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Readers shared their thoughts on what they'd like to see in the Ringling Shopping Center post-redevelopment.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 16, 2016
WHAT'S HAPPENING: Week of 06.16.16

Siesta Key Village properties are changing tenants, and our readers shared their thoughts on the future of the Ringling Shopping Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 16, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 06.16.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Sisters Victoria and Caroline Krupa will travel to Belgium and the Netherlands to play American International Sports Team Lacrosse June 17-27. (courtesy photo)
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 16, 2016
Their best shot

Mooney graduates, and sisters, will taste international lacrosse competition in Europe.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Michael Koski teaches students about x-rays.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • June 15, 2016
High school students digest science at LECOM

LECOM holds its summer Medical Science Academy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 15, 2016
JDub's Brewing Co. to donate portion of beer sales to victims of Orlando shooting

$1 from each beer sale this week will benefit the victims of the mass shooting.

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  • Eat + Drink
A sign at the southern end of Tara Boulevard indicates the bridge will come through one day.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 15, 2016
Bridge talk appears to be stalled

44th Avenue East project could keep controversial Tara Bridge project pushed to background.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 15, 2016
Progress at the Colony

Don’t get your hopes up too much. Nevertheless, come July 14 one of the combatants in the Colony soap opera is expected to be bought out — for $15 million to $25 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Lenny Landau
  • June 15, 2016
Underground bills: Pay it all, or make payments?

Without knowing the total cost or interest rate, property owners can’t make an informed decision.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 15, 2016
University Park home tops transactions at $1.3 million

Built in 2006, 6718 Chancery Place has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,378 square feet of living area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Beach renourishment projects are capital intensive and enhance local tourist attraction.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 15, 2016
Longboat Key mayor requests more Manatee tax dollars

As one-fourth of the so-called ‘island mayors,’ Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan has a requested a new breakdown of the county’s half-cent sales tax — if it passes this fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Don and Suzy Gangnagel experimented with several different kinds of chicken breeds, but have settled with three, including the iconic white Delaware.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • June 15, 2016
Chickens on Rye

Love of chickens helps local couple discover another way to scratch out a living.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 15, 2016
If You Blend It: Michael's On East turns up the heat in blended-burger competition

Executive Chef Jamil Pineda created the Mighty Mushroom burger for the James Beard Foundation competition.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Ariel Blue. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • June 15, 2016
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents 'The Colored Museum'

WBTT joins theaters across America in simultaneous staged readings of this production, exploring satire, self and signifying.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • June 15, 2016
Madly Mozart: The Players presents 'Cosi'

'Cosi' explores a production of 'Cosi fan tutte' at a mental institution. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 15, 2016
Drink This: Spiced Mango Falernum

This cocktail shows off the versatility of tequila.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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