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Natalie Palumbo watches student Travis Young draw a heart.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 15, 2016
The Gap students give lesson in gratitude

Special hearts painted to thank Firkins for donation to Lakewood Ranch school.

  • East County
  • News
Forward Manatee spokesman Mac Carraway presents during a debate hosted by the Women's League of Voters of Manatee. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 15, 2016
Forward Manatee kicks off campaign

Official promotion of a sales tax in Manatee County begins tonight

  • East County
  • News
The east side of the home faces the bay and shows off the original Twitchell design. The strong lines of the Sarasota School capture the elegance of the master’s midcentury motifs. Note the two-story doors of steel and glass.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 15, 2016
Home of the Month: Masterpiece redefined

Ralph Twitchell’s last design gets a new life.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo. Community Foundation of Sarasota President and CEO Roxie Jerde announces the total for the 2015 Giving Challenge.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 15, 2016
Community prepares for the Giving Challenge

Will donors top last year's record $7 million in contributions during the 24-hour event?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ted Mallires
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  • Amanda Morales
  • September 15, 2016
Republican Women's Club piano man

Ted Mallires uses Republican Women's Club of Sarasota meetings as a time to practice piano.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 15, 2016
Big questions on Big Pass

What’s the status of the controversial plans to use Big Pass sand for Lido Beach? Those involved share their insights.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Thunder by the Bay has drawn complaints from downtown Sarasota merchants and residents.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2016
Thunder by the Bay could roll into Lakewood Ranch

Organizers of motorcycle event are set to announce sites for the 2017 event.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 15, 2016
Shifting non-ad valorem money won’t make you richer

'What you give to one, you must take away from another.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The activist group STOP will hold a town hall later this month on the Vue Sarasota Bay development at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2016
Opposing Vue: New group criticizes downtown development approvals

Resident activists are turning an unpopular downtown project into a rallying cry for changing the city’s policies on new development.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The city is determined to install more user-friendly parking meters than the ones used in the last paid parking program, but businesses are still concerned.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2016
Can downtown merchants stop paid parking?

Even after the city moved ahead with plans for downtown parking meters, businesses aren’t giving up the fight against paid parking.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 15, 2016
Casarina condominium sells for $2.3 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between August 29 and September 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2016
COPS CORNER: Sarasota 09.15.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • September 14, 2016
Chamber networks after hours at Surf Shack

The monthly event brought 35 Longboat Key Chamber members to the Circle for an evening of networking.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 14, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Sept. 15

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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Bradenton's Katie Taaffe, who battles arthritis, listens to speakers during the Kickoff Luncheon for the Jingle Bell Run on Wednesday in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 14, 2016
Kickoff for Jingle Bell Run includes a closer look at arthritis

Crowd learns awareness is a key goal of the Lakewood Main Street event.

  • East County
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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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