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Community Connections

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Greetings! Welcome to the Sarasota County Community Connections eNewsletter. We hope you will share this eNewsletter with family, friends and neighbors. Contact us if you have questions, ideas for featured articles, or feedback on the system at email communityconnections@scgov.net . Knight Trail gun range may temporarily close Oct. 1 Recent legislation that prohibits local governments from regulating firearms and ammunition may require temporarily closing the pistol and rifle range effective Oct. 1. Libraries now closed Sundays Beginning Oct. 2, Selby Public Library and Jacaranda Public Library will be closed on Sundays . Of the county's eight libraries, these were the only two open on Sunday. All eight Sarasota County public libraries will be open Monday through Saturday. SCAT fares to increase Oct. 3 The regular, one-way Sarasota County Area Transit fares on fixed-route service, including the SCAT trolley, will increase from 75 cents to $1.25. Here is a complete list of fare in

Community Connections

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Greetings! Welcome to the Sarasota County Community Connections eNewsletter. We hope you will share this eNewsletter with family, friends and neighbors. Contact us if you have questions, ideas for featured articles, or feedback on the system at email communityconnections@scgov.net . Celebrate 100 years of fire service downtown Current and former county, city and Fire Department officials will celebrate 100 years of fire service at a noon ceremony Sunday, Sept. 25, at Fire Station 1, 1445 4 th St., Sarasota. Hammering out a scrap metal purchase ordinance On Sept. 26, Sarasota County and the Sheriff's Office will hold a workshop to discuss proposed changes to a county ordinance regulating the purchase of secondhand goods, precious metals and scrap metal . Public workshop on retail comp plan amendment Sarasota County will hold a public workshop to discuss allowing retail uses in Major Employment Center areas already zoned Industrial Light Warehousing, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, a