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On the 3.4 acres of adjacent property sits an old beach cottage, a boardwalk, dunes and open beach.
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Beach-access plan adopted

The County Commission approved a plan that will create 34 additional parking spaces at beach access No. 7.

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Sept. 28 The Tin Man 3:50 p.m. - 600 block of South Shade Avenue. Suspicious Person. A homeowner reported that a man knocked on his door and asked for some tin foil. The man left without receiving any.

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Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe, along with other members of the fire department, stand at attention for the raising of the flags and the Pledge of Allegiance during the ribbon-cutting ceremony held for Fire Rescue Station No. 1.
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fire Rescue Station No. 1

Fire Rescue Station No. 1 had its ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, Oct 6. The new station is the third station in Sarasota County to be "green."

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Artist Tekla installed her "Tree Works" series Wednesday morning.
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Patrons of the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre have traditionally parked in the lot behind the business.
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Golden Apple requests more valet service

After outside funding for free valet service ends, the owners of the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre ask for an extension.

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Siesta Key Chamber lunches at Turtles Restaurant

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce trekked out to Turtles Restaurant, on Midnight Pass Road, for a networking luncheon.

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The city budgets about $120,000 per year to manage and maintain the Payne Park Auditorium.
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Dance school offers to manage auditorium

Ballroom City, which conducts its school and dance events in the Payne Park Auditorium, is offering to assume the facility's operations, which would relieve the city of an annual $120,000 cost.

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Chili devoured at cook-off

Morton's Gourmet Market held its 11th annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off Sunday to benefit the Sarasota Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund.

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