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The school cuts are part of a plan to save $20.6 million to help the school district replenish depleted reserves.
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  • May 21, 2013
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Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award

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Whitney Beach on Longboat Key becomes the sixth beach in the Bradenton, Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key area to receive a new beach recognition.
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  • May 21, 2013
Whitney Beach receives award

A Longboat Key beach has received notification it meets a national environmental certification program.

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Commissioner Terry Gans struck former commission candidate Ray Rajewski with his SUV last week.
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  • May 20, 2013
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Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show

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A Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub site plan amendment and special exception approval will be revisited.
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  • May 20, 2013
Mar Vista project will be reviewed again

Commissioners will review a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub project after Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles requested a re-hearing.

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Commissioners are holding a Goals and Objectives workshop, its first budget workshop and its 1 p.m. regular workshop today at Town Hall.
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  • May 20, 2013
Mar Vista approval to be reconsidered today

Commissioners will decide whether they want to take back its approval of a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub project at a special meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. today.

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Commissioner Terry Gans said he didn't see Ray Rajewski "soon enough" before he struck him with his vehicle last week.
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  • May 20, 2013
Gans hits Rajewski with SUV

Commissioner Terry Gans struck former commission candidate Ray Rajewski with his sport utility vehicle last week.

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Jack Black and Melanie Massell
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  • May 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Republican Club Barbecue

Members of the Longboat Key Republican Club met Sunday, May 19, at the Sarasota Yacht Club, for their regular meeting. Members mingled poolside and enjoyed food and beverages, as well as live music.

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Attrition won't cover all Manatee School staff cuts
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  • May 17, 2013
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Top Stories: Chapman, Atwell sworn in today at City Hall; Attrition won't cover all Manatee School staff cuts; Heritage Harbour ends lawsuit; Crosby begins Mote leadership role; Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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  • May 17, 2013
OBITUARY: Marcelyn Jean Henrikson

Marcelyn Jean "Marcy" Henrikson, 79, of Elgin, Ill., and Longboat Key, died May 11.

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President Emeritus Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, outgoing board chairman Robert Carter, incoming board chairman Gene Beckstein, and Mote President/CEO Dr. Michael Crosby
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  • May 17, 2013
Crosby begins Mote leadership role

Dr. Michael Crosby took the helm of Mote yesterday following the retirement of Dr. Kumar Mahadevan.

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Willis students duct tape principal
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  • May 16, 2013
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Top Stories: Truck drives through mangroves on Longboat Key; CONA opposes changes to Sarasota 2050 plan; Bay Isles home sells for $4.75 million; Willis students duct tape principal

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Dawn Mims and Debra Fortosis
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  • May 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: LBKC Networking Luncheon

More than 40 people attended the monthly Longboat Key Chamber networking lunch Thursday, May 16, at the Sand Dollar Rooftop Restaurant in the Holiday Inn on Lido Key.

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Longboat Key Police Department officers reported a man lost control of his truck in the middle of the Key Thursday morning.
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  • May 16, 2013
Truck drives through seagrapes on Longboat Key

A white pickup truck lost control on Gulf of Mexico Drive Thursday, putting two holes in a stretch of seagrapes that sit across from the town's two mobile home parks.

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  • May 15, 2013
Bay Isles home sells for $4.75 million

The two-year-old home at 560 Harbor Point Road closed today.

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Foodie feasts in Southside Village
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  • May 15, 2013
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Top Stories: Atwell, Chapman win runoff election; Mar Vista approval attracts opposition; Desoto Speedway welcomes new owners, name; Foodie feasts in Southside Village

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