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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 4, 2020
Healthy start to 2020

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center combines with other partners to present a health expo at the mall.

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    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 3, 2020
Closed ice rink didn't stop the fun at Holidays on the Green

Holidays on the Green at the Mall at UTC to end Monday

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Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh says transportation and traffic congestion are among her top concerns during a town hall meeting at Tara Preserve's clubhouse.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 3, 2020
Vanessa Baugh holds town hall meeting in Tara Preserve

Manatee County District 5 commissioner says roads are a top priority in 2020.

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The first City Commission meeting of 2019 will be held Monday, Jan. 6.
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  • David Conway
  • January 3, 2020
City to discuss purchase of Tahiti Park property

The City Commission will consider taxing or assessing nearby property owners to acquire commercial land along U.S. 41 and incorporate it into Whitaker Gateway Park.

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Pat Bentley stands with volunteer Beth Fusco in front of the red kettle this season.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 3, 2020
Longboat holiday-season drive is tops again

Kiwanis Club organizes another top-producing Red Kettle Drive.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 3, 2020
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium releases adult female loggerhead

The previously tagged turtle was receiving care for blood loss because of a mangled flipper.

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  • News
Delivery of new blue bins began in November.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 3, 2020
County residents reminded to begin using recycling carts on Monday

Those who live in unincorporated areas of the county will no longer separate their recyclables as new system cranks up.

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Parks Robinson opened Fit2Run with his father, Bill Robinson, in 2006. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 2, 2020
Bradenton's Bill Robinson dies at 70

Fit2Run co-founder dies of cancer.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Lido Shores home sets record at $3.35 million

December sale is highest for a non-waterfront home in Sarasota County in 2019.

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Kindra Muntz, president of Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, speaks to protestors.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 2, 2020
Sarasota County prepares for 2020 elections

Local officials, candidates and voters are anticipating the 2020 elections.

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FDOT contractors work on construction a bridge along Interstate 75. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 2, 2020
FDOT to temporarily close I-75 on-ramp at S.R. 70 in Bradenton

FDOT to temporarily close I-75 on-ramp at S.R. 70 in Bradenton

  • East County
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The path forward into the next decade includes, for many, some kind of solution for the Town Center issue.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Visions for the path toward 2030 in Longboat Key

Longboat leaders tell us what they'd like to see in the next decade.

  • Longboat Key
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A group of about 15 players were sharing Bayfront Park's three courts on a Monday morning in mid-December. By the end of January, there will be more room to play.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Pickleball expansion gets started in Longboat's Bayfront Park

Work to add two dedicated courts, reduce basketball facilities to half-court, expected to wrap up by end of January.

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    By
  • David Conway
  • January 2, 2020
High-profile Sarasota projects hope to make major strides in 2020

How do the groups overseeing these planning efforts intend to get it done?

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6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 1, 2020
2019: Longboat Key's top 10 real estate sales

$11.4 million property tops list.

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