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Suncoast Sports Club Inc. Vice President of Operations Stephen Weeks suspects someone on a four wheeler is responsible for the ruts that were cut into Glebe Park soccer field on Sunday night.
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 8, 2016
Resident offers reward after Glebe Park Vandalism

The vice president of operations at Suncoast Sports Club Inc. is offering $500 to anyone who has information regarding a vandalism incident at Glebe Park on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
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Bruce Silverman captured this shot of a baby turtle in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2016
East County weather page photo: Sept. 8

Bruce Silverman captured this shot of a baby turtle in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Billie Dawson captured this shot of an osprey that landed in the Sarasota Bay mangroves off Longboat Key during Hurricane Hermine.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Sept. 8

Billie Dawson captured this shot of an osprey that landed in the Sarasota Bay mangroves off Longboat Key during Hurricane Hermine.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo. Rae Dowling and Kevin Cooper during the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Kick-Off Breakfast in Feb.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Chamber announces Kevin Cooper as new leader

Kevin Cooper will replace outgoing President and CEO Steve Queior at the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Katy Rose Olive Oils in Lakewood Ranch will close.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 8, 2016
Katy Rose Olive Oils to close in Lakewood Ranch

Owners head toward retirement with Farewell Wine Tasting event.

  • East County
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File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • September 8, 2016
American Flag tradition to continue in honor of 9/11

GMD will be lined with American flags for each individual who lost his or her life during the 9/11 attacks.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
CYD Executive Director Karen Bogues thanks community leaders for their contributions to the organization during the 2015 Leadership Breakfast.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 9.8.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Sept. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Through programs like the Eagle Academy at Alta Vista Elementary School, Principal Barbara Shirley has helped cross boundaries to meet the needs of her students.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Conversation with Barbara Shirley

SCOPE honors Alta Vista Principal Barbara Shirley as 2016 Boundary Crosser.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Robin Hartill.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Chef sniffs out the competition

Southeastern Guide Dog pup in-training visits Superheroes on Parade.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Camille Cline
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Community Briefs 9.8.16

Updates from around your community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
File photo. President George W. Bush gives a statement just minutes after learning of the attacks during a visit to Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 8, 2016
Sarasota remembers 9/11

How the community of Sarasota will always remember the attacks of Sept. 11.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 8, 2016
Beach Road on the path to legal battles

A couple accuses the Siesta Key-based Reopen Beach Road campaign of spreading misinformation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 8, 2016
Airport budget decreases after security improvements

The Sarasota Manatee International Airport’s budget for fiscal year 2017 doesn’t show any major changes, but that doesn’t mean the airport is remaining the same.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 8, 2016
Handling Hermine; County, city address fallout from Hermine

Minor flooding and power outages aside, Sarasota County missed the worst of Hurricane Hermine.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 8, 2016
Why beaches erode

Mother Nature, of course, constantly erodes the sand on the region’s beaches. But the government agencies certainly make matters worse when it comes to renourishing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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