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Members of the Crown Jewels Relay for Life team gather for a group photo during the Relay for Life event, held April 25, at Premier Sports Campus. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 13, 2015
Women entrepreneurs take swat against cancer

Members of the SWAT networking group raised more than half the total generated at Relay for Life.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 13, 2015
Boomers to Boomlets

How Manatee County is working to attract and keep a younger generation of employees.

  • East County
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    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 13, 2015
Community harbors dollars for next year’s fiscal budget

Heritage Harbour South CDD earmarks more money for rainy day fund.

  • East County
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Central Park is home to 826 residences. Courtesy photo
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 13, 2015
Central Park residents take on community leadership

Residents of Central Park at Lakewood Ranch start another chapter in the community’s history, as they assume leadership of their homeowners association.

  • East County
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Ranch Jam organizers said they expected a crowd of 20,000 for the three-day festival. Instead, vendors say attendance was somewhere between 500 and 1,000. File photo
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 13, 2015
Ranch Jam: Face the music

Ranch Jam LLC collectively owes vendors more than $100,000 after an unsuccessful event in March. No payments are expected to be sent anytime soon.

  • East County
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Twenty sea grape trees were illegally cut down at the Sleepy Lagoon beach access located at 6399 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 13, 2015
Town seeks sea grape suspect

Twenty sea grape trees were chopped down illegally on town property with a hand saw in March to create better Gulf views, causing Sleepy Lagoon residents to root for closer beach access monitoring.

  • Longboat Key
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Danny and Debra Palmer want to purchase Harbor Square, but they need the island’s voters to allow them to live on the third floor of the building that used to be grandfathered as a residential penthouse. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 13, 2015
High hopes for Harbor Square

Danny and Debbie Palmer believe they can inject some new life into the underutilized Harbor Square office building with a new restaurant offering and other businesses.

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Key​Proposed additional retail and office spacePreviously approved hotel, office and residential space (includes potential movie theater site)Formerly residential plans modified to include more conservation area
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 13, 2015
‘Critical Juncture’

Timing is proving a key component both for Benderson Development and Sarasota County.

  • East County
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Photo by Mark Wemple
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 13, 2015
Q+A with Reynolds Allen

W. Reynolds Allen, a founding partner of Tampa-based Allen Norton & Blue, has represented the town of Longboat Key in union contract negotiations since 1993, when Griff Roberts was the town manager. His firm has 33 lawyers in five offices.

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Shelli Eddie poses with Keith Fitzgerald at her watch party at the Starlite Room.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • May 12, 2015
Candidates wait for results among supporters

Candidates for the City Commission race hosted watch parties through out the city to wait for results from the polls.

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Ocean Properties now has plans to submit a future application to the town for a 259-unit hotel, expanded meeting space with 10 to 12 meeting rooms and approximately 93 condominium/villa units that are 130 feet tall.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 12, 2015
Key Club referendum passes

The first mail-only referendum vote of its kind for Longboat Key produced a record-setting turnout that’s prompting town officials to consider using the method in other elections.

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The challengers emerged victorious Tuesday, with Shelli Freeland Eddie and Liz Alpert both claiming spots on the Sarasota City Commission.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 12, 2015
Alpert, Eddie unseat incumbents in City Commission runoff

Challengers Liz Alpert and Shelli Freeland Eddie beat incumbent Sarasota City Commission candidates Eileen Normile and Stan Zimmerman in the runoff election Tuesday.

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Dr. Jordan Beckler. Photo from Mote Marine Laboratory
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 12, 2015
Mote welcomes new scientist

Mote's newest scientist, Dr. Jordon Beckler, to focus on red tides

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 12, 2015
Scientist bashes Big Pass dredge proposal

Save Our Siesta Sand 2 consultant Robert Young, a coastal geologist, criticized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' assertion that the dredging of Big Pass won't affect the beaches of Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
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Existing traffic problems are exacerbated during special events weekends on St. Armands Circle — and people in the area believe that issue will extend to events on Lido Key, as well.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 12, 2015
St. Armands BID seeks more event scrutiny

With two new art festivals scheduled on Lido Key during the height of season in 2016, St. Armands Circle leaders are concerned about the events’ impact on traffic in the area.

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