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Members of the Lakewood Ranch CERT practice a rescue during training. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 17, 2017
An unCERTan future looms for citizen response group

Emergency response programs may struggle without county's support.

  • East County
  • News
Dusty Crumm captures a 16-foot 10-inch python in the Everglades. It contained 78 eggs. Photo courtesy of Joey Waves, of Island Media Group.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 17, 2017
Myakka City snake hunter goes prime time

Dusty Crum will be featured on Swamp People: Everglades.

  • East County
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Bob Bunting, 360 North resident and a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, told the Town Commission mangrove roots are vital to the island' s stability.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Longboat Key keeps trying to get handle on north-end erosion

Engineers will present the Town Commission with long-term options in August.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Key Charter Review Committee: Pat Zunz, Phill Younger, Alan Pryor, Bill Cook
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Charter Review Committee considers redistricting Longboat Key

Idea to add at-large seat to Town Commission election aims at opening up the field, but will it fly?

  • Longboat Key
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Initial budget projection works with 3% increase in Longboat Key' s property values.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
Longboat Key estimates 2017-18 revenue at $15.56 million

Initial budget projection works with 3% increase in Key's property values.

  • Longboat Key
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Chuck Whittall says he intends to meet milestone to pay $22 million.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 17, 2017
June 1 deadline approaches for Colony payment

Chuck Whittall says he intends to meet milestone to pay $22 million.

  • Longboat Key
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Chuck Whittall presented commissioners with two options for the shuttered Colony Beach and Tennis Resort property.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 16, 2017
Colony developer seeks direction from Longboat commissioners, gets none

Chuck Whittall presented two options for the property at Monday's Town Commission meeting.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 16, 2017
Man arrested for trespassing at Riverview High

Aaron Talley, 31, entered a Riverview High School classroom and shouted obscenities to protest the ‘evil corruption in school government.’

  • Sarasota
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Martin Frame, pictured speaking at a June community workshop, said David Weekley Homes wants the Payne Park Village project to match the surrounding neighborhoods.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 16, 2017
City approves Payne Park Village plans

A developer is moving ahead with a scaled-back vision for the downtown-adjacent property, planning to build 135 single-family residential units.

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This pictures shows the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75 in December 2015. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 16, 2017
Vehicles to drive diverging diamond traffic pattern this weekend

FDOT officials say the new traffic pattern for University Parkway at Interstate 75 is almost coming.

  • East County
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 15, 2017
Chick Austin's former home sells for $860,000

The 3,938 square-foot house has seven rooms and a three-car garage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jo-To Japanese Restaurant closed its Siesta Key Village location March 31.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 15, 2017
Former Jo-To Siesta Key property sells for $1.35 million

Jim Syprett and Jay Lancer closed on the Siesta Key Village property this month.

  • Siesta Key
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Braden River Elementary School fourth-graders listen to teacher Nicholas Leduc as he explains the history of the Ringling Circus.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • May 13, 2017
Braden River students turn the Ringling into a classroom

Teacher juggles fun, education during tour of The Ringling.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 12, 2017
Tournament swings nearly $500,000 for education

Annual Phil Galvano Golf Classic benefits Manatee Education Foundation.

  • East County
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Longboat Key Mayor Terry Gans and Town Manager Dave Bullock commented on FDOT' s Cortez Road project on Tuesday evening.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 12, 2017
Longboat Key leaders speak out on Cortez Road project

FDOT is considering changes to the intersection of Cortez Road and 119th Street West.

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