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Sarasota

    In Memoriam |
  • May 7, 2019
Diane Margaret Lewis

Diane Margaret Doyle Lewis, age 81, of Sarasota, Florida passed away on Saturday May 4, 2019.

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    In Memoriam |
  • May 6, 2019
Bernard Levine DDS

Bernard Levine DDS, died peacefully May 4th at home on Longboat Key, FL at age 94.

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Sheriff Tom Knight (second from right) signs Warrant Service Officer Agreement along with fellow sheriffs from Polk County, Manatee County and Walton County. Photo courtesy of Sarasota County Sheriff's Department.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • May 6, 2019
Sheriff signs agreement to help ICE detain jailed illegal immigrants with federal warrants

The Warrant Service Officer Agreement is an initiative led by Pinella County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.

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  • May 6, 2019
Letters to the editor: Master plan project fits with Selby's goals

Sarasota area readers sound off on key issues.

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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 4, 2019
Track and field championships: Day two

A Sailor finds gold; three other area athletes also medal.

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Many of the Sarasota greyhounds will now be adopted, moved out of state or sent to a different track.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • May 4, 2019
Sarasota Kennel Club sees final day of live greyhound racing

75 years and innumerable dog races later, the time has come for the Sarasota Kennel Club to close its track.

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  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 4, 2019
An a-maize-ing time at Sarasota Veg Fest

Vendors selling everything from gluten-free cookies to environmentally friendly soap filled the Sarasota fairgrounds.

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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 3, 2019
Riverview High School kicks for a cause

Riverview Fights Cancer raised more than $1,000 for the Jimmy V Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 3, 2019
Track and field championships: Day one

Rain and lightning can't stop area athletes from medaling.

  • East County
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Ralf Brooks, Sura Kochman's attorney, explains to Siesta Key Association members what the legal process will look like in the coming months.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • May 3, 2019
Siesta Key leaders optimistic over potential to halt Siesta Promenade

Sura Kochman, who lives across the street from the proposed development, first filed a lawsuit against the county in January.

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Chief DiPino is currently in Maryland with her daughter.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • May 3, 2019
Daughter of Sarasota police chief shot in the line of duty

Chief DiPino’s daughter serves the Baltimore County Police Department in Maryland.

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Rabbis Howard Tevlowitz, Jennifer Singer and Benjamin Shull were part of the evening's events.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 2, 2019
Temple Beth Sholom hosts Yom HaShoah

The event is a memorial service for those who died during the Holocaust.

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  • May 2, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: April 11

Jeannie Sparks captures a wood duck in Red Bug Slough in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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Betty J. Johnson. Photo courtesy of Sarasota County.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • May 2, 2019
North Sarasota Library renamed to honor community advocate

Johnson also helped the county secure a $10,000 grant that funds a mobile library for north Sarasota neighborhoods in 1979.

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Planning Director Steve Cover believes the study is necessary to lay the groundwork for a viable water transit service.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 2, 2019
Sarasota to study water taxi feasibility

The city is paying more than $100,000 in hopes of eventually establishing a water-based transportation service.

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