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Chesapeake, Va., company wins $12.7-million contract to dredge Big Pass for renourishment of Lido Key Beach
County commissioner criticizes Sarasota city manager’s proposal for ‘tent city’ to ensure homeless people have adequate protection and aid during public health crisis
Complaints aired about continued large gatherings on private Siesta Beach parcels near Beach Access 2 in spite of COVID-19 warnings about social distancing
Mote Marine’s two-year lease of county property at Benderson Park to begin after County Commission approval this week of necessary documents
Almost exactly eight months after ‘death knell’ sounded, Sarasota Y’s have been saved
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Economic Development Corp. asked to offer suggestions about potential use of Sarasota County’s Economic Incentives Fund to help businesses during virus crisis
Sarasota County Health Department director warns County Commission of severity of COVID-19 pandemic
Saying they prefer to continue meeting in person, county commissioners agree to compressed agendas on April 8 and April 22 in Sarasota
Public mostly abiding by local government directives to stay off beaches
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