccer fights through cold to prove their mettle.

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Matteo Catena, here leaping for a shot against Lakewood Ranch, is a senior captain on the Rams.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2020
Rams basketball is learning to finish games

Riverview has won nine straight games.

  • Sarasota
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John Long, managing member of Equity Villa Fund LLC, agreed to pay the town $3,640 and court costs to settle a lawsuit that sought to force the property owner of the home on Schooner Lane to cease and desist.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 23, 2020
Town lobbies against state legislation on short-term rentals

Bills focus on constitutional rights of property owners; mayor's letter notes possibility of 'mini-hotels.'

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