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A $5.6 million Amendment 3 hole, a sand treaty...

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Sarasota Plows Paradise at Full Throttle

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89,969 Cars, Ten Searches: Longboat Key Puts Its Flock Cameras on the Table

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Coast Guard crew frees entangled loggerhead in waters off Sarasota

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Sarasota Plows Paradise at Full Throttle

More than 35,000 homes are approved or advancing across Sarasota County and its city core. The beaches are not getting any bigger, the roads are...
Major Headlines

89,969 Cars, Ten Searches: Longboat Key Puts Its Flock Cameras on the Table

On Monday afternoon, Police Chief Russ Mager will stand...
Major Headlines

Beneath the Buzzwords: Friling’s 100-Day Report Hides a Power Play

An LBK News analysis: Karie Friling's 23-page "From Listening...
Real Estate

Dead Winn-Dixie Hotel Gets a Second Life as City Commission Takes Up Midtown Plaza Appeal

Five weeks after Arlington Park sank the Winn-Dixie redevelopment,...
Major Headlines

Taxes, Tides and a $74 Million Bridge Dominate Sarasota-Longboat Summit

A $5.6 million Amendment 3 hole, a sand treaty...