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  • April 11, 2019
Sarasota's search for red tide solutions

Scientists, policymakers and everyday citizens take aim at ways to head off another outbreak.

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Sarasota Commissioner Charles Hines
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 11, 2019
Policymakers take aim at red tide with water quality measures

Area residents can expect governments to improve stormwater systems.

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In August, Mote tested its ozone treatment system in a Boca Grande canal.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 11, 2019
Mote Red Tide Institute to roll out tests for various products

Mote is supposed to have a product by October that will knock back red tide and get rid of it in certain places.

  • Sarasota
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Dozens of protesters gathered near the Unconditional Surrender statue for the red tide demonstration in December 2018 with Hands Along the Water.
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • April 11, 2019
Community takes action against red tide

From educators to local environmental groups, who in the community has actively sought to research or make an impact on red tide?

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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • April 11, 2019
7 things you can do to help mitigate red tide

From choosing the right plants to volunteering on the beach, there are a variety of things Sarasota and Manatee county residents can do.

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Senior runner Ke'Andre Collins holds three Sarasota High track and field records.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 11, 2019
Sarasota High senior runner not satisfied with school records

Sarasota High senior runner Ke'Andre Collins is not satisfied with holding school records.

  • Sarasota
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Jaelen Childs throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Cardinal Mooney's game against Bishop Verot.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 11, 2019
Ceremonial first pitch means everything to Mooney family

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: April 11

This alligator approached too close for Mary Tygh Parks’ comfort while she was photographing a limpkin at Myakka River State Park.

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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 11, 2019
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Olivia Martin

The Sailors junior talks Miss Sarasota All-Stars and her love of "The Cheetah Girls 2."

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    By
  • David Conway
  • April 11, 2019
Decision looms on Fruitville Road redesign

Longboat Key leaders are formulating a strategy for fighting a road diet, but downtown stakeholders stand behind the city’s proposal.

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Bill Waddill is hopeful the city will approve a partnership with The Bay Park Conservancy, a group formed to lead the development of city-owned bayfront land.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 11, 2019
Bayfront agreement set for review, again

An independent group is pushing the city to approve a partnership agreement for managing the bayfront.

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    By
  • David Conway
  • April 11, 2019
City works on recycling education

As the city switches to a new single-stream recycling system, officials are reminding residents to be mindful of what they’re throwing away.

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A proposed hotel project at the corner of U.S. 301 and Main Street will not be moving forward after the prospective developer failed to close on the property.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 11, 2019
Hotel plans progress, falter

Two more hotel projects are under review, while a third downtown will not end up being built.

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The twice-daily flights aboard EMB-175 aircraft to Washington are scheduled to begin Oct. 27. (courtesy photo)
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 10, 2019
Sarasota airport lands flight to Washington, D.C.

United Airlines announced today it will offer twice-daily service to Dulles International Airport beginning in October.

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  • By E. Keith Dubose
  • April 10, 2019
My View: Let’s transform our social, cultural landscape

The ‘Purple Cow’ and bayfront were cool placees to go as a boy growing up in Sarasota. They still are. But they can be so much more.

  • Sarasota
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