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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Bullock: Firefighter hiring won’t be problem

The town manager doesn’t believe pay/pension issues will ignite hiring concerns.

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Mayor Jack Duncan discusses ways to implement a new Planning and Zoning Board later this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Luckiest P&Z Board members could be niners

The Longboat Key Town Commission seeks strength through fewer board members, plus up to nine years in a board seat.

  • Longboat Key
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Code Enforcement Officer John Lally, left, will be replaced by Susan Stahley, right.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally to retire from Siesta Key

Lally served on Siesta Key for 13 years.

  • Sarasota
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Siesta Key Village Association members spoke up about the negative impacts of Siesta Fiesta on local businesses at SKVA's monthly meeting.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Siesta Key Village Association considers canceling Siesta Fiesta

After 37 years on the Siesta Key, the Siesta Fiesta arts and crafts festival could be canceled next year due to negative feedback from local businesses.

  • Sarasota
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This rendering shows the water park, parking and an amphitheater, which Manatee County requested be part of the proposal.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 5, 2015
Water park negotiations a 'go'

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker today authorized negotiations with Manatee Lost Lagoon Development for the creation of a water park at Tom Bennett Park.

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The property is on the border of Laurel Park, which means the development would also have to go through the Laurel Park Overlay District review process.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 5, 2015
Development raises questions about attainable housing standards

The city of Sarasota is allowing a developer to move ahead with plans for a residential project near Laurel Park, but more discussion about affordable housing requirements remains. Also, the city makes a decision on a land swap with Ringling College.

  • Sarasota
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Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, rescued a Bald Eagle that was hit by a car May 4. Unfortunately, the bird died shortly after.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 5, 2015
East County Bald Eagle dies after it's struck by car

After being hit by a vehicle Monday, May 4, a Bald Eagle died while Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, on the way to Bayshore Animal Hospital.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 5, 2015
Englewood man chokes Sarasota medical worker with stethoscope

Sarasota County deputies arrested 52-year-old John Connolly for allegedly attacking a physician’s assistant at Sarasota Family Medical Walk-In Clinic Monday, after a dispute over pain medication.

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Heritage Harbour South CDD supervisors will review a draft of the 2015-1016 fiscal year budget tonight.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 5, 2015
Heritage Harbour South CDD budgets dollars for 2015-2016

The Heritage Harbour South Community Development District, CDD, will discuss its 2015-2016 fiscal budget May 5, at the Stoneybrook Golf Club, 8000 Stone Harbour Loop, Bradenton

  • East County
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Dispatcher switch support: Then there was one

Longboat Key Commissioner Irwin Pastor used his commission comments at the end of the Monday’s regular meeting to announce he’s now fully supportive of Town Manager Dave Bullock’s recommendation to transition the town’s current 911 dispatch service

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 4, 2015
County Commission to consider new name for Siesta Key park

Sarasota County commissioners will consider renaming Bay Island park to honor longtime County Commissioner Nora Patterson Tuesday.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 4, 2015
Sarasota Memorial gains Level II trauma center status

The Florida Department of Health has given provisional approval to Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s application to become Sarasota County’s only Level II trauma center.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 4, 2015
Early voting starts for Sarasota runoff election

City of Sarasota voters can head to the polls today, as early voting begins for the May 12 City Commission runoff elections.

  • Sarasota
  • News
St. Petersburg residents say they are having trouble docking between Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub in Longbeach Village.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 4, 2015
Bullock addresses Village mooring issue

Town Manager Dave Bullock has responded to a complaint lodged by two St. Petersburg boaters that can’t find a convenient space to dock for lunch.

  • Longboat Key
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Co-Chairs Judi Gallagher, Beverly Bartner, Molly Schechter and Margaret Wise
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 3, 2015
5th annual Men Who Cook

Asolo Repertory Theatre hosted its 5th annual Men Who Cook on Sunday, May 3, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

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