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The Sarasota County School Board approved a grant of $33,500 for Booker Middle School for musical instruction. File Photo.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 3, 2014
Booker Middle students perform for School Board

The Sarasota County School Board approved the consent agenda with no discussion after the Booker presentation and a special guest speaker.

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Harvey Vengroff recently proposed plans for an 800-unit development slated to be affordable housing Fruitville Road.
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  • September 3, 2014
Vengroff buys North Trail motel

Prolific Sarasota property owner Harvey Vengroff bought the Sarasota Airport Hotel for $2.25 million, with plans to accommodate families facing homelessness.

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Dr. Thomas Trinchetto has been with Doctors Hospital for 12 years, during which he has served as chief of staff and chief of medicine.
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  • September 3, 2014
Doctors Hospital taps new executive

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota has named 12-year veteran Dr. Thomas Trinchetto as chief medical officer of the 155-bed facility located

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This is the first gun turn-in since April 2011. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has received 380 firearms from gun turn-ins.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 3, 2014
Sheriff's Office to hold gun turn-in

Two hundred thirty-two firearms were reported stolen last year, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

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Shannon Snyder tendered his resignation to run for an open County Commission seat. Commissioners discussed the possibility of reappointing him following his forthcoming resignation.
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  • David Conway
  • September 2, 2014
Commission balks at proposed Snyder appointment

A proposal to appoint Shannon Snyder to fill the commission seat from which he is resigning drew ire at tonight's City Commission meeting.

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The City Commission will discuss the potential reappointment of Shannon Snyder to a seat he will soon be vacating at a meeting this evening.
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  • September 2, 2014
City Commission applicants step forward

The pool of candidates for two Sarasota City Commission will crystalize over the next ten days, and could include multiple familiar faces around City Hall.

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The 2014 Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition will run for an additional day this year.
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  • September 2, 2014
SKVA discusses outdoor displays, upcoming events

The Siesta Key Village Association members voiced continued concern for the enforcement of the proposed amendment change to allow outdoor displays and discussed this year's Sandfest, Crystal Classic and Light up the Village.

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Surveillance video helped community members and Sarasota County deputies identify Jeromy Parsons as the man seen taking a woman’s purse from Skinny Dip Frozen Yogurt Bar Aug. 7.
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  • September 2, 2014
VIDEO: Deputies arrest homeless man for purse theft

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged 25-year-old Jeromy Parsons with grand theft for allegedly stealing a woman's purse at a yogurt shop last month.

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Ringling spokeswoman Christine Lange says the college saw the building as an obvious opportunity given its location adjacent to the Sarasota Museum of Art.
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  • September 2, 2014
Ringling buys building next to Sarasota High

The Ringling College of Art and Design bought the Visionworks building next to the former Sarasota High School building for $1.6 million last month.

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Booker running back Jamal Benson scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 23 and 5 yards.
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  • August 29, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota football vs. Booker

The visiting Booker High football team held on to beat crosstown rival Sarasota 18-9 in its season opener Aug. 29, giving coach Recharde Goodwyn his first win as a head coach.

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This week’s FYI Friday features a murder investigation, an election recap and more!
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  • August 29, 2014
FYI Friday - Your Weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

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Karli Wilbanks told detectives her boyfriend Michael Goodman was “trying to kill her,” before shooting him with a Colt .45 Aug. 4.
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  • August 29, 2014
Deputies make arrest in murder investigation

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged 25-year-old Karli Wilbanks with second-degree murder in connection the shooting death of her boyfriend Michael Goodman.

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The Steigerwaldt-Jockey Children’s Fountain will be open for its regular hours Monday, but fall hours will go into effect the next day.
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  • David Conway
  • August 29, 2014
City, county closures scheduled for Labor Day

Government offices in Sarasota County, the city of Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County will close Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

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Sarasota County Libraries Director Sarabeth Killijian and Harvard Jolly Architect Amy Weber pose for a portrait outside of the new Gulf Gate Library, which is 80% complete.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • August 29, 2014
Interior designing underway at Gulf Gate Library

The rest of the construction two-story building is supposed to be completed by late November and the library is slated to open in January 2015.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 29, 2014
Realtor groups consider merger

The Realtor associations for Manatee and Sarasota counties will vote Sept. 16 on merging their organizations.

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