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Dan Sidler has been the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance's director of communications and marketing for five years. Courtesy photo.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 31, 2020
Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance promotes Dan Sidler

Lakewood Ranch business group promotes five-year employee.

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The Bath & Racquet Club owners hope to build a residential community around the existing fitness center. If the city approves a comprehensive plan change Monday, a future hearing will consider a proposed rezone and site plan.
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  • David Conway
  • January 31, 2020
City Commission to hear Bath & Racquet Club proposal

At Monday’s meeting, the board will also revisit a conversation about buying additional parkland near the Tahiti Park neighborhood.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 31, 2020
Hockey lessons are electric at Tara Elementary School

The Lightning's Build the Thunder program returned to Tara Elementary School in Bradenton.

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Tara's Marsha Wright gives Petrosino's owner Brenda Edens a big hug for finding her wallet and $15,000 in rings.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 31, 2020
Slice of kindness at Italian deli in Bradenton

Tara women's lost wallet and valuable rings returned by Petrosino's deli owner.

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    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 30, 2020
Myakka City Elementary's literacy night one for the books

Myakka City Elementary's literacy night one for the books

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See It, Say It, Send It creator Kevin Angell stands in the app's new Sarasota office.
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  • Brendan Lavell
  • January 30, 2020
Sarasota app provides easy communication between law enforcement and public

See It, Say It, Send It uses location services to help citizens report suspicious activity and law enforcement deliver important information.

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The Lelu storefront on Ocean Boulevard will be turned into another coffee shop.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 30, 2020
Business possibilities brewing for Siesta’s Lelu Coffee

The owner will close the Lelu storefront on Ocean Boulevard but will pursue consulting and wholesale distribution.

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The amendment would allow the seasonal use of RVs as accessory units.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 30, 2020
County considers RV amendment to Pinecraft overlay

he amendment would allow the seasonal use of recreational vehicles as an accessory to single-family homes.

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Sarasota County had a 75% return rate for questionnaires during the 2010 Census.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 30, 2020
Census work begins in March

First contact with local residents comes in the form of a letter.

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Crossing guards were stationed on St. Armands Circle the weekend of Jan. 25 during the St. Armands Circle Art Festival.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 30, 2020
Crossing guards could return to St. Armands

Officials hope pedestrian managers can help improve the flow of traffic through the commercial district.

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  • David Conway
  • January 30, 2020
Selby Gardens shares revised master plan details

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens unveiled images showcasing its proposed campus renovation project Sunday.

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Brewster's Tavern must obtain approval from the city to operate with a "nightclub" liquor license, though the business pledges it will maintain its current operating model.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 30, 2020
Main Street bars seek liquor licenses

Two downtown bars are requesting the city’s approval to shift away from regulations stating more than half their business must come from food sales.

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The Sarasota City Commission discusses affordable housing policy strategies with planning staff during a workshop on Monday, Jan. 27 at City Hall.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 30, 2020
Sarasota officials advance affordable housing conversation

The city continues to identify housing as a community priority. Are policymakers ready to take meaningful steps toward addressing the issue?

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Work is underway near the intersection of Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive on the Chiles Group's parking lot/small office complex.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 29, 2020
Longboat neighborhood pushes for resident-only parking

Town leaders urge more data collection, monitoring of what's been done in previous year.

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Pete Cumming has been with the Longboat Key Police Department since 2008.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 29, 2020
October retirement will close 40-year career for Longboat police chief

Pete Cumming, always fascinated by law enforcement, launched his career as a Sarasota County deputy.

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