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Jessica Hays, formerly the director of community awareness at Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, starts her new role as president and CEO Monday. Photo by Amanda Morales
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  • Amanda Morales
  • January 14, 2015
Hays will continue SPARCC's mission

SPARCC promotes from within in choosing Jessica Hays to replace outgoing president Olivia Thomas.

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The municipal parking lot is located near the intersection of Calle Minorga and Avenida Madera. Nearby residents say when the lot is full, they see an uptick on cars parked on their streets. Photo by Jessica Salmond
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 14, 2015
Commission tables parking ban for Siesta streets

Sarasota County commissioners want the fire department to review the parking issues on Avenida Milano and Avenida Madera before they take a vote later this month on banning parking there.

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Beginning this month, Darwin's on 4th owner Darwin Santa Maria, right, has paid homeless individuals camped on nearby Kumquat Court to assist him with jobs in and around his restaurant. Courtesy photo
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  • David Conway
  • January 14, 2015
Rosemary stakeholders search for solutions

As issues stemming from a growing homeless population have worsened, people in the Rosemary District are addressing the problems themselves.

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 14, 2015
Flatwoods conservation changes irk residents

Commissioners laud environmental connectivity; residents worry for species survival.

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Kafi Benz, new board president, presents Lourdes Ramirez with CONA's 2014 Citizen of the Year award. Photo by Jessica Salmond
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 14, 2015
CONA forms committee to examine county issues

The top three issues the association will investigate this year are new sidewalks, roadway improvements and wildlife animal control.

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Over the next two months, a FEMA project will restore sand to the eroded Lido Key shoreline. Lido residents have repeatedly voiced concerns about the vulnerability of their shores.
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  • David Conway
  • January 13, 2015
Short-term Lido renourishment begins Thursday

As Lido Key residents await approval for a long-term shoreline restoration project, a smaller renourishment effort is aimed at restoring sand lost after Tropical Storm Debby.

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A mediation to resolve two lawsuits around the death of Donald Mader, a bicyclist who died April 4, 2014, after being struck by a vehicle, has failed.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2015
Mediation fails in cyclist death lawsuit

Joyce Mader, whose husband died in April after being struck by a car, has filed two lawsuits.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 13, 2015
Beach House construction makes splash for neighbor

Longboat Key police have been called four times to the 22-unit condominium about a resident and his noise complaints.

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Observer Digital Editor Alex Mahadevan helps load four cygnets into a truck following their capture. Photos by Colin Reid
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 13, 2015
The song of the swan keeper

Web Editor Alex Mahadevan enters new territory as he assists swan keeper David Novak in his capture of four cygnets.

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Dora Walters with her cat, Lottie, and dog, Jake. Courtesy photos
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 13, 2015
A reporter rewinds

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters looks back on her childhood, early careers and adventures in her new book.

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Jack Black, Town Manager Dave Bullock and Richard Thackery
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 13, 2015
Bullock talks Key issues with Republican Club

Town Manager Dave Bullock was the keynote speaker at the Republican Club of Longboat Key's Jan. 9 meeting at the Longboat Key Club's Portofino Ristorante & Bar and gave members an update on what to expect on the Key over the next 12 to 24 months.

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Ina Gross, left, was found dead in her Ranch home Jan. 9, 2012. She's pictured with her late husband, Samuel.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2015
Gross maintains innocence

After discovering last week that there's a warrant out for his arrest, Thomas Gross says he did not kill his mother.

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East Manatee Fire Rescue Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal George Ellington, Deputy Chief of Administration Lee Whitehurst and Fire Rescue Chief Byron Teates try to pinpoint and manage East County's growth. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2015
Fire district grapples with growth

East Manatee Fire Rescue's biggest problem is making sure fire trucks fit in communities.

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Former Braden River High School student Sam Woolf released his first EP Dec. 31. Courtesy photo
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 13, 2015
Idol contestant prepares for career

Former 'Idol' contestant Sam Woolf released an extended play release of five songs.

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Jasmine Stanton, 16, shows off her dairy heifer, Karim. "It's fun," she says of the fair. "You get experience that not many people do." Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2015
Manatee County fair opens 99th season

The theme of this year's Manatee County fair is 'Put some AG in your culture.'

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