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Elayna Andrews and Taylore Keesler won gold medals at the event. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • July 25, 2018
Future leaders in Lakewood Ranch

Braden River Middle students earn a gold medal for being community leaders.

  • East County
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The inside of the former Polo Grill & Bar has been gutted to make way for the Grove, which is planning a late fall opening.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 25, 2018
Lakewood Ranch continues to build ultra-competitive restaurant market

Lakewood Ranch continues to build ultra-competitive restaurant market.

  • East County
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Robert E. Willis Elementary's Noah Ladensack, 8, reads "Superman Alliance of Heroes." He prefers playing sports to reading, but thinks it will help him keep up with school.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 25, 2018
Lakewood Ranch camp lights fire for reading

YMCA promotes reading sessions during its summer camp program.

  • East County
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Bello, Eugene and John Nock are bringing their Batmobile to Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 25, 2018
No Joker, but Batmobile comes to Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Family Eye Care hosts a back-to-school event in Lakewood Ranch that includes having the Batmobile on display.

  • East County
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Pascone's Ristorante owner Judi Stanley is eager for the restaurant to open July 27.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 25, 2018
Retail rises in UTC corridor

Several new businesses head to UTC shopping districts

  • East County
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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 25, 2018
Longboat to prepare sea level rise action plan

Longboat Key has hired consultants to assess the town's infrastructure and determine what it can do over the next few decades to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise.

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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 25, 2018
Longboat Key Club permits new guardhouse

The permit approved by the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department is another step in the project that expected to be complete by Thanksgiving.

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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 25, 2018
Sister Keys a Longboat treasure, resident says

Four unihabitated islands in Sarasota Bay off the coast of Longboat Key play host to what Florida used to be, Rusty Chinnis says.

  • Longboat Key
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Inter-District Authority Landscape Supervisor Rob Campbell points to a steep drop-off along the riverbank where concrete mat is supposed to prevent erosion. The grant would reestablish this area behind Greenbrook Adventure Park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 25, 2018
FEMA relief could dispel concerns in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch CDDs bank on erosion repairs .

  • East County
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Jeep owners used their vehicles to spell "Jeep." Photo taken by Zack McNally of Bayside Media.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 24, 2018
Sarasota Jeep Club turns 1

Club membership nears 1,600.

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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 24, 2018
Unicorp wins auction for Colony commercial property

A partition auction of recreation property at the site of the former Colony ended with Unicorp National Developments purchasing Andy Adams 5% of the land.

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Paul Grohowski takes his oath of office alongside his wife, Marissa. The oath of presided by Judge Lee Haworth.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • July 24, 2018
Sarasota County Schools Police Department's chief of police takes oath

Paul Grohowski took his oath of office as Sarasota County Schools Police Department's chief of police on July 24 at the Sarasota County School Board Chambers.

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The two dips in the sand indicate that hatchlings crawled out of the nest a few days ago.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 24, 2018
Turtle numbers trend downward at midseason

Despite lower nesting numbers, experts say there is no cause for worry at this time.

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More than 300 listings appeared with a search of Longboat Key on vacation rental site VRBO.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 24, 2018
Longboat issues 23 short-term rental citations in less than three weeks

The town has issued 23 citations for short-term rentals less than three weeks after Longboat Key passed an ordinance allowing citations.

  • Longboat Key
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The only building unaffected by an emergency condemnation order on the property of the proposed St. Regis Hotel and Residences on Longboat Key has now been condemned by the town.Â
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • July 24, 2018
Longboat condemns final building at Colony site

The town of Longboat Key condemned 26 of the 27 buildings at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort more than eight weeks ago.

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