Bob Mudge

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VENICE — Eight years after the completion of the first phase, the fifth stage of the Dona Bay Watershed Restoration Project is about to get underway. Nearly 20 years ago, concerns over too much fresh water killing aquatic life sparked a restoration project that has spanned over several phrases. kAm(9:=6 E96 62C=J A2CE @7 E96 $2C2D@E2 r@F?EJ AC@;64E 7@4FD65 @? 4@?EC@==:?8 7C6D9H2E6C CF?@77 E@ s@?2 q2J[ =2E6C A92D6D 92G6 H@C<65 @? C69J5C2E:?8 H6E=2?5D 2?5 C6DE@C:?8 D9@C6=:?6D :?

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SARASOTA — Planning for growth is driving both the expansion of the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority’s regional transmission network and consideration of alternative supplies of drinking water — including reclaimed water. The network's first interconnection with the drinking water system of Sarasota County, to serve the northeast part of the county, was celebrated with a ceremonial valve opening Wednesday. kAm%96 6G6?E >2C<65 E96 4@>A=6E:@?

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SARASOTA — Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman released his office’s 2024 annual report Monday. At 24 pages, it’s the longest one on his website, but none of the others included a page headed “Hurricane Response.”kAm“%9:D 286?4J D9@H65 C6D:=:6?46 2?5 2 H:==:?8?6DD E@ 8@ 23@G6 2?5 36J@?5 3J >66E:?8 E96 492==6?86D 3C@F89E 3J E9C66 9FCC:42?6D E92E 27764E65 @FC 2C62 :? 2 G6CJ D9@CE E:>6 DA2?[” w@77>2? HC:E6D :?

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VENICE — A proposal to put Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice in its own zoning district and allow it to grow as high as 150 feet will go the the City Council with the Planning Commission's unanimous recommendation for approval. The Commission voted 7-0 on proposed amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan and land-development regulations to create a new Planned Public Hospital District zoning district, and to rezone of SMH-V to the new district.