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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 30, 2015
Manatee County closes offices for holiday weekend

Although Manatee County is closing its government offices July 3, other services will still be available into the Fourth of July weekend.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 30, 2015
Audubon aims to protect black skimmer colony on Lido

More than 400 adult black skimmers have formed a colony on Lido Beach, prompting vigilance from the Sarasota Audubon Society.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 244 at Villa Di Lancia, 2185 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two and a half baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.8 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 30, 2015
Three-bedroom Villa Di Lancia condo sells for $1.8 million

A condominium in Villa Di Lancia tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Robert Dinan and Tayna Vy Lilly (courtesy of Tayna Vy Lilly)
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 29, 2015
Bird Key laughs the night away for the John Dinan Music Scholarship

On June 18, Laughin’ Lawyers at Bird Key Yacht Club raised money for the John Stuart Dinan Music Scholarship.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 29, 2015
This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

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Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross and Commissioner Terry Gans discuss undergrounding issues after the commission voted 5-1 to approve a referendum for Gulf of Mexico Drive in November.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 29, 2015
Commission powers up GMD undergrounding

Despite concerns from a few Longboat Key residents that splitting up the burial of island utilities into two referendum questions is doomed for failure, the Longboat Key Town Commission will put the question to the voters in November.

  • Longboat Key
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The Manatee Cal Ripken 11U All-Star team outscored its opponents 46-6.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 29, 2015
Manatee Cal Ripken All-Stars win titles

A pair of Manatee Cal Ripken All-Star baseball teams won District 10 titles June 18 through June 21.

  • East County
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    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 29, 2015
New summer offerings at Table Creekside and Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant & Oyster Bar

New cocktails, appetizers and Brazilian meats are added to the two sister restaurants' menus

  • Arts + Culture
The Florida Meteors 12U baseball team went 7-2 to finish second at the 12U High Tide tournament.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 29, 2015
Meteors finish second in High Tide tourney

The Florida Meteors 12U baseball team finished second in the 26-team 12U High Tide tournament June 15 through June 19, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

  • East County
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Nine-year-old Abby Loefgren won her heat of the 100-yard freestyle.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 29, 2015
Duel in the Pool

The Lakewood Ranch YMCA Wave Runners held their 2nd annual Duel in the Pool swim meet June 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sixty-four percent of Manatee County 10th-grade students passed the Algebra I. End-of-Course exam.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 29, 2015
Manatee County schools rank third among seven in FDOE report

Florida Department of Education shows Manatee County students' scores fell below state averages on Algebra I. and English End-of-Course exams.

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The University Town Center development of regional impact includes The Mall at University Town Center. Benderson seeks to add residential southwest of the mall and retail and office primarily east of the mall.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 29, 2015
Commission to consider mall site expansion

Benderson Development seeks to add 700,000 square feet of commercial and retail space adjacent to The Mall at University Town Center.

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Doug Logan has acknowledged the criticism of his hire, arguing that the city needs a "generalist" to oversee the management of policies addressing homelessness.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 29, 2015
Commission to consider suspending homeless coordinator funding

At the request of Commissioner Susan Chapman, the City Commission will consider defunding the city’s new chronic homeless coordinator position following criticism of Doug Logan, the new hire.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 29, 2015
County taxable values continue uptick

arasota County’s projected revenues for the next fiscal year continue to grow, as the area’s final taxable values come in more than 7% greater than the previous year.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 28, 2015
Film Review: 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'

Film Review: 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'

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