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Chairwomen Barbara Ackerman and Flori Roberts pose with guest speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter, center.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 12, 2013
Renaissance Luncheon 'Redefining Balance'

Renaissance Luncheon 'Redefining Balance'

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Susan Chapman, Richard Dorfman, Suzanne Atwell
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2013
Chapman, Atwell and Dorfman advance to runoff

Susan Chapman, Suzanne Atwell and Richard Dorfman all qualify for a runoff election. The runoff election will be held Tuesday, May 14.

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Incumbents Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioners Phill Younger and Terry Gans all retained their Town Commission seats.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 12, 2013
Incumbents win re-election to Longboat Commission

Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioners Terry Gans and Phill Younger won re-election to the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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Susan Chapman celebrates after learning she was the frontrunner in the election.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: City Commission Candidate Watch Parties

City Commission candidates gathered Tuesday, March 12, to watch election results with friends and family.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 12, 2013
Commission takes tax to public

The levy of a discretionary indigent healthcare sales surtax will go on the ballot this summer.

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A gray BMW SUV driven by David Connolly, of Anna Maria, landed upside down in the garden area of Avignon Villas condominium. Courtesy Longboat Key police.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 12, 2013
UPDATE: Alcohol possible factor in crash

A car flipped multiple times Monday night in the 5600 Gulf of Mexico Drive and landed on its roof, critically injuring its driver.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 12, 2013
Siesta Key beach earns another ranking

Gogobot users rank Siesta Key public beach fifteenth best international beach.

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Lakewood Ranch gun club gets second letter of intent to approve
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 12, 2013
March 12: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: City of Sarasota staff recommends homeless solution; Lakewood Ranch gun club gets second letter of intent to approve; Capt. Mark Kelly speaks about background and background checks; 'American Ninja Warrior' performs parkour at SRQ

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One spot in the middle of the Key had signs placed for all six candidates this past week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Election Day

Voting is currently underway at Longboat Island Chapel and Town Hall. Polls close at 7 p.m.

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The site of the planned garage is now home to a 139-parking space lot.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 12, 2013
Sunshine complaint filed against city's State Street decision

The legal action alleges that the scoring and ranking of bidders on the $7.3 million State Street Parking Garage was changed outside of a public "sunshine" meeting.

  • Sarasota
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The ArtisTree Design and Dine Contest team unveils the landscaping plans for contest winners Missy and Kevin Cooper.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 12, 2013
Design and Dine Contest landscaping unveiled

When Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Cooper returns from work after April 25, he and his wife Missy won't have to feel far from the island in their Bent Tree home.

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In her March 11 letter, Lori Dorman pointed to findings by an engineer hired by Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, the club's developer, who ran sound tests around the proposed property.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 12, 2013
Lakewood Ranch gun club gets second letter of intent to approve

Manatee County Hearing Officer Lori Dorman issued her second letter of intent to approve a special permit for the Ancient Oak Gun Club March 11.

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The video was part of a vision to "create a unique and fast moving piece to compliment the Do You SRQ Campaign.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 12, 2013
'American Ninja Warrior' performs parkour at SRQ

Sarasota resident and American Ninja Warrior competitor Sean Morris performs parkour at the Sarasota-Bradenton International airport as part of a marketing video by SRQ and Be Creative Studios.

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A staff report recommends adjusting the 2013 fiscal year budget revenues upwards by — at most — $140,000 to fund the Chronic Homelessness Caseworker and Planning Program.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 12, 2013
City of Sarasota staff recommends homeless solution

City Manager Tom Barwin pitched the Chronically Homeless Master Caseworker and Planning Program in a March 5 memo to city and Sarasota County officials.

  • Sarasota
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Mark and Dimity Carlson
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 11, 2013
Town Hall Lecture Series featuring Captain Mark Kelly

Town Hall Lecture Series featuring Captain Mark Kelly

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