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Chairwomen Sue Stewart, Georgia Court, author Stacy Cordrey and chairwoman Stacey Carbone
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  • March 5, 2013
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida 2nd annual Leadership Luncheon

Keynote speaker: Stacy Cordery, author of Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts

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Cheetah Lounge President William Bullard, in a Feb. 14 letter to Sarasota County Zoning Administrator Brad Bailey, wrote that the club was exempt from county ordinances enacted in 2008 to regulate adult entertainment businesses.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County sues Cheetah Club

County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh announced a request to the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court to order the strip club to comply with a county ordinance March 5.

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Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase. Learn more about it in today's headlines!
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  • March 5, 2013
March 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase; Sarasota County Commission approves road closure; Manatee Schools names its Educator of the Year tomorrow; Lakewood Ranch remembers longtime manager

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A new fire department contract was ratified by commissioners Tuesday.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 5, 2013
Longboat Key fire contract ratified

The Town Commission ratified a new three-year contract with its firefighters Monday night.

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  • March 5, 2013
Union vote underway for town general employees

The Public Employee Relations Commission will tally employee votes Friday, March 7.

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The event begins at 7 p.m. at the new Manatee Technical Institute located on State Road 70 East.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • March 5, 2013
Manatee Schools names its Educator of the Year tomorrow

The Manatee County Schools Educator of the Year and Support Employee of the Year will be named tomorrow night when the district hosts the EdVantage Education Awards.

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Aerial view of the Honore Avenue Intersection Improvement Project. Courtesy
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County Commission approves road closure

The county will close a portion of Honore Avenue for about a month starting in late March to install new stormwater pipes.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • March 5, 2013
Texas Roadhouse chain to open restaurant in Lakewood Ranch

The Texas Roadhouse restaurant has leased a buildiong near the new Walmart Supercenter in Lakewood Ranch and will open its new site in May.

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Roger Hill started working for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch in 1981.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 5, 2013
Lakewood Ranch remembers longtime manager

Roger Hill, ranch manager for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, died March 1.

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A change order is an adjustment of a project's scope and associated costs. This order will add roughly $248,000 to the $20.7 million agreement with Prince Contracting LLC.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County Commission approves $250,000 change order

Commissioners amended the contract for the North Cattleman Road Improvement Project for the fifth time March 5.

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A Sarasota woman led Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies on a six-mile car chase east of I-75 yesterday morning.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Sarasota woman after she allegedly huffed nitrous oxide and drove her Hummer 3 towards a deputy.

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More than 20 residents spoke at the meeting, with about half supporting less-restrictive regulations and the other half wanting more regulations on sound levels downtown.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 5, 2013
Ad-hoc Sarasota city committee will consider sound regulations

Sarasota city commissioners also accepted final findings of cyber report and honored performer Nik Wallenda at Monday night's meeting.

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Kay Aidlin and Hillary Steele
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 4, 2013
An Evening at the Sarasota Ballet

An Evening at the Sarasota Ballet

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Chairwoman Jeanie Kirkpatrick, Denise Williams and Saly Schule
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 4, 2013
Couture in the Courtyard

Couture in the Courtyard

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Bob Simmons, Terry Gans, Phill Younger and Jim Brown greet early voters outside Town Hall Saturday, March 2
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 4, 2013
Early voting underway at Longboat Key Town Hall

A recent cold spell didn't deter campaigners from encouraging residents to vote for their candidates.

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