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Banking & finance | Crews Bank & Trust launches region-wide rebrand. PG.8 PASCO • H ILL SBOROUG H • PIN ELL AS • P OLK • M A N ATEE • SA R ASOTA • C H A R LOT TE • LEE • COLLIER
In the Bag New partnerships, products and people have a fourth-generation family run manufacturing firm keen to capture more customers. PAGE 12
MIKE AND MICHAEL KORCHMAR
STEFANIA PIFFERI
IN MEMORIAM
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Labor challenges, inf lation and overall market conditions continue to be sticking points for business owners in a national survey on business outlook. PAGE 6
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St u a r t-ba s e d S e ac oa st Bank, one of the largest c om mu n it y lender s i n Florida, takes a pause on its rapid-fire mergers and acquisitions pace. PAGE 7
L e gend a r y ste a k hou s e owner Harold Seltzer put his Pasco County location up for sale — but insists he has no intentions on closing the restaurant. PAGE 16
Interior design firm leases 175,000 square feet in Fort Myers. 18 Sarasota OKs affordable housing plan. 18
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10 Air service CEO is upbeat, despite lingering issues.
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A beacon and the backbone of the Observer Media Group, Lisa Walsh, has died at 69 after a long and courageous batt le w it h Parkinson’s disease. PAGE 3
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