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Bowden says he aims to continue supporting students from Emma Elementary as they transition to Booker Middle School
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 17, 2019
District prepares plan for D-rated school

Emma E. Booker fell among the 300 lowest-performing elementary schools in the state of Florida for 2019.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 16, 2019
Lakewood Ranch board adopts budget

IDA budget posts 8.1% increase.

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Changes to The Bay's proposal for Phase 1 include an adjusted configuration for a pier above the water and the elimination of some parking spaces.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 16, 2019
Bayfront group continues discussion of first phase

City officials directed The Bay Sarasota to work with bayfront residents in response to concerns associated with the latest park project proposal.

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  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 16, 2019
Sarasota Police Department taking part in initiative to reduce speeding

“For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities,” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Construction prohibiting left hand turns onto Main Street and Ringling Boulevard is expected to end at the end of July.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 16, 2019
Sarasota police serious about left-turn violators

Turning left on Main Street and Ringling Boulevard is prohibited due to ongoing renovations to U.S.. 301.

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Frontier began flying out of Sarasota Bradenton International last year
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 16, 2019
Frontier announces new flights to Trenton

The new Trenton service marks SRQ’s fourth non-stop flight destination with Frontier Airlines.

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Although Gotcha characterized its vehicular transit service as successful, it decided to terminate operations effective today after the city selected another vendor to operate a bike-share program.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 15, 2019
City selects bike share operator

As the city of Sarasota pursues a bike rental partnership, the transportation service Gotcha announced it will end operations effective immediately.

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Col. Kurt Hoffman. Photo courtesy of Hoffman
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 15, 2019
Candidate for Sarasota sheriff reports $45,000 in contributions

Three candidates file for County Commission, Rose is in running for school-board election.

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At the April 4 meeting, Marcel Prive, who has owned in Tara Golf and Country Club since 1995 and lived there full time since 2004, said he was glad for the change even if he prefers no development there. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 13, 2019
Manatee County-initiated change for Tara advances

Manatee County Planning Commission supports idea of residential development at the entrance to Tara.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 12, 2019
Manatee County School District maintains B

Lakewood Ranch area schools maintain, improve grades.

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SCAT maintains a fleet of 53 buses and 2,410,179 annual customers
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 12, 2019
County to move forward on implementation of SCAT service partnership

Staff will continue exploring the new SCAT model before reporting back to the board in four months.

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Sarasota's health department was officially awarded at a ceremony in Orlando
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 12, 2019
Sarasota's health department named Large Local Health Department of the Year

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota is located at 2200 Ringling Blvd.

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Longboat Key fire fighters responded to a structure fire Friday morning. Photo Courtesy of the Town of Longboat Key's Twitter account.
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • July 12, 2019
Structure fire on Longboat Key's Putting Green Lane

The fire was kept to the garage, and no one was injured.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 11, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center celebrates $28.5 million expansion

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center addition includes more operating rooms, improved MRI system and more.

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In terms of points, the district continues to maintain its position as the third highest school district in Florida, behind St. John’s and Gilchrist counties
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 11, 2019
School district announces official state-provided grades

Sarasota County Schools was one of 24 Florida school districts to earn an A grade for the 2018-2019 academic year.

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District 3's Jack May is a write-in candidate in the District 1 commission race.
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At the 2025 FHSAA Class 4A boys swimming state championship, then-junior Andrew Malaj earned silver in the 400-yard freestyle relay and bronze in the 200-yard freestyle as the Sailors won the team title. He recently competed for the Sarasota Tsunami at the USA Swimming Futures Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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