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  • Amelia Hanks
  • March 13, 2018
Teacher's most coveted award ... support

Braden River Elementary instructor doesn't win Educator of the Year, but she cherishes her nomination.

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No one was injured in the house on Tangelo Drive.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 13, 2018
Driver's medical episode leads to crash into house

SUV ends up in the living room of a house on Tangelo Drive.

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Vickie Oldham at Jetson's Gallery, an exhibition space run by Newtown activist Jetson Grimes that features historical images of Newtown.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 12, 2018
Vickie Oldham's vision for Newtown

Newtown Alive’s Vickie Oldham looks to the past to shape the community’s future

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    By
  • Kayleigh Omang
  • March 12, 2018
Florida Studio Theatre Celebrates 20 years with Rebecca Hopkins

FST threw Hopkins a surprise party on March 12 at the Keating Theatre.

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Patrick and Kim Nettles with Executive Director Richard Russell
    By
  • Kayleigh Omang
  • March 12, 2018
Donors dine for the Sarasota Opera

Sarasota Opera's Double Co-Producer was held March 12 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

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    By
  • Kayleigh Omang
  • March 12, 2018
Ballet supporters lunch with Director Iain Webb

Friends of the Sarasota Ballet held its Showcase Luncheon March 12 at Bird Key Yacht Club.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 12, 2018
Beachplace swings into annual golf tournament

About 50 golfers tested their game at the Islandside Golf Course March 12.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 12, 2018
'The Party' treats audiences to unexpected twists and turns

This British comedy-drama is surprising, witty and captivating.

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    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 12, 2018
Sarasota sheriff asks School Board for decision on security plan

A new bill requires all schools to have security presence on campus, via three options. Sheriff Tom Knight is asking the School Board to pick one so he can make it happen.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2018
Early voting off and running in Longboat Key, Sarasota County

Hundreds have already headed to the polls to cast their vote, and more still have returned their mail-in ballots in advance of the March 20 election.

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    In Memoriam |
  • March 12, 2018
Harry Joseph Curl

Harry Joseph Curl departed Earth on Feb. 3, 2018.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 12, 2018
St. Mary springs into fashion

The Women's Guild held its annual fashion show March 12 at Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Last summer, Public Works Project Manager James Linkogle suggested the town use FPL’s permits and contractor to run a 4-inch conduit under Longboat Pass during a related drilling project.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • March 12, 2018
Longboat overhead wires to go underground starting early-fall

The town now seeks contractors and finances for its project to put all overhead wires underground.

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The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort has been abandoned for almost a decade.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • March 12, 2018
Colony plans dump existing units, seek all of Longboat's tourism pool

How the development at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort fits within town codes and what happens to the 237 units now standing at 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Tenor Ben Gulley as Pedro and soprano Kara Shay Thomson as Marta performing in Sarasota Opera’s production of Tiefland by Eugen d’Albert. Photo by Rod Millington
    By
  • Edward Alley
  • March 12, 2018
Sarasota Opera opens last exquisite production of the season

"Tiefland" is a little-known opera with music so beautiful, it's easy to forget how savage (and relevant) the storyline is.

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