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Rudy and Cindy Branson with their son Brad at the 2014 Pineapple Drop in Downtown Sarasota.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • December 31, 2015
Sarasota calendar 12.31.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Dec. 31.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chessi Phillips models iConcept artist Lisa Berger’s ‘Good to the Last Drop (of her head)’ at Art Center Sarasota’s iConcept7 Jan. 22.
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • December 31, 2015
Best of Black Tie 2015

As the 2015 social calendar comes to a close, Black Tie reviews the year in pictures

  • Black Tie
The 8.6-acre site, anchored by Regal Cinema’s Hollywood 20 theater, a YMCA branch, Ker’s Wing House and others, had been owned since 2005 by Connecticut-based Paragon Realty Group LLC. Paragon paid $40 million for the 1991 Main St. property.
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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 31, 2015
Top Story — November: Hollywood 20 complex sells for $18.1 million

Investors plan to redevelop the landmark downtown Sarasota property.

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  • News
Reports of fish kills associated with red tide have been detected on Beer Can Island.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 31, 2015
Top Story — November: Red tide fish kills washing ashore on Longboat Key

Red tide algae blooms have been detected off the coast in both Manatee and Sarasota counties.

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Siesta Key resident Jeanne Dooley will open her craft beer venue, Craft Growlers to Go & Tasting Room, by the end of the year.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • December 31, 2015
Top Story — November: Craft beer venue coming to Lakewood Ranch Main Street

Craft Growlers to Go and Tasting Room is tentatively set to open in December.

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Grant Coyle leads couples Ricardo Graziano and Victoria Hulland (right) and Ricardo Rhodes and Ellen Overstreet (center) in a passionate embrace.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 31, 2015
Top Story — November: Sarasota Ballet makes American dance history

Once considered untouchable, Sarasota Ballet revives ‘Marguerite and Armand.’

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Howard Berna of Environmental Services addressed the commissioners about the proposed shelters.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • December 31, 2015
Top Story — November: Commissioners get an earful about disturbing behavior at Siesta Beach

Nearby residents asked Sarasota County commissioners to reconsider replacing picnic shelters with precast concrete structures for fear of more noise and partying.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 30, 2015
Film review: 'The Big Short'

An easy to decipher look behind the 2008 economic meltdown

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 30, 2015
Film review: 'Janis: Little Girl Blue'

A hidden gem among box-office blockbusters

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Third baseman SarahBeth Wengerd is mobbed by her teammates after hitting a 2-run walk-off double in the Class 7A-District 10 championship April 16.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 30, 2015
Sarasota: 2015 Year in Sports

Sarasota: 2015 Year in Sports

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
In a survey of 128,000 readers, Longboat Key was named the ninth best island destination in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 30, 2015
Top Story — October: Longboat named ninth best U.S. island destination

In its 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards, Condé Nast Traveler ranked Longboat ninth in its top U.S. island destinations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota High baseball team vied for the programs ninth state title during the Class 7A state tournament May 20 and May 21.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 30, 2015
Sarasota: Top 5 Teams of 2015

Sarasota: Top 5 Teams of 2015

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The vehicle separated into two pieces after crashing into a tree.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 30, 2015
Top Story — October: Lakewood Ranch teenagers die in vehicular accident

Brendan Shreve and Jared Duran died in October.

  • East County
  • News
Yoda was seen walking along Longboat Key Club's beach Dec. 18.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 30, 2015
Yoda visits Longboat Key

Yoda was a long way from Dagobah when he was seen along the beach at the Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 30, 2015
Your Calendar: Longboat Key

Check out the top January events in Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

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