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Sisters Samantha Beebe, 30, and Elizabeth Murray, 29, will open Influence Style on Main Street in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • October 21, 2016
Style comes to Lakewood Main Street

Influence Style, known for its shops on St. Armands Circle, set to open in Lakewood Ranch.

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A new restaurant is being developed on old Pattigeorge's Waterfront Restaurant site on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • October 21, 2016
New 200-seat restaurant coming to former Pattigeorge’s Waterfront Restaurant site on Longboat Key

Construction schedule and project cost estimates are still being developed.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 21, 2016
SPARCC hosts Men of Courage Breakfast

Both male and female community leaders came together against domestic and sexual violence at the annual Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center event.

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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • October 21, 2016
Neighborhood meeting scheduled for Siesta mini-golf course

Residents and business owners will get their first look at the plans for an 18-hole mini-golf course in Siesta Key Village.

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The Florida Department of Transportation is about halfway through its project to reconfigure the interchange of Interstate 75 and University Parkway. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 21, 2016
FDOT announces University Parkway/I-75 detour

A section of the roadway will be closed overnight part of next week.

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Find out more about candidates running for offices representing Sarasota and Manatee counties ahead of Election Day.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 21, 2016
Sarasota, Manatee candidates sound off ahead of general election

Find out more about candidates running for offices representing Sarasota and Manatee counties ahead of Election Day.

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The Sarasota County Commission and the Longboat Key Town Commission will come together for a joint meeting at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • October 21, 2016
Sarasota, Longboat Key set joint commission meeting

Seven key Longboat Key issues will be discussed.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida Senate — District 23: Greg Steube

Greg Steube will face Frank Alcock in the general election.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida Senate — District 23: Frank Alcock

Alcock will face Greg Steube in the general election.

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Alex Miller will face Edward James III in the General Election.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida House — District 72: Alex Miller

Miller will face Edward James III in the general election.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida House — District 72: Edward James III

James will face Alex Miller in the general election.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida House — District 74: Julio Gonzalez

Gonzalez will face Manny Lopez in the general election.

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Manny Lopez will face Dr. Julio Gonzalez in the general election.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
Florida House — District 74: Manny Lopez

Lopez will face Dr. Julio Gonzalez in the general election.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2016
County Commission — District 3: Stephen Jonsson

Jonsson will face Matt Bower and David Zaccagnino in the general election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 21, 2016
County Commission — District 3: David Zaccagnino

Zaccagnino will face Steven Jonsson and Matt Bower in the general election.

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The inaugural Under Armour Track and Field Nationals featured Daphne Quintal, and she ultimately placed sixth for pole vault among female middle schoolers.
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The installation of span wire traffic signals on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard at the intersections of Gatewood Drive and Wood Fern Trail are two projects within Manatee County's "master vision" for speed management on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard between 44th Avenue East and State Road 64.
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Trish Shinkle served as Town Clerk for the town of Longboat Key from June 2006 to June 2026.
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Plymouth Harbor residents Dr. Frederick "Fred" Moffat, George "Gus" Nimick and James "Jim" Griffith each cut into their cakes in a unique triple 99th birthday celebration.
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