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Susanne and Wolfgang Pieken
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 6, 2016
Simply Susanne’s open for business

Simply Susanne’s serves coffee drinks, smoothies, locally sourced bagels, hot dogs, sandwiches and Big Olaf ice cream.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 6, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, April 7

A look at our favorite events taking place this week

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Chef Jeanette Scott will prepare clam chowder and hush puppies for My Hometown Fest.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 6, 2016
Eat This: My Hometown Fest

Inaugural My Hometown Fest serves up craft beer, food and nostalgia.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
This rendering is part of the development application.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 6, 2016
Lakewood Ranch church lands cell tower deal

Risen Savior Lutheran hopes to use monies from the project to benefit the community.

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The community park is located between the DiVosta and Arbor Grande developments.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 6, 2016
Park plans ready to drive forward

A new 40-acre park should open in Lakewood Ranch in late 2016.

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The center combines modern design with accents from Lakewood Ranch's history in agriculture.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 6, 2016
Information has a new home

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch opens Rangeland Parkway information center to support area builders.

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Testing will continue for Manatee County students through the end of the school year.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 6, 2016
East County parents sign off on Opt Out movement

With testing season underway, some students are choosing not to take the Florida Standards Assessment.

  • East County
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Tanya and Adam Waxler, and Pamela Conway have been busy crafting decorations for the "Wizard of Oz" themed Special Needs Prom, to be held April 15.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 6, 2016
Prom heads to East County

The Yellowbrick Road leads to Woodland Community Church for the Night with the Stars.

  • East County
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The Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch is slated to open in early June, after officials pushed back the date from March to May to June.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 6, 2016
The Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch opening should be grand

The community expects to open in June.

  • East County
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Lifelong animal lover Cee Edmundson with friend Dora Walter's dog, Jake
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 6, 2016
Cee Edmundson led with courage, commitment

Cee Edmundson, of Longboat Key, died March 31. She was 69.

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Guests enjoy an evening by the pool at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 6, 2016
Despite early Easter, tourism remains golden egg

Despite an early Easter, expect the beginning of April to remain as busy as March.

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Floridays has modified its vision for a hotel on Longboat Key following meetings with nearby residents.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 6, 2016
Voters to decide fate of Floridays hotel

An August referendum could lay the groundwork for a 120-room hotel on the north end.

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(File photo) The town of Longboat Key will renourish a 4-mile stretch of shoreline in the middle of the island this summer.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 6, 2016
Trucks ready to rumble for Longboat beach project

A contractor will kick off a string of beach projects this week, with the $10 million mid-Key renourishment.

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Katie Vincent, 20, and Juliette Brault, 18, make their way down the course during the Canoe Kayak Canada Assessment Regatta March 30, at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 6, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Canada's top rowing athletes test skills at Benderson Park

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Larry Marthaler, pictured in front of the New Pass Bridge in 2008. Marthaler developed a plan to ferry passengers between Longboat Key and the mainland when the bridge became stuck in open position in 1983.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 6, 2016
IN MEMORIAM: Larry Marthaler built bridges in community

Former Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Larry Marthaler dies at 81.

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