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The owners of Marina Jack, the facility pictured here, purchased another marina on south Siesta Key last week.
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  • Jack Short
  • September 11, 2015
Marina Jack buys large south Siesta facility

The new owners of Turtle Beach Marina, now Bayfront Yacht Works and Marina, will update the facilities and operations at the site.

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The World Trade Center memorial is decorated with a wreath to commemorate the September 11 attacks.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 11, 2015
Sarasota PD remembers 9/11 victims

World Trade Center memorial is decorated to commemorate September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • September 11, 2015
Lady Blazers sweep Lady Panthers

The Sarasota Christian volleyball team improved to 6-1 on the season.

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Carl Grady submitted this photo of a frog hanging out in his back yard in Sarasota.
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  • September 10, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Sept. 10

Carl Grady submitted this photo of a frog hanging out in his back yard in Sarasota.

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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Sounding of a shofar for Rosh Hashanah

Longboat resident Lowell Lakritz will perform with a shofar at Temple Emanu-El to celebrate the Jewish new year.

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CYD Executive Director Karen Bogues thanks community leaders for their contributions to the organization.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
CYD Leadership Breakfast honors Sheriff Knight

Community Youth Development honors Sheriff Tom Knight and John Stafford during 2015 Leadership Breakfast.

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Wendy Popp takes a phone call while setting curlers in Shirley Klein's hair.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Beauty secrets: the faces of Plymouth Coiffeur

Plymouth Harbor residents rely on salon for beauty secrets and friendship.

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The county hopes to fill a perceived gap in mangrove enforcement created by a court opinion.
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  • Jack Short
  • September 10, 2015
County mangrove enforcement takes root

The county seeks to branch out its mangrove enforcement capabilities after a court ruling uproots its authority.

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Neighbors Kakoszka (right) and Hazelewood (left) discuss Sarasota Crew's propose use of its property (background).
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  • Jack Short
  • September 10, 2015
Neighbors navigate Crew development

Residents have mixed feelings about plans for a new Sarasota Crew facility.

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  • Jack Short
  • September 10, 2015
SKA talks trash again

Siesta Key Association members hope to relieve public and private entities of some cleanup burden by public outreach, placing trash bags directly in people’s hands.

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A helpful hint for the Labor Day Regatta.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Regatta reminder

A friendly reminder for a regatta sailor and The Real HousePets of Sarasota contest.

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Carolyn Johnson is SCOPE’s 2015 Boundary Crosser award recipient. The painting pictured was created by her mother and is one of her favorites.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Conversation with Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson is the recipient of the 2015 SCOPE Boundary Crosser award.

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Gulliver the seagull was selected as the new logo for the Siesta Key Village Merchants Association in 1975.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
This week in history 9.10.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

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Electric vehicle owner Jim Johnson with his Cadillac ELR at the 2014 Electrify the Island.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Sarasota Calendar 9.10.15

Sarasota events for the week of September 10.

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A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 10, 2015
Harbor Acres home sells for $5 milion

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Aug. 24 and Aug. 28.

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