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  • Amanda Morales
  • December 10, 2015
Branch out to find this year’s Christmas tree

Stands around town offer trees and wreaths to help deck the halls.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A boat decorated as a Christmas tree makes its way down the bay for the Holiday Boat Parade of Lights.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • December 10, 2015
Sarasota calendar 12.10.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Dec. 10.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy photo. "The Lovers" by Marc Chagall - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • December 10, 2015
Selby Gardens prepares for Chagall exhibit in 2017

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to enhance visitor experience by pairing exhibit series and horticultural displays.

  • Sarasota
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City Manager Tom Barwin will engage with residents and businesses as he attempts to brainstorm the best way to create renewed energy in Five Points Park.
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  • David Conway
  • December 10, 2015
City targets more active parks and recreation program

Starting with Five Points Park, the city is embracing a new parks philosophy. Constrained by budget limitations for years, how can staff create new recreation opportunities?

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Paul Thorpe will hand over his duties as parade organizer after wrapping up the 20th annual Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade.
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  • David Conway
  • December 10, 2015
Will the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade keep marching on?

Parade organizer Paul Thorpe is retiring after two decades of organizing the event. Will anyone step up to take his place?

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The city code has long prohibited signs advertising businesses from the public right of way, but enforcement has been lax in the past. The new regulations attempt to create a system that permits the promotion of stores and restaurants.
    By
  • David Conway
  • December 10, 2015
City tests new downtown sign regulations

To allow merchants to post signs advertising their businesses on the sidewalk, the city is adopting a policy that will permit all citizens to post messages in the right of way.

  • Sarasota
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Photo by Jack Short
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  • Amanda Morales
  • December 10, 2015
Florida snowman makes appearance on Siesta Key

Sandy the sandwoman spotted on the beach and football lovers collect bicycles for Toys For Tots.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Two-year-old Aaron Lager has his first ride on the four-mile trail with his father.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • December 10, 2015
This week in history 11.26.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

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Courtesy photo. Tuttle Elementary teacher, Jaymie Fey and Pine View School teacher, Margaret E. Spies show off their grants after the awards ceremony Wednesday night.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2015
School Board 12.10.15

Updates from schools throughout Sarasota County.

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The kitchen of the 1960s home has been updated within the last four years.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • December 10, 2015
High style from the '60s

The restored Bechtel Home has a dramatic design and history.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 12.10.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Former Sarasota guard Camille Giardina now plays for Florida Southern College.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 10, 2015
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.10.15

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.10.15

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2015
Longboat Observer wins Newspaper of the Year

The Longboat Observer won the Local Media Association's Newspaper of the Year award, while the East County Observer and Sarasota Observer also won accolades.

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The view from Turtle Beach looking north, which shows erosion since the beach was first renourished in 2007.
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  • Jack Short
  • December 9, 2015
$18 million contract awarded for south Siesta renourishment

Sarasota County awarded the contract for its planned south Siesta Key renourishment project to the sole bidder.

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    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota honors the Sarasota Opera

The arts advocacy group honored maestro Victor DeRenzi and the Sarasota Opera with its 4th Annual Luminaire Award.

  • Arts + Culture
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