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The city code has long prohibited signs advertising businesses from the public right of way, but enforcement has been lax in the past. The new regulations attempt to create a system that permits the promotion of stores and restaurants.
    By
  • David Conway
  • December 10, 2015
City tests new downtown sign regulations

To allow merchants to post signs advertising their businesses on the sidewalk, the city is adopting a policy that will permit all citizens to post messages in the right of way.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2015
Longboat Observer wins Newspaper of the Year

The Longboat Observer won the Local Media Association's Newspaper of the Year award, while the East County Observer and Sarasota Observer also won accolades.

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The view from Turtle Beach looking north, which shows erosion since the beach was first renourished in 2007.
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  • Jack Short
  • December 9, 2015
$18 million contract awarded for south Siesta renourishment

Sarasota County awarded the contract for its planned south Siesta Key renourishment project to the sole bidder.

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County students are starting classes two weeks earlier in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 9, 2015
Manatee County School Board approves start dates

Students will return to school Aug. 10 for the next two school years.

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Polo professional Nick Johnson has been training horses at the Sarasota Polo Club for the past three years.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 9, 2015
Learning polo ... can horses stick to it?

Trainer specializes in converting thoroughbreds so they excel at a new sport.

  • East County
  • Sports
Longboat Key Deputy Police Chief Frank Rubino urges residents to call whenever they see something suspicious.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2015
Would crime watch deter burglars...or buyers?

Longboat Key Police rely on residents to be their eyes and ears in the community, but so far none of those eyes and ears has organized an official crime watch.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 12.10.15

Unicorp seeks to prevent Colony meeting; Six Longboat Key firefighters receive life-saving award; Town collects items for Toys for Tots

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Longboat Key’s registered voters will decide March 15 whether to power up or cut the power to a $20.5 million neighborhood and side street power pole and utilities undergrounding project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2015
Neighborhood undergrounding referendum surges forward

The future of Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities is on the line for a March ballot, but some worry about the funding split.

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Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder says the plaza as a commercial-only site "is just a temporary stop gap until something happens."
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2015
Whitney Plaza owner nixes referendum request

Owner Ryan Snyder’s decision follows the announcement of a local developer’s plans for a hotel next door.

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Derian Pettitt, 12, and Michael Haynes Jr., 14, donated dolls, among other toys.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 9, 2015
Haile Middle students band together for charity

The school collected more than 300 items for Toys for Tots program.

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District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh hopes to keep Manatee County as one of the cheapest places to live in the state.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 9, 2015
Commissioners make impact with higher fees

Whether higher impact fees handle growth or harm new building sales in Manatee County remains to be seen.

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Kurt Schultheis The crosswalk just north of Companion Way on Gulf of Mexico Drive leads to bushes — but no sidewalk.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2015
Crosswalks: ‘They take me nowhere’

Residents say three crosswalks offer them a clear path — into grass and other vegetation.

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Tony Romanus walks the edge of one of Siesta Isles Association's entrances where landscape improvements wait to resume.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • December 8, 2015
Commission approves Siesta Isles’ tree permit appeal

Commissioners vindicated residents who were asked to stop construction for lack of a tree permit.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 8, 2015
Women’s golf associations’ holiday celebration a hole in one

The Women’s 18-Hole Golf Association and the Key Niners Women’s Golf Association held their annual Frosty Frolic Dec. 8.

  • Sarasota
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A county surveyor's photo showing part of the property owned by the Ginsberg-Klemmt.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • December 8, 2015
Parking resolution a blow to submerged land owners

The owners of submerged lots off Siesta Circle hoped required parking for a proposed dock could be satisfied by space on the right of way.

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Florida Statute 1001.42(4)(f)2 will require high schools, including Braden River High (pictured) and Lakewood Ranch High, to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. unless the district submits paperwork and gets accepted to keep the current start times.
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