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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
  • News
Photo by Jack Short
    By
  • 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.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2015
School Board 12.10.15

Updates from schools throughout Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
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.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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

  • Sarasota
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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.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The view from Turtle Beach looking north, which shows erosion since the beach was first renourished in 2007.
    By
  • 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.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    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
Tye Moore and Tiffany Anderson, of Bradenton, sing, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 9, 2015
Tara Elementary performs holiday play

Fifth-graders sang 'Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer' and other classics.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • December 9, 2015
Theater review: 'She Loves Me'

'She Loves Me' is a sweet sampler of a musical.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 9, 2015
Cost vs. benefit of no poles

If Longboat voters approve underground lines for neighborhoods, the town’s long-term debt will go up 580%. Stunning. But in context, it’ll be worth the investment.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
With on floor housing the future Sarasota Museum of Art (SMOA), another floor of the renovated Historic Sarasota High School will house the Lifelong Learning Academy and its growing 2,000 student body.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
Lifelong Learning Academy joins Ringling College

In need of more space and resources for its expanding student body, the adult education organization will be housed in the Historic Sarasota High School.

  • Arts + Culture
County students are starting classes two weeks earlier in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 9, 2015
Manatee County School Board approves start dates

Students will return to school Aug. 10 for the next two school years.

  • East County
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