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  • Harry Sayer
  • September 24, 2021
Southside kindergartners sing for Go Gold event

The school's annual Go Gold day raises awareness of childhood cancer.

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Homes are going to contract much faster in 2021 than they did in 2020.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 23, 2021
Reduced inventories keep Sarasota-area real estate prices climbing

Median prices in Manatee and Sarasota have been on a month-to-month rise since June 2020.

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  • September 23, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: September 23

Judith Horn captured these alligators relaxing alongside some spoonbills in Myakka State Park.

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    In Memoriam |
  • September 23, 2021
Sharyn (Caron) Goeldner

Sharyn (Caron) Goeldner, 70, died September 3, 2021, surrounded by several of her loving step daughters, at her home in Osprey, FL.

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  • David Conway
  • September 23, 2021
Siesta Key group fleshes out vision for local government

Organizers leading a push to turn Siesta Key into its own town have finished the first stage of their campaign. Next up: convincing state officials to buy into their cause.

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  • September 23, 2021
Cops Corner: Sarasota 9.23.21

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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City officials indicated additional funding for the trolley would instead come from the city’s economic development fund.
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  • David Conway
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota reverses course on trolley funding

Responding to objections from property owners, the City Commission scaled back its plans for spending money from downtown and St. Armands business districts.

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Sarasota County has more than 6,600 ponds, of which more than 4,500 are classified retention ponds.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 22, 2021
Barancik Foundation grant donates $250,000 to Healthy Pond Collaborative

START is due to receive the money over a three-year period.

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Wyatt Plattner.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Wyatt Plattner

The Cardinal Mooney senior boys golfer took medalist honors at the Crutchfield/Hawkins Invitational.

  • Sarasota
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Jacob's dad goofs off with a Joker toy while his son plays Fortnite.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota Mom's TikTok message inspires safe gaming space for bullied kids

Linda Espada took to TikTok to decry the bullying her son Jacob experienced on Fortnite, and it spawned something positive.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 22, 2021
The silencing of dissent

Rattled by the citizenry’s outrage this summer, the Sarasota School Board majority responds, showing its disdain for the people it serves.

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The Cougars players had an on-court chat following their three-set loss to Calvary Christian on Tuesday.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 22, 2021
Mooney volleyball is learning from its stumbles

The Cougars had too many hitting errors to beat Calvary Christian on Tuesday, but the match can be a learning moment

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Members of the city’s ad-hoc committee on the penny tax extension shared information with the public and solicited feedback at a Sept. 16 meeting at Arlington Park.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota city, county leaders out to sell voters on optional sales tax

Officials are conducting public outreach as a precursor to a planned referendum on a 15-year extension of Sarasota’s infrastructure sales tax.

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If the state certifies tabulation software for ranked choice voting, the city would overhaul its election process within two years. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 21, 2021
UPDATE: City pauses legal pursuit of ranked-choice voting

The city is considering partnering with an outside group on a challenge that would facilitate a change to instant runoff balloting for local elections.

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Anya Studebaker spends hours each week filming and editing her show in her dad's studio.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • September 21, 2021
Sarasota High School student parodies her own school's news

Sarasota High senior's parody news program fulfills her search for absurdities.

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