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A public/private partnership will protect 33 acres bordering the Celery Fields in Sarasota County.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 6, 2020
Conservation Foundation granted easements on parcels bordering the Celery Fields in Sarasota

Public-private partnership emerges between Sarasota County, the Sarasota Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to protect land bordering the Celery Fields.

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Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer's current annual salary is $198,400.80. He is due to receive a 2.5% salary increase.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 5, 2020
Town manager, attorney to receive raises

Town commissioners voted 6-0 to approve raises for Tom Harmer and Maggie Mooney.

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A lightning rod is pictured on top of a home on Halyard Lane in the Country Club Shores IV North neighborhood.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 5, 2020
Longboat Key to allow for lightning rods on rooftops with restrictions

Longboat Key town commissioners voted 4-2 in favor of the regulations.

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For months, the town has limited street parking on the south side of Broadway between Palm Drive past Longboat Drive South.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 5, 2020
Longboat Key's illegal parking fines to increase in December

Longboat Key town commissioners voted to increase parking fines from $30 to $75.

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Since 2017, the city's Community Canopy program has sought to replenish the supply of trees in the community through initiatives such as this week's giveaway. Photo courtesy city of Sarasota.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 5, 2020
City offers free trees for residents

Residents can sign up now to receive one of 250 trees the city is giving away in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.

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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrested the suspect without incident.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • October 3, 2020
Bradenton man arrested on charge of voter fraud

The man admitted he sent a ballot request for his dead wife, the first instance of Manatee Co. voter fraud since at least 2013.

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Mark Veazey and his daughter went fishing on Friday at Overlook Park.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 2, 2020
Beachgoers, anglers return to Longboat Key

The town of Longboat Key's public beach parking reopened on Thursday.

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Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 2, 2020
Lone Longboat cygnet dies

After a brush with a fishing hook, the cygnet died due to its complications.

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An empty chambers from Longboat Key's Town Hall is pictured.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 2, 2020
Longboat Key reverses course, commission to meet virtually on Oct. 5

The decision comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis extended Florida municipalities’ ability to hold virtual-only meetings.

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The Florida Department of Transportation will fund an improvement project at the intersection of Midnight Pass Road and Beach Road.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 2, 2020
Roundabout could be added on Siesta Key

County officials are looking at options for improvements to the intersection of Midnight Pass Road and Beach Road.

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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 1, 2020
County adjusts coronavirus relief process

After residents said the application process was too difficult, commissioners switched gears and created a plan to receive more federal funds.

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William Skaggs has taken over at CEO of the Players Centre for Performing Arts.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 1, 2020
Sarasota CEO's love of a challenge not an act

Players Center hires William Skaggs to lead drive toward a $30 million theater complex in Lakewood Ranch.

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Here is a photo of the existing Sun N Sea Resort at 4651 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 1, 2020
Longboat resort sold to developer of proposed condo community

The Sun N Sea Resort sold for a record-breaking $13.25 million.

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The Jellison foundation’s donation is the largest in the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation’s history, pushing the healthcare foundation’s cancer campaign closer to its $75 million goal.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2020
Jellison Family Foundation donates $25 million to SMH Cancer Institute

Gift is the largest ever received by hospital's foundation.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 1, 2020
Longboat Key man’s boat remains washed ashore

Mark Sternal’s 1969 sailboat has remained washed ashore on the beach for nearly two weeks.

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