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Children are encouraged to come in costume to Boo Fest for trick or treating at sponsor booths and other festivities. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 28, 2015
Boo Fest venue changes

Premier Sports Campus will host the event for the first time.

  • East County
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McKinley Moore rides a scooter around the driveway as her mother, Karen, watches.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 28, 2015
Loving McKinley

Mom's Group rallies behind friend and member, Karen Moore.

  • East County
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The Bay Isles Beach Club’s location is more manageable, saves time and potentially saves town taxpayers some money as an access for dump trucks for a mid-Key beach project, according to town officials.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 28, 2015
Town seeks keys to gated Bay Isles Beach Club

The Bay Isles Beach Club beach access is a perfect place for dump trucks to drive through to place sand on the eroded shoreline in April. But it's up to the Bay Isles Master Association Board to allow the town to use the spot.

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Meredith Scerba will try to recruit more than 1,000 volunteers from the area to help run the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 27, 2015
Everybody in the boat

New world championships director wants community to row together.

  • East County
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Allison and Gary Fennessy, owners of Main Street Trattoria who hosted Tuesday's pediatric cancer fundraiser, visit with Dick Vitale on Tuesday night.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 27, 2015
Pure love of raising awareness, baby

Dick and Lorraine Vitale's fundraiser at Main Street Trattoria mixes pasta, compelling stories and compassion.

  • East County
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Beth Bond has lived in Tara Preserve for 12 years.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • October 27, 2015
Beth Bond resigns from Tara Preserve CDD

She has served on the board for five years.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jack Short
  • October 27, 2015
Food trucks will get their hearing, eventually

Commissioners authorized a public hearing on food truck ordinances but didn't set a date.

  • Sarasota
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This model shows the design of "Embracing our Differences," artwork approved for the center of the roundabout at Main Street and Orange Avenue.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 27, 2015
City Commission to revisit roundabout art height

At the request of City Commissioner Susan Chapman, the board will once again discuss a 20-foot-tall statue proposed for the intersection of Main Street and Orange Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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The Manatee County School Board will decide tonight whether to approve projects at East County schools.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • October 27, 2015
Manatee County School Board to discuss East County school improvements

The board will decide whether to approve chiller replacements, traffic improvements and other needs.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2015
Medical Examiner rules arrestee’s death an accident

According to a report released yesterday, John Paul Kaafi died from cocaine intoxication while in Sarasota Police Department custody in May.

  • Sarasota
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Ed Zunz has qualified to run as a candidate for his wife’s District 5 commission seat.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 27, 2015
Zunz qualifies for commission seat

Ed Zunz wants to replace his wife in the Longboat Key District 5 Town Commission seat.

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Mote Marine Laboratory is one of 13 parcels the city owns and leases to a nonprofit, and will not have to pay a fire assessment for this year.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • October 26, 2015
County announces reprieve for city on controversial taxes

In the midst of threats of a lawsuit and tense relations, Sarasota County offered a year’s reprieve from controversial assessments on certain properties.

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The 18th annual Thunder by the Bay festival is scheduled for Jan. 7-10, 2016.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 26, 2015
New event brings Thunder by the Bay to Southside Village

Despite questions from one city commissioner, businesses in Southside Village say they welcome the inception of the “Hogs on Hillview” block party in January.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 26, 2015
Side of Ranch -- Managing Editor Jay Heater's blog

Getting to the meat of the issue

  • East County
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    By
  • Jack Short
  • October 26, 2015
Commissioners to consider food truck ordinances

Here's a rundown of what to look for at this week's Sarasota County Commissioners' meetings.

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