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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: May 21

Danielle Dupont captured this beautiful waterfront off Siesta Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2020
East County weather page photo: May 21

Gordon Silver captured this alligator along the shoreline of a pond in Del Webb.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ty Bryant is the new girls basketball coach at Booker High. Photo courtesy Phil Helmuth.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 21, 2020
Booker girls basketball gives longtime youth and AAU coach a chance

Ty Bryant will take over the program in 2020-2021.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 21, 2020
COVID-19 creates cause to change

The Lido Beach reopening debate serves an allegory for what has ailed the city: its form of government.

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  • Matt Walsh
  • May 21, 2020
Downtown: Time to go big and go bold

Before he died, the late Sarasota entrepreneur Gil Waters created a rendering of one of his long-sought visions: turning Main Street from Palm Avenue to Orange Avenue into a pedestrian plaza.

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Parks and Recreation Director Jerry Fogle, left, is leading a departmental effort to reassess the scope of a 10-year parks master plan. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 21, 2020
City scales back park ambitions

Although COVID-19 will limit what city staff can do over the next year, officials are still interested in pursuing some priority park projects.

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During the COVID-19 response, work has continued at Sarasota construction sites such as Epoch, a high-rise condominium project at 605 S. Gulfstream Ave. Business groups are concerned the virus could slow future construction.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 21, 2020
Business groups collaborate on COVID-19 policy advocacy

In an effort to stem the economic losses associated with the coronavirus, local organizations are lobbying for regulatory change.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2020
Cops Corner: Sarasota 5.21.20

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Jan and Tim Solomon have owned Key Sailing for 14 years.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota couple celebrates 45 years of smooth sailing

Jan and Tim Solomon, owners and operators of Key Sailing, have been together for 45 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Commissioners discussed the possibility of a paid beach parking program.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 21, 2020
County officials consider variety of traffic improvements on the key

Among proposed traffic improvements on Siesta Key are traffic calming measures, a bike share program and a water taxi.

  • Siesta Key
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Brody Rose, a fifth grade student at Out-of-Door Academy, put together videos of his classmates performing and created a concert for Bay Village residents. Photo courtesy Neal Alfano
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 21, 2020
ODA student assembles virtual concert for retirement community

Brody Rose and his classmates typically perform at Bay Village of Sarasota once a month.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Andrew Arbanas, center, is happy to be able to interact with his family after a month of intensive care for COVID-19 patients. Jaxson, Tiffany, Jude and Aryella are thrilled to be able to hug him.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 20, 2020
Not so safe at home for Lakewood Ranch area nurses

Healthcare worker isolates himself from his family to protect them.

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Jacquie McLaurin, a fifth grade teacher at Robert E. Willis Elementary, is disappointed her career ends with e-learning as she retires this year, but she has enjoyed the time with her students.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • May 20, 2020
New lesson in retirement for Lakewood Ranch-area teachers

Retiring teachers and staff members disappointed with the ending but happy for the memories.

  • East County
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Workers pump water from the site of a 10-inch pipe break on Bogey Lane.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 20, 2020
Boil-water order set for Longboat neighborhood

The water main break may cause Country Club Shores to have little to no water pressure.

  • Longboat Key
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The Longboat Key Club's golf courses have remained open throughout the coronavirus outbreak.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 20, 2020
Longboat Key Club golf courses provide normalcy for members

The Key Club's Harbourside and Links golf courses have remained open throughout the coronavirus outbreak.

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Palmetto community leaders showed up strong at Longboat Island Chapel's latest charity drive to support Mt. Carmel Resource Center on June 16. From left, Deputy Ken Jewett, Sgt. Joy Jewett, Chief of Police Scott Tyler, City of Palmetto Mayor Daniel West, Shirley Pearson, executive director of Strength in Action, Inc., Rev. Brock Patterson, Pearson's sister Laura Wallace, and Town of Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton.
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