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Mail ballot returns that will be announced tonight for the May 12 mail-only ballot Longboat Key Club referendum as of Monday afternoon have set a record high for the Key’s voter turnout.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 12, 2015
Key Club referendum decision coming tonight

Mail ballot returns will be announced tonight for the May 12 mail-only ballot Longboat Key Club referendum.

  • Longboat Key
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The Manatee County School Board may choose to end Superintendent Rick Mills' career with the district earlier than his July 31 retirement date.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 12, 2015
Manatee County School Board might end Mills' contract early

The Manatee County School District, School Board, might end Superintendent Rick Mills' contract early, after he announced his plan to retire, effective July 31, 2015

  • East County
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Mrs. Turt Lee approaches the water.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 11, 2015
Mote returns loggerhead turtle to the sea

Mote released Mrs. Turt Lee on May 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hurricane season spans from June 1 through Nov. 30.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 11, 2015
Manatee County tests hurricane preparedness

May 21, Manatee County officials will test hurricane preparedness at a hurricane preparedness exercise for Hurricane Gibson at the Manatee County Public Safety Building.

  • East County
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Two neighboring Gulf-front properties on Longboat Key at 5871 and 5861 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for a combined $8,125,000 May 8.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2015
Gulf-front properties sell for combined $8.1 million

Longboat Key, Reid Murphy

  • Longboat Key
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The city originally hoped to have the garage partially completed by February.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 11, 2015
State Street garage opening pushed back

As the city postpones its targeted date for a partial opening of the State Street garage, staff is still uncertain when exactly the structure will be available for public use.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 11, 2015
Police believe New College deaths are drug related

A New College of Florida student was found dead Sunday, and a University of Central Florida student visiting the school died Friday in unrelated deaths Sarasota Police believe to be drug related.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The referendum is asking voters if Ocean Properties Ltd. can convert 300 residential units to tourism use to build a new Longboat Key Club hotel in Islandside.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2015
Key Club mail ballot turnout rises to 48%

Voters have until 7 p.m. on Election Day, May 12, to return their mail-only election ballots.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Former Kiwanis International President Bob Moore addresses guests.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • May 8, 2015
Kiwanis clubs celebrate 100th anniversay together

On Friday, members of the Kiwanis Clubs of Longboat Key, Siesta Key and Sarasota joined members around the world in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis International.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 8, 2015
FYI Friday: Siesta Key leaders consider canceling Siesta Fiesta

This week's FYI Friday features news about Siesta Key Village's Siesta Fiesta, violence at a walk-in clinic and more!

  • Sarasota
  • News
J.B. and Chairwoman Kelly Baldwin
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 8, 2015
Designing Daughters Fashionable Gala 'Mystery Men and Bond Girls'

Designing Daughters of Sarasota hosted its 4th annual Fashionable Gala themed 'Mystery Men and Bond Girls' on Friday, May 8, at Sarasota Classic Car Museum.

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Laird Wreford, Sarasota County Coastal Initiatives Manager, briefed the Siesta Key Association about the status of the independent review of the U.S. Army Corps Big Pass dredge.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 8, 2015
Siesta Key Association fields concerns on Big Pass dredge independent review

Siesta Key Association members received an update from the county about the efforts to independently review the U.S. Army Corps plan to dredge Big Pass.

  • Sarasota
  • News
More than 10% of registered voters have cast early or absentee ballots for the May 12 election in the city of Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 8, 2015
Dent optimistic about Sarasota runoff turnout

More than 10% of registered voters have cast early or absentee ballots for the May 12 election in the city of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota Police Department and Sarasota County Sheriff's Office are both conducting reviews regarding the incident.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 7, 2015
Man, arrested for drug possession, dies in custody

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident after a man, arrested by the Sarasota Police Department, required hospitalization upon arriving at the jail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
At the request of Town Manager Dave Bullock and the Longboat Key Town Commission, the Longboat Key Police Department conducted a parking study from November 2014 through April 2015 to monitor on-street parking
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 7, 2015
Village parking study reveals no problems

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock says a parking issue brought to the attention of town staff by Longbeach Village residents last year doesn’t exist.

  • Longboat Key
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