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Interim Police Chief Rex Troche urged anyone who has information on the two death investigations to contact police.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 11, 2022
Sarasota Police investigating pair of homicides on Tamiami Trail

Two women found dead nine blocks apart between Feb. 25 and Thursday.

  • Sarasota
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Monaca Onstad finished her run as community relations director for Lakewood Ranch Communities Feb. 25 and will now open her own business.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 11, 2022
Award-winning Lakewood Ranch lifestyles director leaves post to open new company

Monaca Onstad leaves Lakewood Ranch community relations post with SMR to open new lifestyles company.

  • East County
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  • Eric Garwood
  • March 11, 2022
Smoke, no fire discovered at Sarasota High

Air handler blamed in morning incident, fire-rescue department says.

  • Sarasota
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The Market on Longboat Key will host its last event on March 11.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 10, 2022
Market on Longboat Key hosts last event

There have been two other events at Town Center Green in 2022.

  • Longboat Key
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Boating along the Gulf of Mexico beaches is unrestricted except for an area north of Gulfside Road in Manatee County.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 10, 2022
Longboat raises a variety of boating concerns

Noise, access, exclusion zones all part of the conversation.

  • Longboat Key
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1313 Westway Drive overlooks New Pass.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 10, 2022
Westway Drive home sells for $11.5 million

Notable fashion designer, architect styled the home built in 2005.

  • Longboat Key
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Ringling Bridge was first illuminated in the colors of Ukraine last week.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 9, 2022
Sarasota suspends sister city relationship with Vladimir, Russia, in support of Ukraine

Sarasota's sister city relationship with the Russian city has been suspended.

  • Sarasota
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Cyclists use Segment 3 of Legacy Trail for the first time.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 9, 2022
Legacy Trail's success creates more options for travel, could connect regionally

Downtown leg of Legacy Trail can spur a wide variety of recreational and other uses.

  • Sarasota
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Howard Tessler said the bike lane has improved a lot in the past few years.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat Key Police Department gets to work improving bicycle and pedestrian safety

Thanks to a liaison program with the Longboat Key Bicycle Association, updates are being made and put in place.

  • Longboat Key
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In January, the town reinstituted some of its COVID-19 distancing requirements.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat relaxes some of its COVID-19 reactions

Falling trends of positive tests, hospitalizations prompt changes at Town Hall, public sites.

  • Longboat Key
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Voters on Monday had the option of bringing vote-by-mail ballots directly to the Supervisor of Elections office in downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat voters side with county on approving school tax, rejecting at-large voting

Voting by mail makes a difference in charter-amendment results.

  • Longboat Key
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Vote by mail voters stopped by the Supervisor of Elections office on Tuesday to drop off ballots.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Sarasota retains single-member districts

57.2% of voters say "No" to the charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
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Marilyn Coker and Walter Carlton of the Myakka City Historical Society are hoping the renovation of the Historic School House will be finished in the next year.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 8, 2022
Myakka City Historic School House nears end of 29-year restoration saga

Project manager says another $75,000 needed to complete restoration of Myakka City landmark.

  • East County
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    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Siesta Key groups meet with Sarasota city leaders to discuss annexation

Save Siesta Key, among other groups, met with Mayor Eric Arroyo in February.

  • Siesta Key
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Although no plans have been submitted, Grant's Garden officials said they plan to use the company's existing building in a new proposal for redevelopment.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat landscaper gains deadline extension for new redevelopment plan

Grant's Garden gets six months to redo proposal plan for Longboat base.

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