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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 27, 2016
Persistent peacock population peeves Longbeach Village residents

As a contractor continues rounding up the local peafowl, Longbeach Village residents think the problem may be bigger than town officials originally thought.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 27, 2016
A part-time resident’s guide to the Floridays referendum

Longboat Key residents must request an absentee ballot for their off-island address if they will not be living on the Key during the Aug. 30 referendum.

  • Longboat Key
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A turtle returns to the same beach she was born on to lay eggs.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Turtles crawl to nesting season

Sea turtle nesting officially hatches May 1.

  • Longboat Key
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Zeus makes the sixth peacock taken in by Birds of Paradise.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 27, 2016
Paradise found for Longboat peacocks

Former Longboat peafowl strut their stuff at East County sanctuary.

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The 25-meter, 172,000-gallon John Marble pool requires heating, lighting and starting blocks to make it a year-round pool. Manatee County officials say it would relieve the pool at G.T. Bray park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 27, 2016
A new-wave idea springs up for John Marble Pool

With improvements, Marble Park pool could host competitive swim teams and other programs.

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Looking west from Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, just north of Rosedale, you can see where the future 44th Avenue East will reach across Interstate 75.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 27, 2016
County drives 44th Avenue extension

The two easternmost segments of the 44th Avenue East extension both are under design.

  • East County
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Members of the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority board decided to change their meeting time.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 27, 2016
CDD draws line for safety

Arrows painted on Balmoral Woods expected to make intersection with Lakewood Ranch Boulevard safer.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 26, 2016
Local manatee spotted with twins on Siesta Key

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have observed Tomo-Bella hundreds of times over the last 23 years.

  • Siesta Key
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Local businessman Mac Carraway delivers the board's recommendations to commissioners.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 26, 2016
Does Manatee County need a half-cent sales tax?

An advisory committee recommends the tax to solve Manatee County's pending budget crisis.

  • East County
  • News
Pond 46 is located on Tara Boulevard and north of Gosling Terrace.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 26, 2016
Tara Preserve CDD approves fix for Pond 46

The district engineer proposed a solution would turn the dysfunctional drainage pond into a “dry pond.”

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Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles aims to redevelop his restaurant.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 26, 2016
Longboat Key restaurants move forward with changes

Owners of Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant push ahead with redevelopment.

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  • News
The female juvenile bald eagle has a broken wing. Bald eagles are about 5 before they get white heads and tails. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 25, 2016
Bald eagle in recovery

A juvenile female has been transported to Maitland for rehabilitation.

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Although the city wanted to extend the CRA, the county voted last year to let the funding mechanism expire.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 22, 2016
County staff rebuffs city’s claim to CRA cash

Although the city of Sarasota believes it’s due an extra year of funding for the downtown Community Redevelopment Area, the county is prepared to share a differing opinion.

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Argus Foundation President Ron Hershberger and Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 21, 2016
Argus Foundation hosts state Senate candidates

All six state Senate candidates appear on a panel for the Argus Foundation Meet the Minds luncheon.

  • Sarasota
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The Florida Department of Transportation is finishing a $5.3 million bridge rehabilitation project on south Siesta Key.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 21, 2016
Stickney Point Bridge lane closures coming next week

The Florida Department of Transportation aims to finish the $5.3 million rehab project by the end of May.

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