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A couple of artists.
PAGE 15 FREE • THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
VOLUME 41, NO. 38
Ringling reconsiders
YOUR TOWN
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Carson Pemberton, Lauren Nock, Heidi Querrard and Garrett Nock. File photo
Signs marking properties for sale can extend no higher than 4 feet from the ground, which differs from other communities.
A whole new set of rules Revisions to town sign code mean changes to how business is done and promoted. SEE PAGE 2
Turtle tradition
College backs away from venture with town to build Arts, Culture and Education Center, citing ‘negative feedback.’’
For the 10th year in a row, the Longboat Key Turtle Watch has sponsored Anna Maria Elementary School students to attend camp for a week at Mote Marine Laboratory. This year, four turtle-ly awesome students were chosen, including Carson Pemberton, Lauren Nock, Heidi Querrard and Garrett Nock. At camp, these students will learn about the underwater environments of coral reefs, nursery beds of sea grasses and the range of open ocean.
ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR
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ingling College of Art and Design told Longboat Key leaders late last week the college is reconsidering a venture with the town to develop the proposed Arts, Culture and Education Center. Ringling President Larry Thompson cited “negative feedback” and its likely effect on fundraising for the privately financed project, first talked about in 2014. The college had been working with the Longboat Key Foundation on raising $11.3 million for the project, intended to be built on land just east of the town’s main shopping plaza, adjacent to Town Hall.
Good reads, literally
SEE RINGLING, PAGE 3 Eric Garwood
The former Amore property is now cleared and graded, but more work remains.
TOP-SELLER A+E Music, advocacy unite. INSIDE
Longboat author Michael Jordan’s debut novel, “The Company of Demons,” continues to stack up accolades. Recently, the book was designated as a Goodreads Reader’s Choice in the mystery, thriller and horror category for 2018. In March, Jordan was awarded a gold medal in the juried 2018 Florida Book Awards Popular Fiction Category. In short, the book, which was published in January 2018, follows lawyer John Coleman as he is hired to handle a murder victim’s estate.
Can you stop summer hunger? Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org. Goal: $1.4 million matching challenge Courtesy photo
The Longboat Key Club Road house sits on an acre with 134 feet of beach frontage.
Regents Court home sells for $7.5 million. SEE PAGE 5
Amount raised to date: $1,149,429