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Sarasota: No Reason To Stop Swimming

11:15 a.m. While today's weather made for a perfect movie marathon day in Sarasota, some folks didn't waste time jumping right back into their routines. Becky English resumed swimming lessons at her home. Solar heating kept English's pool a comfortable 88 degrees and she didn't see any reason to miss a perfectly good opportunity to splash around on a cloudy day. ...more

August 19, 2008

Sarasota: Officials Start Scaling Back

And the boards come down. A trio of Sarasota County Government workers pulled the protective plywood, used during storms, off the County Administration Building on Ringling Boulevard. ...more

August 19, 2008

Cashless ATM Stolen From Sarasota Restaurant

SARASOTA - Derek Krzypkowski got a surprise when he showed up for work Sunday morning at the Lox 'n Egg Bread Company: A window was smashed open and the ATM was missing. ...more

August 5, 2008

Reinforced Suburb Shrugs Off Quake

The latest in plywood-reinforced walls, tied-down foundations, strengthened concrete and stronger welds - if an earthquake had to hit somewhere in densely populated Southern California, this relatively new suburb of 80,000 people was about the best place possible. ...more

July 31, 2008

Closed Gas Station Cited As "Public Nuisance"

Code enforcement notices have been mailed to the owner of the former USA Grocers convenience store/gasoline station at Maryland Avenue and U.S. 92, officials said. ...more

July 17, 2008

Two U.S. 98 Stores Suffer Smash-And-Grab Burglaries

SEBRING – Two businesses, Lorida General Store and Dianne's Seafood and More on U.S. 98 west of Lorida, were the victims of smash-and-grab burglaries Monday morning when their front doors were smashed in and one cash register was stolen. Highlands County Sheriff's Lt. Kenny Johnson said Monday that sheriff's deputies received the first call at 4:30 a.m. Monday that someone had broken in the door at the Lorida General store, located at 1731 U.S. 98. ...more

June 30, 2008