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The Sarasota and Manatee County property appraisers' offices estimate that Key-wide property values rose 5.4% in the past year. Photo by Robin Hartill
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2014
Commission considers millage increase

Commissioners originally sought a flat millage but agreed to consider a tax rate hike to cover rising pension costs and achieve the town's 90-day operating target.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
Ocean Properties makes highest bid for Colony estate

Ocean Properties Ltd. put in an offer at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday — one minute before bids were set to close for the bankrupt Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Partnership estate — and had the winning bid at $2.45 million.

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  • June 18, 2014
News Briefs

Power pole debate goes dark again; Deletion of towers in ordinance passes first test; Two firefighters complete their paramedic training

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
County dispatch services remain on hold

Commissioners need information about the level of service Sarasota County can provide before they decide the future of the town's emergency dispatch services.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
Developers vie for piece of Colony puzzle Thursday

The sale is scheduled to continue this week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May denied a motion from Colony Lender LLC to delay the sale.

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Juan Florensa's department is responsible for wastewater services, the Key’s beach and maintenance. Photo by Robin Hartill
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2014
Florensa shines spotlight on Public Works duties

When you woke up this morning, you probably turned on your faucet and shower and flushed your toilet. The water was almost certainly safe to drink, voluminous enough for a shower and went down the drain without any troubles, thanks to the work the town's Public Works Department does every day.

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File photo Sara Green, 6, and her sister, Izzy, 8, celebrate in patriotic attire at last year's Freedom Fest.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2014
Freedom Fest is always short in distance, heavy on charm

Longboat Key Freedom Fest parade participants march just a quarter-mile around Bay Isles Road, but the parade goes the distance on charm. In fact, the Fourth of July parade is often described as the shortest, most charming parade in America.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
Budget constraints affect East County

A proposed 5% spending increase in the Manatee County Sheriff's Office can't compete with growth occurring out east.

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Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey is ready to get back to work after receiving a contract extension and bonus. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
Rey earns bonus, extended contract

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey received unanimous support, a three-year contract extension and a $5,000 bonus June 12.

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This FDOT rendering shows the eight-lane divided future Interstate 75, which will feature 10-foot-wide shoulders and 12-foot-wide lanes.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 18, 2014
Public meeting on I-75 planned

The Florida Department of Transportation seeks public input as it moves forward with plans to widen Interstate 75 and reconfigure the interstate's intersection with University Parkway.

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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 18, 2014
Rosedale promotes summer music series

It's no secret - Chuck Nehls loves opera music.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 18, 2014
All Faiths, Big Cat roar for support

The Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary and Bonfire Jam Band have partnered for a fundraiser benefiting All Faiths Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer Hunger, an effort to feed more than 2,000 children in Sarasota this summer.

  • East County
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Jonathon "J.E." Allen and Bailey Brawner are interning at Harvest United Methodist Church until August. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 18, 2014
Interns spend summer at East County church

Rather than spending their summer break in their hometowns with their friends, two 21-year-old college students chose to spend it studying in Florida.

  • East County
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636 Beach Road, Siesta Key
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 18, 2014
Staycation Living on Siesta Key

Within walking distance of both the Siesta Key Public Beach and Siesta Key Village, the beachfront home located at 636 Beach Road on almost two acres of land overlooking the Gulf of Mexico is a great place to live to feel as though you're on vacation.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2014
Business Briefs

Euphemia Haye creates Haye Loft menu fit for a queen; Key Club Moorings receives Clean Marina designation; Past Advanced Diver magazine editor joins Cannons Marina; St. Armands wins TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

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