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Operation Green Light to help drivers reinstate licenses
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 14, 2023
Operation Green Light to help drivers reinstate licenses

The statewide program offers opportunities in Sarasota County for drivers to pay reduced fees and fines in March.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 13, 2023
Motorcycle crash closes US 41 for several hours

Two people on a motorcycle suffered life-threatening injuries in an early Sunday morning crash that closed Tamiami Trail between 12th and 17th streets.

  • Sarasota
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Newly adopted property maintenance codes requires all garbage cans and dumpsters to have their lids and gates closed, when applicable.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 13, 2023
Longboat adopts new property maintenance standards

The Town Commission adopted the International Property Maintenance Code with additional town-specific provisions at its March 6 regular meeting.

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Tennis courts 7-10 have already been replaced at the Tennis Center.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 12, 2023
Fencing at Longboat tennis center courts nears replacement

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center courts 7-10 already had their fences replaced last summer.

  • Longboat Key
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Commissioners forwarded the proposed Town Center site development plan with 81 parking spaces to second reading.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 12, 2023
Events at Longboat's town center to require parking considerations

Event organizers will be required to apply for a special event permit, which will include a transportation management component.

  • Longboat Key
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The city of Sarasota is exploring future uses of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall once a new Sarasota Performing Arts Center is built.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 11, 2023
Seven-member committee to study future of Van Wezel

The Sarasota City Commission will select five diverse experts and two citizens to study the reuse of the 53-year-old bayfront venue.

  • Sarasota
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A rendering of One Park, which is planned to span across Quay Commons on blocks 1 and 9 in The Quay.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 10, 2023
One Park hearing continued until April 12

Nearly five hours wasn't enough for the city's Planning Board to conclude a hearing on a request to amend the development agreement for The Quay. The controversial matter will continue in April.

  • Sarasota
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The orange line represents the road the town has gained access to through the agreement.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 10, 2023
Town extends lawsuit deadline, gains access for sewer line replacement

The Longboat Key Town Commission passed a tolling and temporary access agreement with Long Bar Pointe representatives.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 9, 2023
No-swim advisory posted for Bird Key Beach

The Florida Department of Health-Sarasota County has detected unacceptable levels of enterococcus bacteria in water quality testing at the beach off the Ringling Bridge.

  • Sarasota
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The firetruck is currently located at Station 11 in Myakka City as it awaits the trip to its new home at Manatee Technical College.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 9, 2023
Donated firetruck becomes teaching tool at Manatee Technical College

East Manatee Fire Rescue donated a firetruck to be used by MTC students in the diesel and firefighter/EMT programs.

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The Wicker Inn is an iconic vacation spot on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 9, 2023
Short-term rental program to start in October

The program requires Longboat Key properties that are rented out for less than six months at a time to register with the town.

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Alice Tully Hall rendering by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 9, 2023
Six firms remain in the running to design the SPAC

Four European and two U.S.-based architecture firms are semifinalists for the job of designing the new Sarasota Performing Arts Center. The candidates will be narrowed to three in May.

  • Sarasota
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The site development plan for Bahia Vista Apartments.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 8, 2023
Housing trumps traffic concerns in Bahia Vista Apartments approval

The Sarasota City Commission approved the rezoning and site plan for Bahia Vista Apartments over Arlington Park cut-through traffic concerns.

  • Sarasota
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Before becoming entangled in legal disputes, the former Sarasota Kennel Club site was approved for an apartment complex through both legislative proceedings to amend the city's comprehensive plan and the quasi-judicial process for rezoning and site plan approval.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 8, 2023
Apartments no longer planned for kennel club site

With the closing deadline passing for Aventon Holdings to buy the Sarasota Kennel Club site, the airport is dropping its legal challenges to the project. The owner already has another buyer lined up.

  • Sarasota
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Mangrove trimming is regulated by Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • March 8, 2023
Regulating mangrove responsibility causes confusion

An illegal removal of mangroves along a Longboat Key property line raises question of the town's ability to enforce regulations.

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