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Hotel Indigo changes ownership

Innisfree Hotels acquires Hotel Indigo located in the Rosemary District in downtown Sarasota.

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Ogden Street on Siesta Key is a major flooding hotspot during Tropical Storm Hermine.
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Susan DeVictor captured this shot of a black skimmer bringing a fish to its nesting site at Lido Beach.
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Sarasota weather page photo: Sept. 1

Susan DeVictor captured this shot of a black skimmer bringing a fish to its nesting site at Lido Beach.

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Car-directing force strong at St. Martha

St. Martha Catholic School directs traffic with intergalactic flair and "Star Wars" costumes.

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Evan Berman with the second place trophy from the Bridge Base Online Youth Swiss Teams division of the North American Contract Bridge tournament.
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Cardinal Mooney senior finds success in card game bridge

Evan Berman, a senior at Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, talks about what fuels his interest in the card game of bridge.

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File photo. The Standing With Our Fallen a 9/11 Fifteen Year Commemoration will take place at Patriot Plaza.
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Service will remember lives lost on 9/11

A 15-year commemoration will allow attendees to adopt a fallen victim of the attack.

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Returned Peace Corps volunteers continue service at home

Years after serving abroad, Peace Corps volunteers work on projects throughout Sarasota.

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File photo. Natalie Gavrielov during the Sarasota Sailing Squadron's 69th annual Labor Day Regatta.
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Sarasota Calendar 9.1.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Sept. 1.

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Clark Dean, Zack Skypeck, Andrew Leroux and David Orner won a bronze medal in the Men's 4x at the Junior World Rowing Championships. (courtesy USRowing)
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Sarasota Crew members hit international waters

The Sarasota Crew sent seven athletes to compete at the World Rowing Championships Aug. 21-28, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Two incumbents were unseated in the race for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board.
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Sarasota nurses unseat incumbent Hospital Board members

Sharon Wetzler DePeters and Susan Tucker will represent the GOP in the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board race on Election Day.

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Sarasota County School Board member Caroline Zucker celebrates keeping her seat with daughter Liza Leonard, left, and Margie Cohn.
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Zucker defeats Mast in District 2 School Board race

Zucker will keep her school board seat after a contentious campaigned characterized by political influences and record-breaking campaign contributions.

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Frank DiCicco and Mike Moran faced off in the District 1 primary for Sarasota County Commission.
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Mike Moran wins Sarasota County Commission primary

The former planning commissioner beat fellow GOP candidate Frank DiCicco with 61% of the vote in the primary election.

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