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The Sarasota County School Board will decide which superintendent candidates will be interviewed by the board ahead of its final vote to decide Superintendent Lori White's replacement on Oct. 18.
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 20, 2016
School Board to narrow superintendent shortlist

Sarasota County School Board’s superintendent shortlist will get a little shorter today as school board members prepare to select candidates to interview ahead of the board’s final vote on Oct. 18.

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Main Street was closed between Links Avenue and Washington Boulevard between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. while emergency crews responded to reports of smoke coming from the roof of the Crisp building at 1970 Main Street.
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  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 19, 2016
Emergency crews respond to fire on Main Street

The Crisp building on 1970 Main Street was evacuated earlier today due to a small rooftop fire.

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Charli Chi of Bul Go Gi Sarasota
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 18, 2016
JDub's heats up barbecue competition

Craft beer lovers turn out for JDub’s Brewing Company Competition Food Truck Rally Saturday, Sept. 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 16, 2016
National PTSD Service Association hosts benefit

Guests can experience what it's like to fly in a L39 fighter jet on Saturday, Sept. 17.

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Since GateHouse Media acquired the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 2015, the paper has dealt with multiple rounds of layoffs and other cost-cutting measures.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 16, 2016
Herald-Tribune newsroom votes to unionize

Amid cutbacks and layoffs at the GateHouse Media-owned newspaper, the staff of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune moved to form a union in a 22-16 vote.

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Entrepreneur harvey Vengroff is planning 368 affordable apartments near downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 16, 2016
Vengroff scales back affordable housing plans

Entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff has shaved 25 units off a new development slated for eight acres east of downtown Sarasota.

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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 16, 2016
CYD celebrates leaders, partnership with 11th annual Leadership Breakfast

Community Youth Development honors Sarasota County Schools Superintendent Lori White, Sandy and Rep. Vern Buchanan.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 15, 2016
Three Things: Snowbird Special

Three Things: Snowbird Special

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino announces the end of Operation Fresh Start, as Capt. Corinne Stannish looks on.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 15, 2016
Sarasota police arrest 35 alleged drug dealers

The Sarasota Police Department this month concluded Operation Fresh Start, which resulted in the arrest of felons with more than 300 previous convictions.

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The east side of the home faces the bay and shows off the original Twitchell design. The strong lines of the Sarasota School capture the elegance of the master’s midcentury motifs. Note the two-story doors of steel and glass.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 15, 2016
Home of the Month: Masterpiece redefined

Ralph Twitchell’s last design gets a new life.

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File photo. Community Foundation of Sarasota President and CEO Roxie Jerde announces the total for the 2015 Giving Challenge.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 15, 2016
Community prepares for the Giving Challenge

Will donors top last year's record $7 million in contributions during the 24-hour event?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ted Mallires
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 15, 2016
Republican Women's Club piano man

Ted Mallires uses Republican Women's Club of Sarasota meetings as a time to practice piano.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 15, 2016
Big questions on Big Pass

What’s the status of the controversial plans to use Big Pass sand for Lido Beach? Those involved share their insights.

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The activist group STOP will hold a town hall later this month on the Vue Sarasota Bay development at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2016
Opposing Vue: New group criticizes downtown development approvals

Resident activists are turning an unpopular downtown project into a rallying cry for changing the city’s policies on new development.

  • Sarasota
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The city is determined to install more user-friendly parking meters than the ones used in the last paid parking program, but businesses are still concerned.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2016
Can downtown merchants stop paid parking?

Even after the city moved ahead with plans for downtown parking meters, businesses aren’t giving up the fight against paid parking.

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