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City staff will present the master plan to the City Commission at a September meeting.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 17, 2017
City presents Paul Thorpe Park improvement plans

Residents asked the city to move quickly in implementing plans to improve the downtown park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jason Russ, program consultant for Wells Fargo, with Samantha Valentin, community engagement manager for Goodwill Manasota.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 17, 2017
Wells Fargo, Goodwill offer college prep workshops

Wells Fargo representatives to begin offering free public workshops at local Goodwill locations.

  • East County
  • News
Texas-based Black Walnut Cafe, known for its breakfast foods and array of hamburgers, announced it was no longer expanding to Lakewood Ranch. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 17, 2017
Cafe bows out of Lakewood Ranch location

Black Walnut Cafe will not develop its first Florida eatery in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Peachtree Hotel Group is proposing the 93-room, four-story hotel on about 2.4 acres in the 6100 block of South Tamiami Trail.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 17, 2017
Density a problem for new hotel proposed on South Tamiami Trail

The developer can either get a special exception to increase the density, or buy more land to get the number of rooms it's hoping for.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 17, 2017
Siesta Key road reopens after minor fire

There were no injuries, but Higel Avenue is closed until the state fire marshal can confirm the cause.

  • Siesta Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2017
Sarasota weather page photo: August 17

Judith Bell photographed this wood stork outside her front door one morning in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2017
East County weather page photo: August 17

Jeanette Foster photographed these deer in the early morning mist in Greenbrook in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 17

Sergio Albuquerque captured this photograph of birds taking off from the beach on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Daniele Daddario, Katie Marques and Lynette Claude
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • August 17, 2017
ODA celebrates new facilities

Out-of-Door Academy’s lower school celebrated the renovation of its marine science laboratory and the addition of 730 solar panels to the campus.

  • Sarasota
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Clark Dean is the first American in 50 years to win the single scull race at the World Rowing Junior Championships.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Dean makes history with single scull win at World Juniors

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Dumaka Atkins coaches his guys in camp.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Booker football wants to make program's former glory new again

It has brought in coaches with ties to the school's past.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Danny Mars. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.17.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.17.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Talik Keaton.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Talik Keaton

The Booker senior talks the University of South Florida and his favorite football memory.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Two properties at 1102 N. Casey Key Road recently sold for $3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 17, 2017
Casey Road properties sell for $3 million

Residential real estate transactions for July 31-Aug. 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
A tricolored heron stalks through the water at Celery Fields in Sarasota.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 17, 2017
Not suited for a dump

Next Wednesday’s hearings on a proposal to approve a construction-waste recycling plant near the Celery Fields will be a test of the vision county commissioners have for the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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