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Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores resident Jono Miller spoke about tree preservation at Wednesday's Save Our Sarasota meeting.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 19, 2015
Save Our Sarasota works to empower residents to protect trees

At the group's first meeting Wednesday, residents questioned city staff and other leaders about the ways they could help cut down on growing problems threatening tree preservation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo. Broc and Kai Hudson competed in the 2014 Sarasota SUP Race Series.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 19, 2015
Weekend Best Bets: Sarasota SUP Championships

The Sarasota SUP Race Series is now a single race called the Sarasota SUP Championships. The races will still take place on Siesta Key Beach with several divisions for racers to compete Saturday, June 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kettle of Fish performed at Van Wezel’s Friday Fest on the Bay.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 19, 2015
Van Wezel's Friday Fest on the Bay

Van Wezel hosted Friday Fest on the Bay featuring Kettle of Fish on Friday, June 19, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 19, 2015
This weekend in Sarasota: Friday, June 19

This weekend in Sarasota: Friday, June 19

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Nicole Rissler has more than 14 hers experience working with nonprofit groups.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 19, 2015
Nicole Rissler joins SANCA

The former director of sports for Visit Sarasota County, Nicole Rissler, June 18 accepted the chief operating officer position with the Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Inc.

  • East County
  • News
Alex McMullen serves the ball during team competition June 11.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 19, 2015
Cougars dig into summer

Cardinal Mooney held its annual summer volleyball camp June 8 through June 11 for girls entering fourth through ninth grade.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The Islandside golf course is being replaced with saltwater-resistant platinum paspalum sod.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 19, 2015
Islandside golf course undergoes renovations

This summer, the Longboat Key Club's Islandside golf course has seen a name change and is undergoing renovations.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 18, 2015
Drink This: The Bourbonite

Drink This: The Bourbonite

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Alliance Executive Director Heather Kasten and Bucs Chief Operating Officer Brian Ford chat before Ford's presentation.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 18, 2015
LWRBA hosts monthly Membership Luncheon

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Chief Operating Officer Brian Ford vamps up support for his team during Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance members' monthly Membership Luncheon.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key’s Longboat Pass dredging project made the cut for the Legislature’s final list of recommended state funding.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2015
Town receives $1.5 million for beach project

If Governor Rick Scott signs off on a state budget line item by July 1, the town will receive $1.5 million for an estimated $3.5 million Longboat Pass dredging project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Forty Carrots teacher Amanda Walker teaches students about the science behind rivers in the outdoor sandbox.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 18, 2015
Forty Carrots grows with building purchase

Forty Carrots Family Center will expand with the $277,770 purchase of a building on Floyd Street across from its current location on Tuttle Avenue. The former real estate office will be renovated in time for the 2015 school year to expand individual child

  • Sarasota
  • News
Developer Jay Tallman says the city's approval of a density increase in the Rosemary District is a boon for builders.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Q&A with Jay Tallman

The developer of a major Rosemary District housing project discusses density, homelessness and the future of a burgeoning part of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2015
Letters to the Editor 6.18.15

Mixed-use would be great option for shopping center; Tree task force will help neighborhoods retain character.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Riverview High catcher Justin Cohen signed with the Miami Marlins for a reported $540,000.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2015
Local players fulfill professional dreams

Three Sarasota area baseball players were selected during Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft June 8 through June 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Residents Barbara Campo and Jude Levy are working to unite residents concerned about the disappearance of trees from Sarasota's streets, neighborhoods and parks — including Links Plaza, where black olive trees were removed earlier this year.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Save Our Sarasota regroups to focus on tree preservation

A decade after beginning a push for a downtown green space policy, Save Our Sarasota is re-forming to address new citywide concerns about trees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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