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Sarasota's Pat Hogan and Dan Smith, Tim McHale and Chris Mitchell of Homes For Our Troops and Army Capt. Bobby Withers, played in a foursome of the benefit tournament.
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  • Jay Heater
  • February 2, 2016
Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

Rosedale Golf and Country Club shows its heart supporting veterans

  • East County
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Al Black, one of the original Highwaymen, will paint live at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 2, 2016
Voices of the Highwaymen

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe honors the art of Florida's segregation-era painters

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2016
Longboat Key Obituaries Feb. 4

Phyllis Dworkin, Richard Erickson, Fanny Grossman, and Timothy Hennigan died.

  • Longboat Key
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Nancy Gold and Bruce Lehman
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • February 1, 2016
La Musica 30th Birthday Celebration

La Musica hosted at 30th Birthday Celebration on Monday, Feb. 1, at Mattison's Forty-One.

  • Black Tie
Developers sold the proposed building as a benefit for Pineapple Park, but opponents said it would eliminate pivotal green space.
    By
  • David Conway
  • February 1, 2016
City Commission OKs Lemon Avenue land deal

Residents rallied in opposition to a proposed development they said would eliminate downtown green space, but the city approved the sale of a property near Pineapple Park.

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Eric Austin of Venice and Kerri and Wes Carter of Myakka City have started the non-profit Reef Medics. They organized a beach clean-up on Jan. 23.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • February 1, 2016
Local couple create a ripple cleaning up reefs

They hope non-profit raises reef awareness.

  • East County
  • News
Sareen Tchekmedyian, Paul Branco and Elizabeth Sykes perform the pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds."
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • February 1, 2016
Sarasota Ballet shines with triple-bill production

They danced George Balanchine's "Emeralds," Dame Ninette de Valois' "The Rake's Progress" and Ricardo Graziano's "In a State of Weightlessness" the last weekend in January at the FSU Center for Performing Arts.

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The 2015 Orchid Ball was themed "A Ruby Affair: A Night of a Thousand Blooms"
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • February 1, 2016
Social Calendar: February 2016

Black Tie Social Calendar: February 2016

  • Black Tie
The Firestone building at 2121 Stickney Point Road.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • February 1, 2016
Group proposes small, commercial center near Stickney and US 41

Developers are proposing a Dairy Queen near the intersection of Stickney Point and 41 – two miles from another Dairy Queen.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • February 1, 2016
Carl Hiaasen to speak in Sarasota

The author and columnist will speak to members of the Tiger Bay Club next month.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2016
Longboat mansion sells for $7 million

Realtors from Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate represented the buyer and seller of the 7,586-square-foot home at 3745 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Music Half Marathon medals. Photo by Amanda Morales.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 1, 2016
Turned Up: Sarasota Music Half Marathon returns

Sarasota Music Half Marathon rocks downtown for second year.

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A neighborhood undergrounding funding concept will be discussed at tonight's regular meeting at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 1, 2016
Neighborhood undergrounding discussion continues tonight

Town Manager Dave Bullock is investigating the use of utility reserve funds to help pay for costs associated with the town’s $23.85 million neighborhood and side street undergrounding project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Melissa Dunlap and Susan Mitchell wait for the doors to open.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • February 1, 2016
Li'l Nancy's opens, at last

After months of delays, the Sarasota-based barbecue joint opened today on Lakewood Ranch Main Street

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Christian senior Andrea Wittmer helped lead the Blazers to their fifth straight district title Jan. 29.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 1, 2016
Blazers repeat as district champions

The Sarasota Christian girls basketball team won the Class 2A-District 9 title Jan. 29.

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