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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 17, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, May 18

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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Lakewood Ranch' s Logan Newton wipes her face after throwing a pitch against Countryside.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 17, 2017
Mustangs, Pirates fall just short of state softball championship goals

Both teams has lots of talent returning in 2018.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bob Bunting, 360 North resident and a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, told the Town Commission mangrove roots are vital to the island' s stability.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Longboat Key keeps trying to get handle on north-end erosion

Engineers will present the Town Commission with long-term options in August.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Charter Review Committee: Pat Zunz, Phill Younger, Alan Pryor, Bill Cook
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Charter Review Committee considers redistricting Longboat Key

Idea to add at-large seat to Town Commission election aims at opening up the field, but will it fly?

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  • News
Initial budget projection works with 3% increase in Longboat Key' s property values.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Longboat Key estimates 2017-18 revenue at $15.56 million

Initial budget projection works with 3% increase in Key's property values.

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Chuck Whittall says he intends to meet milestone to pay $22 million.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
June 1 deadline approaches for Colony payment

Chuck Whittall says he intends to meet milestone to pay $22 million.

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  • News
Dick Vitale fires up the crowd at his gala.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 17, 2017
Vitale comes up big in his 'Super Bowl'

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
Paige McElyea.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 17, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: 05.17.17

East County Athlete of the Week: 05.17.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Morgan Cummins.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 17, 2017
East County High 5 Moments: 05.17.17

East County High 5 Moments: 05.17.17

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Jason Morales and Sammy Stoltz, two of the leaders attempting to get lacrosse into Lakewood Ranch High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 16, 2017
MC-Lax to host silent auction fundraiser

The money will go toward Lakewood Ranch High's potential lacrosse programs.

  • East County
  • Sports
Outgoing Junior League of Sarasota President Britt Riner and incoming Junior League of Sarasota President Erin Duggan
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 16, 2017
Junior League of Sarasota wraps up another year of service

Erin Duggan took over as president of the league at the organization’s annual dinner on May 16 at Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 16, 2017
Circus Arts Conservatory welcomes supporters to the big top for luncheon

La Cirque Appetit, a fundraiser for CAC, took place on May 16 at Sailor Circus Arena.

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Chuck Whittall presented commissioners with two options for the shuttered Colony Beach and Tennis Resort property.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 16, 2017
Colony developer seeks direction from Longboat commissioners, gets none

Chuck Whittall presented two options for the property at Monday's Town Commission meeting.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 16, 2017
Man arrested for trespassing at Riverview High

Aaron Talley, 31, entered a Riverview High School classroom and shouted obscenities to protest the ‘evil corruption in school government.’

  • Sarasota
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Martin Frame, pictured speaking at a June community workshop, said David Weekley Homes wants the Payne Park Village project to match the surrounding neighborhoods.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 16, 2017
City approves Payne Park Village plans

A developer is moving ahead with a scaled-back vision for the downtown-adjacent property, planning to build 135 single-family residential units.

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