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  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 22, 2016
Tara Preserve CDD chairman warns landscaping company to shape up

The supervisors have received numerous complaints from residents about a decline in landscaping efforts.

  • East County
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Photo courtesy of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 22, 2016
Manatee County to receive $14,900 for native habitat improvements

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will reimburse the county for its participation in a state program.

  • East County
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The Waterside project covers 5,500 acres.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 22, 2016
SMR postpones Lakewood Ranch’s Waterside groundbreaking

The ceremony will be in mid-April.

  • East County
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Commissioners Irving, Gans, Younger, Duncan, Linde, Daly and Zunz.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 22, 2016
Town Commission officers remain in place

Commissioners chose their mayor and vice mayor for the next year with no changes to the roster.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 22, 2016
Film review: "A War'

The battle lines are not simply drawn in this exploration of human conflict.

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Alex Miller, a 22-year Sarasota resident, is very active in the local philanthropic community.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2016
GOP contender enters Florida House race

Alex Miller, CEO of Sarasota-based Mercedes Medical, is running for Florida Rep. Ray Pilon’s seat in the Florida Legislature.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2016
BREAKING: Fatal accident closes Fruitville Road

Emergency officials have closed all eastbound and westbound lanes of the corridor from Beneva Road to Tuttle Avenue.

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Turner Moore started the Whiskey Obsession Festival four years ago.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 22, 2016
Obsessed: Sarasota's Whiskey Obsession Festival

Turner Moore has turned his infatuation with whiskey into one of the biggest whiskey festivals in the country.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
In January, the 18th annual Thunder by the Bay was followed by complaints from downtown merchants who said the event hurt business in the heart of the city.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 21, 2016
City extends negotiations on Thunder by the Bay

It may take another month before the city decides whether the motorcycle festival will remain downtown, as commissioners declined to make any substantive changes to special events regulations.

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Molly Burns and Diana Morales
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 21, 2016
On Pointe

Nearly 200 guests attended Sarasota Ballet's On Pointe event on Monday, March 21, at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.

  • Black Tie
It would cost up to $20 million to convert 7.5 miles of the railroad system in Sarasota County to bike trails to connect the Legacy Trail.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 21, 2016
UPDATE: Legacy Trail extension may get state funding

Sarasota County staff — and 10 Gulf Coast transit organizations — are lobbying for state funding that could support stretching the popular trail system into downtown.

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MCAT rides to St. Petersburg and Pinellas County will cost $10 round trip. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 21, 2016
Manatee bus service extends to Pinellas County

MCAT starts the new route April 1.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 21, 2016
Cops Corner 3.24.2016

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
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Maestro Victor DeRenzi
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 21, 2016
Music review: Sarasota Opera Verdi Cycle Grand Finale Concert

Sarasota Opera closes historic Verdi Cycle with an impassioned performance.

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(Courtesy of the Sarasota Police Department) A single-vehicle crash resulted in three deaths this morning.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 21, 2016
UPDATE: University Parkway reopens after fatal crash

A single-vehicle crash resulted in three fatalities this morning.

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