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Two ports are available at the charging unit located in the Sarasota City Hall parking lot.
    By
  • Ryan Butler
  • January 9, 2018
Sarasota installs additional electric vehicle chargers

The city has installed 16 electric vehicle chargers, which are free to use for residents and visitors.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mick Koczersut.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 9, 2018
Lakewood Ranch football coach resigns

Mick Koczersut led the Mustangs to a 14-22 record over four seasons.

  • East County
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    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • January 9, 2018
Siesta Drive safety campaign asks for resident support

Part of the road is slated to be restriped, but Make Siesta Drive Safer has more plans in the works.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The northern face of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort sign before it was removed.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 9, 2018
'Actively deteriorating' Colony sign removed, Longboat code enforcement says

Colony Beach and Tennis Resort Association and Unicorp National Developments arranged to have the sign removed, although exactly when it happened is unclear to them and town staff.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Foreign Service veteran Bob Deutsch and Longboat Key Democratic Club President Ken Marsh
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat Democrats host first 2018 meeting

Foreign Service veteran Bob Deutsch addressed the group on Jan. 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Supreme Court decided June 18, 2015, to eliminate content regulations for town sign codes, upending Longboat's regulations.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat sign code rewrite not to be heard again until after elections

Town staff have been working to rewrite the towns sign code for more than a year following a Supreme Court decision that invalidated its current code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • January 9, 2018
Longtime Siesta Key resident Scottie Holliday dies at 84

Scottie Holliday was known for her ability to make everyone feel like part of the family.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A Palm Aire man is in critical condition after an early-morning accident.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2018
Palm Aire man in critical condition following crash

Police suspect the early-morning crash was alcohol related.

  • East County
  • News
The next free CPR course will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 19 at north fire station. File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat Fire Rescue to continue CPR classes

The next free CPR course will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 19 at north fire station.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Police Department's 2017 Ford Explorer could be salvaged, police say.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat police cruiser damaged in hit-and-run could be salvaged, police say

Police charged the woman who they suspect hit their police cruiser with leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, a third-degree felony.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport officials said travelers have expressed interest in a budget airline such as Allegiant.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 9, 2018
SRQ, Allegiant announce new flights

The budget airline will launch nonstop service to Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Cincinnati beginning in April.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee County 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Lon Arend listens to both sides of the case.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 9, 2018
Tara commercial development in limbo

Lake Lincoln's right to develop Tara parcel remains in dispute.

  • East County
  • News
Graci McGillicuddy, Ernie Kretzmer and Dorathea Sandland
    By
  • Kayleigh Omang
  • January 8, 2018
New center opening honors lead donor

The Kretzmer Center held its opening night on Jan. 8 at Aviva - A Campus for Senior Life.

  • Black Tie
Manatee County Sheriff's Office searches for armed robbery suspect.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 8, 2018
Update: Suspect arrested in connection with two Manatee County Shell station robberies

The suspect has also been charged with two counts of armed robbery in Sarasota.

  • East County
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 8, 2018
Antiques Roadshow stops in Sarasota this spring

Tickets for the show up for grabs through Feb. 27.

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