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A lifeguard vehicle is on stand-by at the Lido Beach lifeguard tower
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 18, 2019
Sarasota lifeguards have an eye on safety

From Manasota to Lido Beach, lifeguards patrol a total of 36 miles worth of public beaches across Sarasota County.

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Among the programs of the Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy was a set of eight lectures presented at Longboat Key's Paradise Center
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 17, 2019
Lifelong Learning Center gets $1 million endowment

The Bernard Osher Foundation awards Ringling College.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • July 17, 2019
Heart Gallery captures foster children's personalities through photography

Heart Gallery of Sarasota captures foster children's personalities through photography

  • Arts + Culture
Bowden says he aims to continue supporting students from Emma Elementary as they transition to Booker Middle School
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 17, 2019
District prepares plan for D-rated school

Emma E. Booker fell among the 300 lowest-performing elementary schools in the state of Florida for 2019.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Changes to The Bay's proposal for Phase 1 include an adjusted configuration for a pier above the water and the elimination of some parking spaces.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 16, 2019
Bayfront group continues discussion of first phase

City officials directed The Bay Sarasota to work with bayfront residents in response to concerns associated with the latest park project proposal.

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    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 16, 2019
Sarasota Police Department taking part in initiative to reduce speeding

“For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities,” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Construction prohibiting left hand turns onto Main Street and Ringling Boulevard is expected to end at the end of July.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 16, 2019
Sarasota police serious about left-turn violators

Turning left on Main Street and Ringling Boulevard is prohibited due to ongoing renovations to U.S.. 301.

  • Sarasota
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Frontier began flying out of Sarasota Bradenton International last year
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 16, 2019
Frontier announces new flights to Trenton

The new Trenton service marks SRQ’s fourth non-stop flight destination with Frontier Airlines.

  • Sarasota
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    In Memoriam |
  • July 16, 2019
Marta M. Angelora

Marta M. Angelora, age 82, of Sarasota, FL passed away on July 7, 2019.

  • Sarasota
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    In Memoriam |
  • July 15, 2019
Julian M. Rabow

Julian “Jay” Marshall Rabow was born July 27, 1927 in Buffalo, New York, and passed away in Sarasota, Florida on June 29, 2019.

  • Siesta Key
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Although Gotcha characterized its vehicular transit service as successful, it decided to terminate operations effective today after the city selected another vendor to operate a bike-share program.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 15, 2019
City selects bike share operator

As the city of Sarasota pursues a bike rental partnership, the transportation service Gotcha announced it will end operations effective immediately.

  • Sarasota
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Col. Kurt Hoffman. Photo courtesy of Hoffman
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 15, 2019
Candidate for Sarasota sheriff reports $45,000 in contributions

Three candidates file for County Commission, Rose is in running for school-board election.

  • Sarasota
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    In Memoriam |
  • July 15, 2019
Janet Suzannah Hunter

Janet Hunter, 86, passed away on Friday morning July 12, 2019, at Doctors Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, following a year of illness.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 14, 2019
Temple Emanu-El shows off trivia knowledge

Temple Emanu-El held its fifth annual trivia night on July 13.

  • Sarasota
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SCAT maintains a fleet of 53 buses and 2,410,179 annual customers
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • July 12, 2019
County to move forward on implementation of SCAT service partnership

Staff will continue exploring the new SCAT model before reporting back to the board in four months.

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