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Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch doctor charged with soliciting porn from minor
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2025
Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch doctor charged with soliciting porn from minor

Investigators say the chat took place on the social media platform Reddit.

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The 7,700-yard Miakka Golf Club course will be mostly topped with zoysiagrass, which is used more in Asia. No opening date has been set.
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  • Jay Heater
  • January 9, 2025
Miakka Golf Club built to be secret garden, 'environmental win'

Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design created the newest Myakka City golf club to extraordinary environmental standards.

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Barbara Ford-Coates is leaving the Tax Collector's Office after a career that spans more than 50 years.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 9, 2025
Barbara Ford-Coates recalls a career of fun in Sarasota tax office

Losing her husband and her first election over a span of two months, long-time Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara Ford-Coates looks toward "the next celebration around the corner."

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Sarasota Memorial opens a free standing emergency room at 7250 University Parkway on Jan. 7.
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 9, 2025
Freestanding emergency room opens in Lakewood Ranch

Sarasota Memorial opened the ER at 7250 University Parkway.

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A rendering of a completed expansion and upgrade of Sarasota County's Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2025
Water treatment project earns environmental award

The expansion and upgrade of the Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility has earned top recognition from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

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Two indicted in Sarasota jury duty fine scam
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2025
Two indicted in Sarasota jury duty fine scam

The victim reportedly sent $12,000 to a woman impersonating a Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputy.

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Still No. 1 in sales, Lakewood Ranch will see more infrastructure built in 2025
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  • Jay Heater
  • January 8, 2025
Still No. 1 in sales, Lakewood Ranch will see more infrastructure built in 2025

SMR CEO and President Rex Jensen cites well-planned infrastructure as key to Lakewood Ranch's sales success and says focus will continue in 2025 with 16 new roundabouts.

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Destroyed landscape outside a home on North Washington Drive on St. Armands.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 8, 2025
Garden Club teaches best practices for post-storm landscape restoration

The Longboat Key Garden Club brought local coastal experts to inform residents about the importance of Florida-friendly vegetation when restoring landscaping after the hurricanes.

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Sarasota city logo will remain the same for now
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 8, 2025
Sarasota city logo will remain the same for now

Citing higher spending priorities, the Sarasota City Commission tabled further discussion of a complete rebrand.

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  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 8, 2025
Sarasota finalizes agreement with police union

A ratified amendment of the collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents Sarasota Police Department personnel increases salaries across the board.

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Arhaus, a furniture store, is expected to open at Center Point in March.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 8, 2025
Center Point at Waterside construction will finish in 2025

Brett Hutchens, president of commercial real estate firm CASTO, anticipates the development will have its final grand openings in March.

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Andejla Radojicic takes part in tennis lessons at Lakewood Ranch Park to help improve her game.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • January 8, 2025
Manatee County serves its youth with parks upgrades

Pickleball, sand volleyball and youth travel leagues are among the hot trends for Manatee County in 2025.

  • East County
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A beachfront house badly damaged by Hurricane Helene's storm surge.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 8, 2025
Extra staff help with Longboat permit surge

The state is supplying Longboat Key’s Planning, Zoning and Building Department with additional staff to help with an influx in storm-related permitting.

  • Longboat Key
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Members of Flanigan's family with the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department when the family delivered the beach wheelchairs in honor of Jean Flanigan.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 7, 2025
Longboat Fire Department adds two accessible beach wheelchairs

In honor of Jean Flanigan, her family donated the accessible beach wheelchairs to the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department for the public to use.

  • Longboat Key
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People wait outside the Salvation Army shelter on 10th Street in Sarasota. Cold temperatures have prompted the county to arrange for shelters to open Jan. 7-8.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2025
Cold weather shelter to open Tuesday night as temperatures plummet

A shelter will be open 5 p.m. Jan. 7 until 6 a.m. Jan. 8 at the Salvation Army on 10th Street in Sarasota.

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